Scientists have added modern weather data to a century-old classification of the world’s climates to provide more accurate comparisons between the results of computer simulations and terrestrial reality.
RED STATE, BLUE STATE. The most widespread of the world’s climate types are hot desert (red) and tropical savannah (light blue). Peel, et al.
The Köppen-Geiger system of climate classification—named after the researcher who formulated the scheme and another who later enhanced it—was developed in the late 1800s.
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