The phrase "alter the climate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about environmental changes, policy-making, or any context where the modification of climate conditions is relevant.
Example: "The new legislation aims to alter the climate by reducing carbon emissions and promoting renewable energy sources."
Alternatives: "change the climate" or "modify the climate".
Such alteration of surface energy balance due to irrigation can potentially alter the climate system at varying scales by making the lower atmosphere cooler and supplying additional moisture into the atmosphere, which we discuss in the next section.
Scientists have warned of the possibility, under the influence of climate change, of a sudden alteration in circulation patterns of ocean currents that could drastically alter the climate in some regions of the globe.
Some contributed to the extinction of species by spewing atmospherewarming methane in quantities large enough to alter the climate.
"This is a little bit like geoengineering," Zhang told me, referring to attempts to deliberately alter the climate to offset damages associated with global warming.
We have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the air to alter the climate and to change the chemistry of the oceans.
With humans' clear and growing ability to alter the climate, Dr. Overpeck said, "we could easily skip the next opportunity altogether".
humans are altering the climate system," said Roger Pielke Sr., a research scientist at the University of Colorado.
This has caused over-consumption of these, which has dangerously altered the climate.
Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, said the decision had "dramatically altered" the climate to regulate campaign financing.
The pollution (80percentt man-made) also cuts sunlight penetration, thus reducing rainfall, affecting agriculture and otherwise altering the climate.
For decades, scientists have been warning that human activities were extinguishing species, altering the climate and degrading landscapes.
