The climates on earth are very unique depending on their placement on the planet's axis. No one really realizes how different they can be or how similar they really are. The ice caps and the arid climates are two examples of unique climates. Arid is another word for dry land, the ice caps are the cold climates. The Arid climates are covering nearly 33% of the earth’s land. The ice caps are only at the poles directly north and south of the equator, but this climate covers nearly 20% of the earth. These two climates sound very different, but no one would ever know the similarities of them until they really looked into the facts.
The ice caps are the most extreme climates on earth. They are located at the north and south poles. These poles are
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This is a pattern due to the cold water climates. The arid climates are existent mostly in the center of a continent or beneath a continents rain shadow of a large mountain range. The rain shadow is land on a said of a mountain that is very dry because the mountain forces warm air higher into the sky, which cools it and it falls as rain, but only on one side of the mountain. Most of the arid areas or regions do not have regular seasons. An example would be the Sahara Desert which is always hot and dry. Some Arid places do have changes in temperature depending on the latitude and the surrounding climates. This would mean they have two seasons, which would be summer and winter. The temperatures of these locations can reach as high as 130 degrees or as negative as 30 degrees. This temperature also depends on the location at which it is located on the planet. These hot deserts have a poor rate of precipitation due to the lack of water to be evaporated. In order to have an Arid climate there must be less than 10 inches of water which most deserts do. Some of these deserts have less than 10 inches of rain a year.The causes of these poor climates would be the cold currents carrying dry air, so these lands are blasted with dry air most of the …show more content…
Most people on the planet are oblivious to these climates which is remarkable due to how many ways they could learn about them. They’re complete opposites but yet have similarities. Most would think they do not have similarities all because they’re completely different. These climates are caused by the ocean winds which assisted in making them dry and unpleasant for those who are not capable of handling such climates. They could easily be looked at as different and have no possible chance to even be compared and thought of as similar. They are very incredible because of the climates they maintain. They are completely opposite and yet have similarities. This is what makes every climate unique and amazing in it’s own
It is an unquestioned fact that the climate is changing. There is abundant evidence that the world is becoming warmer and warmer. The temperature of the global land average temperature has increased by about 8.5 degrees centigrade from 1880 to 2012 (Karr, et al 406). The one or two degrees increase in temperature can cause dramatic and serious consequences to the earth as well as humans. More extreme weather occurs, such as heat waves and droughts. The Arctic Region is especially sensitive to global climate change. According to the data in recent decades, the temperature in the Arctic has increased by more than 2 degrees centigrade in the recent half century (Przybylak 316). Climate change has led to a series of environmental and ecological negative
The planet we live in, the earth is a tiny composition in this huge universe. It has diversities ranging from highly variant temperature and pressure belts as well as various ecosystem types. One such remarkable feature of the earth is the polar ice caps. There are three major prominent features, the Antarctic ice on the South Pole, the Arctic ice on the North Pole and Greenland on the north between North America and Europe. Antarctica consist about 90 percent of the world's ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water). It is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet). The Arctic ice is not so thick in comparison and it mostly floats in the Arctic Ocean. Greenland, on the other hand would add another 7 meters (20 feet) to the oceans if it melted because Greenland is closer to the equator than Antarctica, the temperatures there are higher, so the ice is more likely to melt. Scientists from the Universities of London and Edinburgh say that ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland together contribute approximately 12 percent of the rise in sea levels. The melting of these enormous ice bodies can significantly impact the global changes in climate and reversely, this climate changes also impact the melting of the ice bodies. It is a two way process and the causes are mostly anthropogenic.
Scientists have determined that weather systems are changeable. Over a large amount of time, the earths tilt changes, causing the axis’s to tilt more one way then it used to, and thus changing the weather. Greenhouse gasses may also change the weather, making our climate either much hotter or much cooler. Ice caps and deserts have one thing in common, one small change in the weather can change them- and they will change the world.
Physical characteristics vary on every location of this planet. In order to understand this planet, an assessment of different environmental aspects needs to occur to understand these variations. The purpose of this lab report is to evaluate the similarities and differences between three locations: Sacramento, CA; Austin, TX; and Augusta, ME. In order to thoroughly examine these similarities and differences, an examination will be made on Earth-sun relationships, water balance budgets, climate patterns, vegetation, as well as landform development. These similarities and differences will be found by utilizing different methods and deriving data and conclusions empirically. All three of the cities focused on in this lab report in very different locations and therefore, it is expected that the concluded data will reveal many differences in the themes mentioned above.
