How does latitude and Earth's rotation affect an area's climate? Climate Changes with Latitude. Places located at high latitudes (far from the equator) receive less sunlight than places at low latitudes (close to the equator). Now with Earth's rotation, The rotational speed of the earth also changes based on latitude. The earth rotates about its axis once each day. My three pieces of evidence are Coriolis effect article, Climate change notes, as well as, the Bill Nye video. In the Coriolis effect article it interprets that, at the equator, the earth’s circumference is 40,079 km. The day is 24 hours long, so the rotational speed is 1,670 km/hr. Near the poles, the earth’s circumference is much less but the day is still 24 hours long,
Based on the evidence presented above, I have concluded that all 3 claims of stronger winds, warmer temperatures, and the creation of
If you shoot a cannon from the equator pointing toward the North Pole, which way would the cannon ball appear to be deflected?
2- Air pressure is not usually a constant that’s why usually impacts therefore it usually weather not climate. Some several key areas of the globe have consistent highs and lows that affect the weather and wind patterns having a huge impact on the climate.
1. As latitude increases, the intensity of the solar energy that strikes an area decreases, and climates become cooler.
More sunlight reaches the equator of the planet causing a correlation between UV intensity and latitude.
The angle at which sunlight strikes the ground causes the seasons. Earth does not have an axis that is straight up and down, its axis is tilted 23.5°. When Earth revolves around the sun, the way the sunlight hits earth causes some places to be colder when they are tilted away from the sun, while other places are warmer because they are tilted towards the sun. An example of this is our Boston/ San Carlos data lab. In this lab, we looked at the weather for Boston and San Carlos de Bariloche. The reason we chose San Carlos is because it is our exact latitude opposite, being 29° South and Boston being 29° North. As Boston was proceeding into winter, San Carlos was proceeding to summer. This is because of Earth’s tilt. San Carlos is tilted towards
2. Explain how the Coriolis Effect impacts ocean currents. The Coriolis Effect draws the water moving towards the nearest pole to the east, and the water moving towards the equator to the west. This pull causes fluctuations in the ocean currents.
The climate in the highlands varies with latitude, elevation, other topography and continental location. In rugged mountain areas such as the Andes of South America, the climates can vary based on the factors as whether a slope faces south or north and whether it is exposed to winds that are carrying
The case for attributing the recent global warming to human activities rests on the following undisputed scientific facts:
Alternative ideas of evidence is that carbon dioxide (which people aim global warming almost entirely at) has almost no
Seasons change due to the tilt of the Earth which is 23.5 degrees as it orbits around the sun. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, it is Summer for that part of earth and winter for the Southern Hemisphere because of the indirect sunlight. Althpugh they both still recieve some sunlight during summer but they do not reach hot temperatures. Six months later when the Earth is on the other side of the sun it would be the opposite with the Southern Hemisphere pointing towards the sun and the Northern facing away. When the earth is midway through its orbit, both hemispheres receive the same amount of rays making it spring and autnm. The North and South Pole always remain
I think the video is presenting a very one-sided “consensus” and in science you need facts. The facts presented are possibly skewed in relation to the cause. It is a natural process for the planet to warm and cool and the effect that human-generated greenhouse gases are too small to affect the planet in the way that climate change advocates portray.
The latitude affects the climate of a region and in a big way! If there is a high latitude there is a low temperature. If there is a low latitude there is a high temperature. Most people like to live in 22 degrees and 60 degrees latitude, north of the tropics and south of the polar regions. People would rather live in low latitude places instead of high latitude places and for good reason. If it’s always cold that wouldn’t be good because
The El Nino Southern Oscillation is a large scale circulation of atmospheric and oceanic interactions. It is a natural climate phenomenon where the tropical Pacific Ocean experiences higher than normal ocean temperature. The opposite, La Nina, refers to the unusual cooler than normal sea surface temperatures. It gained its name “the Christ child” in Spanish (“the girl” for La Nina) because the characteristic is most obvious around Christmas alone the western coast of South America where it was first discovered.
The Earth has never stopped revolving ever since it had existed. About 2.5 billion years ago during the Proterozoic Eon to the Cenozoic era in which we live in today, a single-celled organism was able to evolve into many cells, which led to dinosaurs, mammals, primates, and many other organisms. Not only did the animals evolved, our ancestors did too! They had passed on their genes and traits as well as new ones to create the human-being we are today.