changes as pronounced temperature contrasts develop between land and water. In January‚ lows reverse to highs over land (forming Canadian and Siberian highs) but become extremely intense and stormy low pressure areas over the relatively warm North Atlantic and North pacific Oceans (Iceland low and Aleutian low) In the southern hemisphere‚ little change occurs from summer to winter due to global encirclement by the southern oceans. 4. Polar high pressure belts (Polar highs) On the average‚ high
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nothing is changed. Bluefin Tuna populations in the Atlantic Ocean have declined over 70 percent in the last thirty years yet because seafood is a global commodity being flown into markets around the world the demand has become unquenchable. Overfishing for Bluefin continues scientist expect the fish to become extinct by 2012 if nothing changes. (PBS.org) The Bluefin Tuna is a species of Tuna native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean as well as the Mediterranean Sea. This is a relatively
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the compass started during the Age of Discovery in the 15th century. The Portuguese began systematically exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa from 1418‚ under the sponsorship of Prince Henry. In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias reached the Indian Ocean by this route. In 1492 the Spanish monarchs funded Christopher Columbus’s expedition to sail west to reach the Indies by crossing the Atlantic‚ which resulted in the Discovery of America. In 1498‚ a Portuguese expedition commanded by Vasco da Gama reached India
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letter in a bottle‚ sealed it up‚ and dropped it in the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the Florida coast. It was kind of an experiment for school. In the letter‚ he appealed to whomever came across the bottle to contact him and let him know where in the world it showed up. Amazingly‚ someone did. About 16 months after the bottle was dropped‚ Swearingen’s marine science teacher heard from someone in Ireland. The letter had made its way across the Atlantic Ocean and washed up on the shores of the Emerald Isle
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In the late 1800s‚ America and Britain wanted to get goods from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans cheaper and quicker. Panama was the best choice for building a canal. France was the first to try to build a canal across Panama. They first started with a sea-level canal‚ but then realized that a lock canal would be much easier. Although‚ they didn’t have enough funding for it‚ so their attempts were put to an end. So‚ Theodore Roosevelt bought the canal zone in 1902. When a treaty was made to build
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to find out about America (New World). This new land found changed the whole world. It all started in 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He made trips to America in 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498‚ and 1503. Counting that he made 4 across the Atlantic Ocean to America from Spain. He accidentally found America‚ thinking that it the East Indies when he tried to find a water west from Europe to Asia. Christopher Columbus‚ son of a wool merchant‚ was born in Genoa‚ Italy on October 1451. Being
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CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GLOBAL HEAT BUDGET - 40 MARKS The global heat budget is the balance between incoming insolation‚ and outgoing radiation from Earth. There are many factors that influence this heat budget‚ some of which are more important than others. In this essay I am going to describe and explain each factor involved. Insolation is the incoming energy from the sun in shortwave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The distribution of insolation over the Earth’s surface
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having no outlets on the Mediterranean‚ Portugal was forced to use the Atlantic Ocean as its main source of travel. The Portuguese were aware that the Arab caravans were crossing the Sahara to bring gold‚ slaves‚ and ivory from Africa to Europe. There was talk about how King Musa controlled more gold than any other ruler in the world. The Portuguese wanted a part of this but needed to figure out how to get across the Atlantic and around Cape Bojador. There were several captains that had previously
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INTRODUCTION If you don’t already know what a hurricane is‚ well just keep reading because this is going to provide you the information you need about hurricanes. What Is A Hurricane? A hurricane is a spinning storm that starts to form in the ocean. Hurricanes are most common on the east side of the United States‚ well if you DON’T know where east is it’s the State of Florida is at‚ let me guess you don’t where is Florida is… if you don’t well just check the map of the U.S. Anywho hurricanes can
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The Shifting of Pangea Have you ever noticed that a map of the world looks like a puzzle and the continents look like the pieces that would fit together to complete the puzzle. In 1912‚ Alfred Wegener‚ a German scientist and an adventurer‚ came up with a theory that the continents had once been part of a "supercontinent". Wegener proposed that‚ over 200 million years‚ what he called Pangea had separated and became individual pieces. Pangea means "all lands" in Greek‚ and that is what Pangea
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