2. Weather (according to the web page climate-data): Plateros’ climate fits in the category “semi-arid”. The annual average temperature is around 16.5° in this town. The annual precipitation is equivalent to 413 mm.…
Geo-process results in changes to the earth's surface because of tectonic plates causing mountain building, earthquakes, and volcanos. First off, convergent plates cause many different types of mountains, like the folded mountains. Their called a folded mountain because of the folding plates. The denser plate goes underneath, which will eventually turn into molten, while the lighter one goes on top. This supports the thesis statement because of the two plates causing mountain building.…
How Might Human Activities Affect Global Climate Changes? How might human activities have affected global climate change? Human activities have affected global climate change in many different ways. Humans have contributed to global climate change by deforestation, the use of hydro-carbons, and the burning of fossil fuels.…
I think ocean currents help keep temperatures overland in check, either warming up an area or cooling it down. Climate change melts glaciers adding more freshwater into the oceans, but it also increase the temperature of the water. The melting glacier can also cause sea level to rise. Climate change can affect the chemistry of the water and also increase the temperature in the water, and animals that had adapted to the normal conditions of the ocean will start to die off. Source 1 Source…
Since the late 1800s, the average global temperature has risen by more than 1.5°F, and there are places that have seen increases of twice this amount. This warming is responsible for numerous changes beyond the thermometer. First, not only is the air temperature rising, but ocean temperatures are as well, and this is exacerbating the melting of glaciers and sea ice. This is shifting sea levels, something also affected by changes in precipitation patterns. The strength and timing of extreme weather events are also being altered.…
karen Plate Tectonics There are two main ways scientist learn of earth saunterer is rock samples are rock sample from looking at the rock that comes from defence babanic explosion. The second main ways selected learn about earth centered is seismic waves seismic waves inderal travel thpro put where they travel speed path. Inconclusive this is how scientists learn about earth centered Crust Mantle and Core There are 3 layer of the crust mental and care. The crust is a layer that we stand on and a dry layer on the ocean floor there are thickest under…
History In the third century BC, Theophrastus, first documented and observation over changes in climate stating human activity as the influencers. “The draining of marshes cooled the climate around Thessaly in Greece, while the clearing of forests around Philippi warmed the climate. ”(Glacken 1967) It was determined that, not only the clime could change naturally, but also human actions in the world could be direct influencer in the changes.…
The continents were once part of a single landmass called Pangaea but then a force caused the continents to move them apart. The first piece of evidence used for this theory was that Africa and South America fitted together like it was a jigsaw puzzle. The next piece of evidence was that in South America and Africa there are fossils found in rocks of the same age and type. Additionally, in those two landmasses, there are corresponding early mammal fossils found. Again, there are identical reptile fossils in Africa and South America.…
Each climate variable will undergo a different magnitude of change in the region, and although predictions have been made, these changes are partially determined by human actions. These climate…
The climate of an area is so impactful that even the smallest changes can have large, serious impacts because everything is connected in some way. The Butterfly Effect theory explains that the power of a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico can cause a hurricane in China; that it may take a long time, but there is a connection because if the butterfly hadn’t flapped its wings at the exact point in time and space, the air movement wouldn’t have changed or moved to cause a hurricane. Because we can’t ever know the outcomes of our actions before they happen, so it’s impossible to determine what factors cause certain outcomes, but the fact remains that even slight changes or errors can be amplified dramatically, making significant changes…
A climate forcing could be seen as a “foundational” independent variable to climate change. Forcing factors can be caused by both human activity (i.e., anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide or using land) or by natural events (i.e., volcanic eruptions and solar irradiation) (Rosenzweig and…
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean out of the five oceans and stretches east of North and South America to west of Europe and Asia. Its climate consists of ocean currents, which are dependent on the uneven heating of the Earth’s surface and continents/landmasses nearby. Ocean currents transport heat energy within the biosphere, with surface ocean currents warming or cooling the air above them, affecting the land nearby. Surface water is affected by wind currents, while deep ocean water undergoes upwelling, which is caused by the density of water. Abiotic factors which influence the Atlantic Ocean include the light levels, temperature, salinity, density and water movement, and nutrients.…
climate does change, it is almost always in relation to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to Howard Lee, a geologist who writes for a website called skeptical science, stated that the earth 's climate has abruptly risen in the past, as it is doing today. He also says that these abrupt rises in earths climate has always been destructive for life on earth, causing mass extinction. The Permian period is an example of this. The Permian period is also known as the great dying because 90% of earths life was wiped out by a sudden release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.…
Other variations like the tilt and precession of Earth also affects the natural warming and cooling process of the climate. The Earth’s angle determines the intensity of the season changes. For example, if the planet has an increasing axial tilt, the contrast increases so the summer would be warmer and winter will be colder. Precession is the wobbling of the Earth on its axis back and forth. It determines how long or short the seasons would be.…
Climate change doesn’t always mean “hotter” it can also mean “cooler”. Natural events can cause climate change. Volcanic eruptions release enormous amounts of sulfur dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere in the form of tiny droplets of aerosol. The droplets of aerosol stay in the atmosphere and reflect the sunlight back into space, cooling the earth down. Even the natural gases that are produced are being produced at a much higher rate than previously.…