In North China, there is high temperature and low rainfall. High summer temperature is due to continental climate. Also, hot dry winds occasionally blow towards Loess Plateau from Gobi Desert in the north. Summer temperature of Less Plateau is high, e.g. Xian ever reached 42.5℃. High summer temperature causes the high evaporation and lead to dryness. The precipitation reduces. Finally, it causes the expansion of dry areas and drought. Water scarcity becomes worse.
Ice is one of the major abiotic factor in the arctic, without the ice, many organism such as polar bears would be left without a place to live and even with seals, it would be unsafe for them because without ice, there will be no places to hide from predators. Other factors are permafrost, strong winds, poor soil, long winters and short summer.
The Negev desert is characterized by its lengthy, waterless summer with rain events occurring during the colder months of the year. Hendrik Bruins adds in his article, “Ancient Desert Agriculture in the Negev and Climate-Zone Boundary Changes During Average, Wet and Drought Years”, that:
The issue of climate change is becoming increasingly important worldwide, and scientists are looking into the climate history of the past to try and interpret what this planet may experience in the future. In order to reconstruct the climatic history of a region, information is obtained from a variety of different proxies or indirect forms of measurement preserved as evidence in materials such as ice cores and sediment samples. A study conducted by Thompson et al attempts to reconstruct the climate history in the African region using data obtained from glaciers located on Mount Kilimanjaro. An alternative study undertaken by Kaiser et al. disputes the claims made on the ice age and climate history presented by Thompson and his colleges. Both studies illustrate the uncertainties that may arise when analyzing ice core data and the importance in adequately interpreting and analyzing information obtained from glacial deposits.
These two regions have many different climates. There have been disasters involving climates. Like Hurricane Katrina, the climate was the main reason so many people were injured, or
As climate change, with glacier melting and moving at a surprising speed a few people say that global climate is booby trapped. Africa and East Asia has been inhibiting precipitation in dry areas cause by El Nino’s. If Greenland ice melts enough, instead of ice dripping into the sea it would be like dumpi...
Everyday you wake up in the morning and start making decisions. What you wear, what you eat, and what you do for the day are dependent on the weather. Climate is an important part of life, without it we would not have life at all. Native Americans experienced climate in ways both similar and different than we do.
Climate change is evidenced through shifts in the weather patterns such as winds, humidity and temperatures over certain durations. Natural climate changes occur less frequently and they are triggered by factors related to geographical aspects as well as solar radiation. The earth’s movement on the orbit triggers changes in climate, causing some areas to have higher temperatures than usual, while others are significantly cold depending on the position of the earth on the orbit. The heat from the sun causes changes in the stratospheric ozone and it increases the amount of greenhouse gases. Heat from the oceanic crust also contributes to warming as a result of episodic hydrothermal venting (Liao & Sandeberg, 2012).
The earth is a complex system, which continues to evolve and change. Climate change and global warming are currently popular in the political agenda. But what does “climate” really mean? The difference between weather and climate can be conveyed in a single sentence: “Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get.” Based on research of the geologic record, we know that climate change has happened throughout Earth's history and at present, ever-increasing evidence points to the roles that humans play in altering Earth systems. The Earth and its atmosphere receive heat energy from the sun; the atmospheric heat budget of the Earth depends on the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing radiation from the planet; which has been constant over the last few thousand years. However present evidence seems to suggest that the recent increase in temperature has been brought about by pollution of the atmosphere, in particular the release of huge amounts of carbon dioxide, mostly through Anthropogenic Forcing (human activity) and other various internal and external factors. I...
The Sahara’s climate is very hot and dry. Although it is very hot during the day, it does become cold at night. On average, it only has 8 inches of rainfall per year. The Sahara's climate consists of b...
Globally the environment changes because of the imbalance of the sun. The poles don’t receive very much light causing a high pressure, which makes it cold and dry. The equator receives the most light and creates a high pressure, which makes the area around the equator warm and wet. El Nino and La Niña also affect this part of the environment. El Niño happens when something causes the water to fall back towards South America. The water travels up the South American coast and up to Cali...