Latitude

This paper will focus on the Patagonian Ice Field and how global warming is affecting the glaciers as well as the affect the glaciers have and will have on the rest of the world. To begin I first must explain what a glacier is. A glacier is an immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of continual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over a large surface area, as in Greenland. They are formed over many years when snow is incessantly compressed…

“How do we get there?” or “What time is it?” are questions that are taken for granted this day in age. Today, one instinctively looks at a watch or enters a destination into a phone or GPS. But from where did this technology derive from? How did the first navigators find their way? By using the Sun, Moon, and stars, early civilizations have paved the way to these modern devices used daily in today’s society. The effective use of astronomy enables the calculation of which day it is, the time of…

By creating a positive barrier between his Infantry and the enemy, it allowed for his men to deliver more accurate and deliberate fire at a greater pace and potentially avoiding every engaging in hand to hand combat. By using terrain to support the rifle fire, Marshal de Saxe effectively multiplied his armies effectiveness against the enemy without risking control of the battlefield that comes with hand to hand combat and battle lines mixing. His ideas and tactics found within Reveries on the…

and Antarctic ice, and permafrost, leading to rising sea levels. Climate change impacts on the animal kingdom. Many species become extinct, others are changing the traditional habitat. The risk of relocation inhabitants of the tropics to temperate latitudes is that the animals are carriers of tropical diseases such as malaria. In addition, warming may increase the incidence of intestinal diseases, asthma, allergies and respiratory…

of each. We age by ever mounting time. We calculate and distribute. We find comfort in the fact that 2 + 2 will always equal 4. Numbers have definite effect on us, that’s for sure. Numbers are literally everywhere, highways, routes, longitude, latitude, days and months. Why is it so important for us to know where we are, what time it is, how long till the next thing we do, count downs, count ups, lengths,…

are often surprised to learn there are many different kinds of firefly, not just one. In fact, there are nearly 2,000 firefly species sprinkled across the globe. Collectively, fireflies stretch from Tierra del Fuego at 55° south latitude to Sweden at 55° north latitude, gracing every continent save Antarctica. As is true for most liv- ing things, firefly diversity rises in the tropics, peaking in tropical Asia and South America: Brazil alone hosts 350 different firefly species. There are…

increased the fitness of many species of Anseriforms. Many farmers plant crops year round and waterfowl are able to forage on left over crops, as well as the new crops that are planted over the winter. New practices in agricultural in the temperate latitudes have provided wintering geese with abundant and nutritious food, resulting in significant increases in population and the expansion of breeding grounds (Burnham 2014). Some of these crops include; winter wheat, corn, and soybeans. These…

is known as Earth’s tallest mountain located in Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal. It formed by the Indian tectonic plate pushing up against the Asian plate. Everest is 29,035 feet high. The geography of Mount Everest is at the latitude of 27.9881 degrees N. The latitude has an affect on the air circulation, solar intensity, and rainfall. By Mount Everest being located close to 28 degrees N, it has northeast tradewinds; therefore, the surface currents flow clockwise. At times, the wind blow…

The ocean circulation can be defined like the global movement of water, which occurs in the ocean basins. These movement of water are the ocean currents, which plays an important role in the climate since store and distribute heat, microorganisms like nutrients and freshwater all over the world. Therefore, any change that modifies the ocean circulation will alter drastically the global climate. In this section it will be broadly explained the factors, which determine the ocean circulation and a…

literature is a huge disservice to history and its many great sea stories. It all begins with a single step, literature. The literature we’ve read to make this argument possible are the books of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. Both books are good but they have their differences from each other. Treasure Island was a bit more factual but it…