For those who are interested in more knowledge and insight about the earth, taking courses in climate studies is an exciting pursuit. Programs may study weather conditions averaged over a period of time and how these patterns change.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.