Tropics
Found 8 free book(s)Geologic Time Scale and Brief History of Life on Earth
www.glyfac.buffalo.edunorth of the tropics was almost entirely ocean, and most of the world's land was collected into. the southern super-continent Gondwana. Throughout the Ordovician, Gondwana shifted towards the South Pole and much of it was submerged underwater. The Ordovician is best known for the
Humpback Whale Migration from Alaska to Hawaii
coast.noaa.govwaters of the tropics during these harsh winter months. Tropical waters tend to have much less food available to the whales. The main reason humpbacks travel to these warmer locations is not to feed, but to begin the breeding process. Humpback whale …
Mangroves (Primefact 746) - Department of Primary Industries
www.dpi.nsw.gov.ausome 20 plant families. In the tropics of Australia, 37 species from 15 plant families occur; around 40 per cent of the total number of mangrove species found throughout the world. The number of species decreases southwards and, in temperate Victoria Figure 4. A simplified food chain in a mangrove community. (Source: A Hibbard, copyright P Lennon)
AC 00-24C - Thunderstorms - Federal Aviation Administration
www.faa.govlatitudes of the Earth (outside the tropics) having neither tropical nor polar characteristics. Extratropical cyclones are typically associated with fronts and horizontal gradients in temperature and dewpoint otherwise known as “baroclinic zones.” Extratropical cyclones are
The Younger Dryas - National Climatic Data Center
www.ncei.noaa.govof the Northern Hemisphere tropics, conditions also became drier (Hughen et al. 2000; Wang et al. 2001). The story in Antarctica is somewhat different, however. The ice core record at Dome C (See figure on page 2) shows that climate changes in Antarctica were out-of-phase with those in the Northern Hemisphere (EPICA
Examples of Natural Climate Phenomena
www.weather.govEl Niño and La Niña affect rainfall distribution in the tropics that strongly influences weather patterns across the United States and other parts of the world. La Niña conditions occur when cooler-than-average waters accumulate in the central and eastern tropical Pacific and tropical rains shift to the west.
Chapter 7 – Atmospheric Circulations
www.weather.gov–tropics (ITCZ) –polar front • Low where air sinks: –subtropical highs and poles Fig. 7.17: Major pressure systems and idealized motions and precipitation patterns of the general circulation. Latitudinal Displacement • 10-15º Latitudinal displacement of major features
Animal Farm - huzheng.org
www.huzheng.orgAnimal Farm George Orwell • I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X Etext by Roderick da Rat I MR. JONES, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen−houses for the night, but was too drunk to …