I understand climate change

Climate change is the long-term change in temperature and weather patterns. Earth is slowly heating up, as it is 1.1°C warmer now than it was in the 1800s. Climate change refers to this slow type of change. It does NOT include short term weather changes such as a warmer week or month during the winter. Other changes to the climate are the occurrence of natural disasters more often and with higher intensity and danger.

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Vista área de la Isla de Robinson Crusoe

El gong de Juan Fernández

El sistema de alerta ante desastres con el que cuenta el poblado de San Juan Bautista en la isla Robinson Crusoe del archipiélago de Juan Fernández consiste principalmente en un gong ubicado en una plaza central cerca de la costa, el cual alerta de un tipo de desastre distinto según la cantidad de golpes que se ejecuten.

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