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Where every fact on climates.im comes from.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Antarctica, climate, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Atacama Desert, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: El Niño, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Köppen climate classification, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: climate, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 1 fact.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: cloud, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 4 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: desert, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: ice age, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: monsoon, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: season, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: tropical rainforest, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: tundra, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- Met Office: Climate zones, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Met Office: What is climate change?, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- Met Office: What is climate?, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- NASA Science: What is climate change?, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- GOV.UK: National curriculum in England, geography programmes of study, checked 2 Nov 2026. Used for how we chose the first ten sites (Key Stage 2 and 3 geography).
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