Climate is a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature‚ humidity‚ atmospheric pressure‚ wind‚ precipitation‚ atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. Climate is different from weather‚ in that weather only describes the short-term conditions of these variables in a given region. A region’s climate is generated by the climate system‚ which has five components: atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ cryosphere‚ land surface‚ and biosphere
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Brandy Ricker WR122 Global Warming…Fact or Fiction? One of the largest current debates in the world is whether or not global warming is being caused by unnatural interference to the environment or is it a part of the Earth’s natural cycle of climate patterns. It is glaringly obvious that the world as a whole should agree on some drastic changes to improve our environmental situation immediately. ProCon.org states that the US National Academies of Science‚ the National Aeronautics and Space
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Earth Science Ecology Group 11 Objectives: * To define Ecology * To differentiate abiotic and biotic components of the ecosystem. * To identify the different types of ecosystem. * To know the different elemental cycles * To understand the importance of the natural habitat and the effects of migration. * To know have an overview of what is food chain and food web * To differentiate renewable from non-renewable resources * To know what is population‚ migration
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global warming in Nunavut and the cultural ignorance she faces when it comes to living as an Inuit. Nunavut’s temperature is rising‚ causing extreme damage to the tundra. This equals to no snow‚ without snow the seals can’t make shelter for their babies. This causes them travel north in hopes of a colder climate. The environment in the arctic is the way of life for the Inuit‚ it is important for them to protect their land. For them‚ hunting is rite of passage that teaches young people essential life
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Gray wolf Where the animal is: Habitat: The gray wolf habitat‚ in the past‚ included areas as varied as deserts of Egypt and the bone chilling‚ icy tundras. The gray wolf is as adaptable as man; it is no wonder that the habitat of the gray wolf is spread all over the world. The Great Plains Wolf‚ which is a subspecies of the gray wolf‚ is a native to the gray wolf habitats in North America. It is also known as the buffalo wolf or the Eastern timber wolf. Once‚ these gray wolves dominated
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greatest environmental challenge in the 21st century." - Global warming affects the earth in many ways‚ rising sea level‚ glacier retreat‚ arctic reduction and malformed patterns of agriculture. Statistics show us that in the past few years global warming effects‚ are increasing dramatically and it will also be more dramatic in the future. According to tsunami in Asia‚ ice melting
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and brown bear specifically are closely related. In fact‚ there are estimates that polar bears branched off from brown bears during the mid to late Pleistocene‚ becoming isolated on Siberian costal enclaves‚ an Arctic sea ice environment. (C. Lindqvist
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things contribute to global warming. The causes can be split into two groups: 1. Natural causes. 2. Man-made or anthropogenic causes. 1. Natural causes: Natural causes are causes created by nature. The release of methane gas from arctic tundra and wetlands is one such natural cause. Methane‚ being a greenhouse gas‚ traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere resulting in global
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east from Japan to the Southeast Arabian Peninsula‚ which is more than 8500 kilometers away. It is interesting to see the geographical composition of Asia. It encompasses the entire climate and expanse‚ be it the equatorial rain forest or the arctic tundra. We also get to see the highest and the lowest points of the Earth’s surface in Asia. The highest being‚ Mount Everest (8‚848 meters) and the lowest is the shore of the Dead Sea (397 meters below sea level). AFRICA Africa is the second largest
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Geography Study Notes for Exam Landforms * Formation of Canada * Step 1: hot volcanoes were located where the North American Canadian area is located. * Step 2: erosion eroded away the tops of the volcanoes making them shorter * Step 3: more erosion literally combined the volcanoes into one mass of rocky land * Step 4: the mass of land is now a hard smooth plate‚ the Canadian Shield * Step 5: the Atlantic plate crashed into the east side of Canada and the area
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