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Proposed by names the scientist credited with first putting forward an earth science concept. Wikipedia calls Alfred Wegener "the originator of the continental drift hypothesis," even though his idea was rejected by most geologists during his own lifetime. This dimension connects a concept back to the person whose thinking first produced it.

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or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. 1
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1. Climatology (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationClimatology, lead section, definition sentence (concept-discipline bucket)
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or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years.
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