However, analysis of data gathered at weather stations around the world and insights derived from the development of models of climatic change have allowed scientists to identify some of the factors affecting long-term climate change.
南極打噴嚏，全球都感冒但隨著全球氣候監測的統計分析，與學界針對氣候變遷發展出許多套模式所進行的研究，仍然循線找出長期氣候變遷的一些脈絡。