Global climate model

According to the Cloud Fraction map, I think that Africa has an arid climate in the north and south. In between is more humid as the year goes on. If you reduced cloud fraction levels to less than 25% then I would expect for there to be less vegetation and the climate to be arid in the places that seen to be humid, based off of the Cloud Fraction map. I think the precipitation levels to be low if the cloud fraction is low. To help support my claim, I looked at the maps and where there is low…

Jacques Cousteau stated that the Antarctic is one of the main factors in the cooling of the earth. He states that the reason for this is due to the fact that the colder water of the Antarctic flows down towards the tropics and mixes with the warmer water which results in the two different temperatures mixing and cooling down not only the surface water but also that atmosphere. Sadly though even though this great system is put into place naturally to cool down the earth and keep it in homeostasis…

of rising sea level is our fossil-fuel-driven civilization. Burning causes carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, the overall temperature in the earth's atmosphere increased gradually. We call it "global warming". Due to the higher temperature, the ice mountain on land started melting. Climate scientists estimated that Greenland and Antarctic combined have lost on average about 50 cubic miles of ice each year since 1992. On the other hand, a physical fact of thermal expansion, water grows…

An Occluded Front is a cold front that overtakes a warm front and the two fronts combine into one front. The chapter also explains how when it appears on a surface weather map that it is defined by a purple line that has alternating cold-front triangles and warm-front half circles, of which both figures run in the direction of the way the front is moving. There are two types of occluded fronts, the first is called a Cold Occlusion with the second being a Warm Occlusion. A cold occlusion is a…

These uneven distributions of heat slow down the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and affect local climates. Higher temperatures and lower amounts of salinity in surface waters are and will continue to change the MOC. Natural changes in the oceans climates occur at different time scales, causing climate events like El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Decadal Oscillation. This shows that the slow increase of heat in the Earths Ocean and atmosphere influence…

being bleached and dying from ocean acidification. Algae blooms create dead zones and emit carbon dioxide. This proposal based on historical and current evidence will illuminate the effects of climate change…

In Tatiana Schlossberg’s article, “Climate Change Will Bring Wetter Storms in U.S., Study Says” Schlossberg discusses the effects of climate change. Researchers have suggested that climate change can result “in an increase in big storms that cause flash floods and landslides.” New research has shown that there is some variation between regions. The Northeast and the Gulf Coast are at a big risk because the storms have the potential to increase by 70 percent. These storms can become as…

Global warming is the continuing rise in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere and oceans. Global warming is caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, resulting from human activities such as deforestation and burning of fossil fuels. The increased temperature has effects on both humans and animals. There are many ways, which can allow people to continue living and to deal with climate changes. However, while humans are pretty good at adapting to…

explain how "Part of the problem is that in recent decades, the fastest-growing U.S. cities-places like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Austin-have effectively been built on air-conditioning. (This is also true in the Middle East and Asia, and as a result, global energy consumption is soaring precisely when it needs to be lowered.)" Americans no longer use shading from trees and cross-ventilation from windows and fans to try and keep cool. They now result to blasting the air conditioner and raising the…

once had, but the question is that are we really living in a clean environment or is it full of substances that are harming not only us but the trees and the animals around us. One of the main problems seen when it comes environmental problems is global warming, which by definition is an increase in the earth’s surface…