Polar region

The Horrible effects of Global Warming There is a reason that the polar ice caps are melting and what hurricanes are worse than they were about 20 years ago. Global warming was once thought to be a myth, but after of scientific evidence it has been proven that is real. Now the main point is to prove what global warming does not what it is. A dramatic rise in the earth’s atmospheric temperature linked to green house gasses and other related phenomena are responsible for the extinction of many…

From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to modern day, air and water pollution has been a problem affecting the economy of the United States, creating a significant cost for damages. The environment is a necessity for human survival, as it provides all of our resources, and maintaining it is the key to improving human life on the planet. Without this, we see more of what has already began to happen: global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, loss of biodiversity by deforestation…

Consider the following questions on the carbon cycle: [2 pts] Assume that the atmospheric reservoir of CO2 contains 830 Gt of carbon, and the rate at which CO2 is removed from the atmosphere is 180 Gt of carbon per year. What is the residence time of CO2 in the atmosphere? (Give units) The residence time of CO2 in this atmospheric reservoir is 4.61 years. [6 pts] Using the concepts we’ve discussed in class, explain two temporal patterns that you observe in the figure below and the processes…

Is global warming a belief or a real danger? "Make no mistake: without concerted action, the very future of our planet is in peril," says Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund. Our Planet Earth is facing a huge threat by global warming due to intensified use of fossil fuels and an increase rate of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. Many scientists believe that climate change is occurring and they provide some scientific evidence to prove this, yet some…

Urrea states, “Christmas was coming . . . Up north, the gringos had just celebrated their Thanksgiving. . . Tijuana as always, was beginning to copy them” (Urrea 102). The impact of the United States holidays being celebrated in the lesser economic regions of Mexico is an example of this globalization influence on society. Urrea even states that “what exactly Mexicans have to give thanks for on North America’s Thanksgiving is not clear” (Urrea 102). This example of the influences of wealth and…

other gas giants,Uranus doesn't have a firm surface. Scientists define the surface as the region where the atmospheric pressure exceeds one bar, the pressure found on Earth at sea level. Just above the "surface", since Uranus is a gas giant, of Uranus lies the troposphere. The temperature ranges from minus 243 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 153 degrees Celsius) to minus 370 F (minus 218 C), with the upper regions being the coldest. With temperatures like those it makes the atmosphere of Uranus one of…

interleukin receptors mentioned earlier (Olosz & Malek, 2002). Evidence from mutagenesis studies suggests that the patches provide the central degenerate recognition surfaces which allow the binding to all cytokines in the gamma chain dependent family. The polar interactions on the surface also aid the binding through the specific modulation that targets individual cytokine (Wang et al,…

“This magnificent area is as vast as it is wild, from the windswept coastal plain where polar bears and caribou give birth, to the towering Brooks Range where Dall sheep cling to cliffs and wolves howl in the midnight sun.” Here, former President Jimmy Carter is portraying the beauty and diversity in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge. In the Foreword of Subhankar Banerjee’s book “Arctic national wildlife refuge in: seasons of life and gland, a Photographic Journey”, President Jimmy Carter…

Trevino, Elva What causes the Aurora Borealis? As electrically charged particle collisions from the sun enter the planet’s atmosphere and encounter atmospheric gases, a light show spectacle is displayed around the magnetic poles of the earth. The aurora phenomenon occurs at poles of both the northern and southern hemispheres of the planet. They are most commonly known as the “Northern Lights” and “Southern Lights”- Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, respectively. However, since the southern…

was very nearly successful, coming within just a few miles of the Capital. Yudenich forces was later pushed back due to failure of capturing the railways which allowed the Bolshevik to quickly get reinforcements. The general himself later fled the region with his bags filled with cash supplied by foreign…