Altitude

amounts of snow, the wind, hidden chasms, ice everywhere, and etc. You made tools and clothes to keep you from falling off from ice and up to 175 mile per hour wind speeds (hurricane force speeds.) The effects on humans and animals are the high altitudes and lack of oxygen, below 0 temperatures, hurricane force winds, and very little resources such as water and food. Mount Everest is an extremely harsh unforgiving climate. It is high up in our atmosphere (less oxygen), it has hurricane force…

Hypoxic Cell Injury Results in Atherosclerosis in the Heart The heart is one of the most unique muscles in the human body that contains many vessels and arteries. These vessels and arteries can sometimes become blocked due to an occlusion or pre-existing heart disease. The occlusion or pre-existing condition can be affected if there is a lack or decrease of oxygen being supplied to the heart muscle. Hypoxic cell injury is a mechanism where oxygen levels are decreased to the myocardial cells of…

and nitrogen when they get to “20 to 200 miles of altitude.” (Northeren Lights or Aurora Borealis Explained)What is fascinating about the Aurora Borealis is that it’ll turn whichever color, depending on which atom is struck and at which point in altitude they meet. • Green – oxygen, up to 150 miles in altitude • Red – oxygen, above 150 miles in altitude • Blue – nitrogen, up to 60 miles in altitude • Purple/violet – nitrogen, above 60 miles in altitude…

The Incan Empire, at its peak, extended over 2,600 miles of South America spanning almost the entire western coast of the continent (D’altroy 3). A large portion of its kingdom was mountainous villages and communities, all functioning at altitudes surpassing 13,000 feet (McKay 307). The Inca developed a large empire in the Andes due to the successful management and intelligent use of the land coupled with their unique physiology. Inca farmers were very aware of the environment they lived in…

that is? It is not easy, you have a 25% chance of dying. That’s like taking a spin the wheel with 25% and 75% and spinning it for every climber, someone is going to land on 25%, why take the risk of it being yourself? Oh, and don’t forget about altitude sickness. Some symptoms are; Throbbing headaches that get worse in pain, lack of appetite, feeling sick to your…

kilometres at the Equator. So the altitude of the troposphere depends on the latitude, and it is also varies according to the seasons, as it will be higher in the summer and lower in the winter. Practically all of the weather happens in the troposphere, so nearly all of the water vapour is located in this layer of the atmosphere, which can form clouds and cause precipitation. The temperature within the…

environment at high altitudes requires that endothermic animals sustain high rates of oxygen (O2) consumption for both locomotion and thermogenesis while facing a diminished O2 supply. Recent evidence suggests that genes in the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathway have been targeted by natural selection and have contributed to evolutionary adaptation to high altitudes in several species. In this project, these scientists examined the role of hypoxia signaling in high-altitude adaptation in…

Wind patterns and air masses, the land/water contrast, and the ocean currents are the three of the five climate controls that impact the temperature and precipitations at both location. Although these three climate controls affects both St. Louis and Singapore, the wind patterns and air masses, the ocean currents, and the land /water contrast are more influential on the climate at Singapore than on St. Louis since Singapore is closer to the large bodies of water, which means that it is affected…

At 29,029 feet (8,848 meters), Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world in terms of altitude. However, the tallest mountain is actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which measures 33,480 feet (10,205 m) from its underwater base to its peak, according to Guinness World Records. (Most of Mauna Kea is underwater.) Everest is located at the border of Nepal to the south and China or Tibet on the north. It is over 60 million years old. Everest was formed by the movement of the Indian tectonic…

of their benefits. The Airacobra had a low top speed, horrible climb and dive rates, and a low service ceiling (maximum altitude it can reach) due to its one stage supercharger (Hickman “World War II:…