Answer: Southern directional winds were able to influence change in northward sea-ice drift. The Coriolis effect helps explain that on the earth, moving objects are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. The mass of sea-ice might be deflected differently at each Antarctic pole…
All currents in the northern hemisphere move in a clockwise direction, while in the southern hemisphere they move in an anti-clockwise direction. Suprisngly landmasses can be responsible for changing the course of a current. Differences in temperature and salinity are also responsible for the movement of ocean water. In the equatorial region, ocean water gets more heated than in the cold polar regions. This makes the water “light”. Water in the polar regions is cold and heavy, so it sinks and flows towards the equator. The light upper layers of water are thus forced to move towards the poles where they get cooled. Some effects are winds blowing. Winds blowing over a warm current can become warm, and at the same time, pick up moisture, as warm winds are able to retain more moisture. Therefore, the wind that reaches the land brings down the temperature and can cause heavy rain. The western coast of Europe for example, is one. Winds blow cold and dry air. They help to bring down the temperatures in places, which would have been much hotter. The California current which is cold, which flows along the western coast of the U.S, makes the region much cooler than other places in the west coast on…
Chris "Birdman" Andersen was born to Linda and Claus Andersen on July 7th, 1978 in Southern California. His family lived there for a while and then moved to Texas. His parents were divorced in 1986. His mom was a single parent with three children. In 1989 she was so stressed out that she sent the two older children, April and Chris, to live with their father in Irving, Texas. In early 1990 Claus left April and Chris at the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home in Denton, Texas. When Linda found out she began taking the steps required to bring Chris home.…
Weather – characteristics of the atmosphere; Hadley cell; Coriolis effect; cyclones (hurricanes) and anticyclones; Climate change and greenhouse gases……
-Further away from the equator, the influence on the on-shore Trade Winds gives rise to a modified type of equatorial climate with the Monsoon influences.…
In the book, Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer, the author, writes about his journey climbing Mount Everest and the challenges faced. Bryant, an editor from Outside magazine, introduces the idea of Krakauer, along with a climbing team, hiking and writing an article about Mount Everest, he concludes by finalizing the sponsorship/management agreement. Krakauer, thrilled with the opportunity, explains his reaction,"In late February 1996, Bryant called to say that there was a place waiting for me on Rob Hall's upcoming Everest expedition. When he asked if I was sure I wanted to go through with this, I said without even pausing to catch my breath" (p 26). Krakauer leads you to infer, by his impetuous decision, that he eagerly wants to climb Mount Everest. The words "without even pausing to catch my breath" enhances the phrases' meaning, by letting the reader know how easy saying "yes" had been.…
Lieutenant Junior Grade Daniel "Danny" Kaffee (Tom Cruise), is an inexperienced U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General 's Corps lawyer who leads the defense in the court-martial of two Marines, Private First Class Louden Downey (James Marshall) and Lance Corporal Harold Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison), who are accused of murdering a fellow Marine of their unit, PFC William Santiago (Michael DeLorenzo), at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, which is under the command of Col. Nathan R. Jessup (Jack Nicholson).…
The article discusses the predicted rate of global warming, which could be affected by global feedback mechanisms such as the alteration of ocean currents due to meltwater, the release of carbon dioxide and methane from permafrost in Alaska and…
Jon Krakauer, the author of the novel Into Thin Air, starts the novel out of chronological order. The first three chapters take place in the future. Krakauer uses a different approach on the start of his novel than most authors. The novel begins when Krakauer reaches the top of the mountain, which is a bit anticlimactic. For a task as rewarding and treacherous as climbing Mount Everest, beginning the story at the climax confuses the reader.…
· Explain the forces that drive gloabal circulation patterns and how those patterns determine weather and climate: Unequal heating of the Earth by the Sun, atmospheric convection currents, the rotation of the Earth and the Coriolis effect, Earth's orbit around the sun on a tilted axis, and ocean currents. The tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation causes the seasonal changes in temperature and percipitation as earth orbits the Sun.…
The Earth’s climate has changed over the last century. Increases in average temperatures have been seen around the globe and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed of the last 50 years is due to human activities.…
Bibliography: “Arctic On Thin Ice As Earth Heats Up.” Australian [National, Australia] 23 Aug. 2012:10. Gale Opposing Viewoints In Context. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.…
John Steven, author of climate “Climate change already taking toll, even as we ignore it” argues that the subtle changes in climate have been actually causing havoc in nature and could be deadly. I agree with John Steven because he reminds us that we need to look at flooding as a problem, caused by climate change. Although well not argued, John Stevens also suggests that the melting in the arctic is due to rising temperature brought upon by climate change. One of the biggest issues John Steven points that natural disasters…
In a warmer world, additional rain at middle and high latitudes, plus melt from glaciers, will add more fresh water to the oceans. This could affect currents, such as the Gulf Stream, that transport heat north from the tropics and might result in parts of North America and Europe becoming relatively cooler. Even if this were to occur, it would take many years or decades because oceans move heat and cold much more slowly than the atmosphere. (Some ocean changes, however, such as the periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters known as El Niño, may affect regional weather patterns within…
Many troubled people typically teens and youth's are resorting to substance abuse. There are many different situations that result in different reasons why teens struggle with drug and or alcohol abuse. Today's teenagers cry out continuously for their own personal freedom but in many ways they have thrown out their responsibilities as well as their right to these personal freedoms with their increasing turn towards drugs. Many negative factors can come into play from substance abuse. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 1997 nearly fifty percent of high school seniors have used the drug called marijuana. As this can be a shocking statistic to some, it not as shocking as the fact that this percentage has been on a steady increase since 1992 and has shown no sign of leveling out or slowing down anytime soon. The youth of today have not only started to use illicit drugs in more frequently, but drugs are reaching a greater number of adolescents and teenagers each passing year.…