Due to, again warmer temperatures both maximum and minimum we are seeing ice melt. “Data from NASA's Grace Satellites show that the land ice sheets in both Antarctica and Greenland are losing mass. The continent of Antarctica has been losing more than 100 cubic kilometers (24 cubic miles) of ice per year since 2002” (Global Climate Change: Key Indicators, 2014). Warming air and land temperatures seem to be causing the land ice and artic ice to melt. Where is all this melting ice going?
Hurricanes and blizzards are two very potent forces of Mother Nature. Each of these punishing storms can cause excessive damage, but under different conditions. Blizzards engross an area with mass amounts of snow while hurricanes have trampling rain and tremendous winds. Although there are many differences between the two, they do have a few resemblances. They are both convection storms, which means rising air causes low pressure and, in turn, makes air rush in from surrounding areas to create very strong winds.
One more similarity is the equipment they used to get the results for example they both used temperatureDetermining global warming effects on weather can be done in many different in these two articles I found that you can use ice or water. In the rising of the seas they explain how the melting of the ice caps raise the sea level but in the greenhouse. It breaks down how they can use ice to determine the future weather. Global warming is something more people need to be aware of and get more knowledge on, because after reading these two articles I found out what our world might become just by looking into the past. These two article had there similarities and differences in how they go about finding out about the past but yet both are very
Wind is an important element responsible for erosion and deposition in all types of climates so long as sediment particles are loose and dry. When we think of strong winds it is not uncommon to associate them with other storms that usually carry some sort of precipitation with them. In these cases, such as rainstorms and hurricanes, it is more difficult for sediment to blow away due to the weight added from becoming wet. In dry climates, on the other hand, wind is an effective erosional agent. Since air is less dense than water wind can only remove fine sediment such as silt, sand, and clay, but unlike running water, wind is not confined to channels.
The evidence of sea floor spreading was further supported by Vine and Drummond, who studied the magnetic pattern of the sea floor. They found that the Earth’s magnetic field changes over time, because as magma from the mantle rises to the crust it cools but the basalt will align to the field it cools to. It is also found that on either side of mid oceanic ridges there were symmetrical magnetic patterns, so suggesting that the ocean was created at the mid oceanic ridges and as new ocean floor cooled, it pushed the crust away. Both Hess and Vine and Drummond found evidence that is crucial to the explanation of how continental drift happened, and it is very important in the development of geologists understanding, however other people found evidence to support continental drift also. Dan McKenzie went on to further explain sea floor spreading, being able to explain why new crust was made at mid oceanic ridges.
An example of this can be found in glaciation. During glaciations the weight of ice pushing on the Earth can depress the crust, causing the land to fall relative to the level of the sea. When the ice goes in warmer periods the land rebounds upwards as Scotland and Northern Britain are today - rising relative to the level of the sea. Eustatic sea level change is a GLOBAL change in sea level, linked directly to the temperature of the Earth. In warmer periods there is less ice and the water is warmer, so expands and sea levels rise.
Many people know of glaciers and deserts however they do not know fully understand why these two landscapes should be taken more seriously. Deserts and glaciers both play an important role in climate change (Murck et al., 2008). Scientists believe humans are partially responsible for glaciers retreating and deserts growing and shifting due to human production of greenhouse gases and the way humans manage soil and water resources (Murck et al., 2008). A desert landscape compared to a glacier landscape share similarities and differences. A desert is defined as an arid land that receives less than 250 millimeters of rainfall or snow per year where a glacier is defined as a semi permanent or perennially frozen body of ice consisting largely of re-crystallized snow that moves under the pull of gravity (Murck et al., 2008).
The Dust Bowl According to West (2011), the word Dust Bowl is generally understood as an area whose vegetation is lost and soil is eroded. He noted that Dust Bowl is majorly caused by drought or unsuitable farming practice. Hook (2009) on the other hand noted that the word matters much to the Americans than to any other group of the world. He noted that the Americans understand the concept Dust Bowl to mean the parts of the United States (i.e. Oklahoma, Kansas, the Northern Texas, and the New Mexico) which experienced severe soil erosion caused by the effect of windstorms in the 1930s.
Common sense says you shouldn’t discover where the edge is by passing over it, but that’s what we’re doing with deforestation and climate change” (553). Desert is considered hot, and now it’s hotter; it also affects the quality of agricultural land. Nature will be destroyed, and the world economy will be going down. Global warming is one of the most challenging environmental problems in existence today. Our life, animals’ life, and plants’ life are becoming worse because we are destroying the environment.
Hydroelectric plants may be able to reshape water flows to more closely match daily and seasonal system energy demands. Hydroelectric plants have many advantages but even though they do sound perfect they still have some disadvantages. One of the main advantages of hydroelectric plants is since no fuel is burned there is minimal pollution. Today pollution is a main argument that is harming our environment. Pollution is causing the atmosphere to decay and is helping generate global warming.