Tule fog is a very thick fog that collects in parts of California during the rainy season of the late fall and winter. It has also been known to gather from Bakersfield to chico and occasionally in San Francisco. Tule fog is a type of radiation fog that is created due to the rising of warm air. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-tule-fog.htm The cold mountain air descends into the San Joaquin Valley and usually forms Tule fog on the first or second clear night after it has rained, skies are cleared and winds are light. This happens when high-pressure returns, creating an inversion with colder air near the earth's surface than aloft.
The major problems with cotton are that the plantations require a lot of herbicides and pesticides, they use a lot fertilizer and they use up massive quantities of water. Hemp however makes a stronger material than cotton that can be grown in several different climates, requires no herbicides or pesticides, needs no fertilizers and would consume a lot less water. Because hemp is more durable then cotton I would throw away less cloths and I would reduce my methane as well as my nitrogen emissions. The growing, harvesting and production of hemp textiles create significantly less greenhouse gases then the cotton industry and would be a fast and easy alternative to
Hurricanes need the ocean’s water temperature to be about 80 degrees to a depth of about 150 feet. Another factor of the forming of hurricanes is the rapid cooling of the warm water vapors that were evaporated, which causes condensation (the second step of the water cycle). The third step of the water cycle is precipitation and that happens when too many water vapors are condensed and rain starts to fall. Humidity is also needed in the
The extreme temperature fluctuations that can occur in dry climates causes winds to become stronger. The “Dust Bowl” of the 1930’s is an example of what can result from these severe weather conditions. Drought was not anything unheard of in the history of America, and in the 1930’s it would plague the Plains and Southwest for nearly a decade. It began in the eastern part of the country in 1930 and moved its way west. At the time, farmers had given little thought to crop rotation or other methods to preserve fertile topsoil.
Sea floor spreading forms the best evidence for continental drift. Critically discuss this statement. There is lots of evidence to support the theory of continental drift, including Harry Hess’s discovery of sea floor spreading theory. By using sonar, Hess found that oceans were shallower in the middle, allowing him to identify Mid Ocean Ridges. He suggested that at the centre of oceans, molten material would rise from the Earth’s mantle, causing new sea floor to be created, pushing the ocean floor.
The average amount of rainfall is between 30 and 60 inches a year. The summers are much cooler with the hottest month being between 15°C and 17°C. Temperature is partly affected by cloud cover (over the forest) and cooling which reduces the temperature slightly. Winter temperatures are mild however this is not the case in all deciduous forests. In Northeast Asia, temperate deciduous forests monthly temperatures are a few degrees above freezing due to warmth carried from the sea being close by.
This graph shows the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere above Hawaii from 1958 to 2002. 1. Based on the trend depicted in the graph, explain what you think the relationship might be between organisms performing respiration and the organisms performing photosynthesis in this area of the world. -For the organisms that perform respiration, breathing will be more difficult every year until the amount of carbon dioxide is fatal. As for organisms performing photosynthesis, it would not be much of a problem, considering they take in carbon dioxide.
This happens when the normal winds weaken which allows the warm water that is usually found in the western Pacific change direction and instead move towards the east. This warm water replaces the cold water which is normally found near the surface of the eastern Pacific. All these occurrences are what affects a lot of weather patterns in many parts of the
The sun in Alaska is only out for a couple hours a day, and it only rises about half way up in the sky, unlike Hawaii where the sun is the same as every other state .Hawaii does have a better temperature overall, but Alaska is so different from Hawaii that I feel it would make for a better vacation that you will remember more. overall Alaska is a better
The bottle uses sixty percent less PET plastic and is among the most environmentally responsible packaging out there. Eco-Shape(TM) is credited with reducing Nestle Waters' carbon emission equivalents by more than 356,000 tons since 2007 – the equivalent to removing 78,000 cars from the road. Eco-Shape(TM) also features a label that is 35 percent smaller on average than the previous label, saving nearly 10 million pounds of paper annually.12 An even newer solution emerging in the bottled water market is bio-plastic bottles made 100 percent from plants. The most popular, made from Green Planet Bottling and Keystone Water Company. The bottles are toxin-free and carbon neutral, compared to popular plastic bottles containing petroleum.