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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why does the climate change so dramatically when it goes up by 1 degree Fahrenheit?
gpt
Dont think about it as a change in temperature. Think about it as a change in energy. In order to increase temperature of a substance, in this case air, 1 degree, you need a certain amount of energy. That energy is typically listed as energy per gram, and is known as specific heat. 1 degree doesnt seem like much until you reallise that it requires that energy multiplied by all the mass of the air over the area in question. Its a lot of area (volume, technically) and therefore a lot of energy. A drastic change in energy means a drastic change in climate, even though the 1 degree temperature doesnt feel like much, the energy of the system affects everything: humidity, air pressure, ionization that leads to thunderstorms, cloud levels, precipitation, everything.