The phrase "altered the climate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes to the environment, particularly in the context of climate change or human impact on the climate.
Example: "The industrial revolution significantly altered the climate, leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions."
Alternatives: "changed the climate" or "modified the climate".
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.
Professor Keller argues that besides a series of meteor impacts, the extinction of the dinosaurs was preceded by an intense period of volcanic eruptions that altered the climate.
The final one (so far) was 65 million years ago, when it appears that a giant meteorite brought fires, shock waves and tsunamis, then drastically altered the climate.
Most surprising of all, we humans have altered the climate of an entire planet and now threaten the future of civilization.
The torrent of cool, fresh water altered the climate so drastically that the ice age, which had been in full retreat, resumed for a further 11 centuries.
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.
humans are altering the climate system," said Roger Pielke Sr., a research scientist at the University of Colorado.
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.
The evidence overwhelmingly shows, as predicted, that human behavior is altering the climate, with potentially catastrophic results.
