The climatic regions of the province play a role in determining Nova Scotia's resource base for agriculture, fishing, forestry, recreation, and tourism. Our settlement trends, the types of activities we choose and the technology used to accomplish them relate to climate and the availability of resources.

The climate of an area changes naturally in short-term fluctuations and over extended periods of time. These changes can be measured by the variations from average conditions. Recently, documented changes in global climatic trends have caused concern that some human activities may be rapidly modifying the composition of the earth's atmosphere and changing global, and possibly local, climate.

This Document Includes:

Climate and Agriculture
Solar and Wind Energy

Solar Energy
Wind Energy

Global Climatic Changes

Global Warming
Air Quality
Acid Precipitation
Ground-level Ozone
Ozone-layer Depletion

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Additional Keywords:
crops, frost, harvest, weather, sunlight, photovoltaics, windmills, wind turbines, greenhouse effect, sea-level, precipitation, air pollutants, urban smog, chlorofluorocarbons, CFCs

Associated Topics

T4.1 Post-glacial Climatic Change
T5.1 The Dynamics of Nova Scotia's Climate
T5.2 Nova Scotia's Climate
T8.1 Freshwater Hydrology
T9.1 Soil-forming Factors
T9.3 Biological Environment
T10.3 Vegetation and the Environment