12) Deserts typically occur in a band around 30 degrees north and south latitude because
Desert’s impact humans by Something called Desertification, Desertification is when fertile land becomes Desert. “ ... Desertification directly affects 1.2 billion people” (Doc 3). This shows that Desert’s affect people badly. Desert’s are dangerous as they can kill plants and animals. “ But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the Desert.” (Internet). This shows that small changes in the Desert can affect a lot of living things. To recapitulate, Desert’s can be discussed by their impacts on humans.
Climate: Africa contains both the world’s largest desert (the Sahara) and the world 's longest river (the Nile).Temperatures are highest in desert areas, particularly the Sahara. They are cooler across the south and in mountainous areas and plateau highlands. Rainfall varies dramatically across Africa.Changing weather patterns, however patterns of weather are changing, both locally and across the continent. The Sahara is the world 's largest low-latitude hot desert. The area is located in the horse latitudes under the subtropical ridge, a significant belt of semi-permanent subtropical, warm-core high pressure where the air from the upper levels of the troposphere tends to sink towards the ground. This steady descending airflow causes a warming and a drying effect in the upper troposphere. The sinking air prevents evaporating water from rising and, therefore, prevents the adiabatic cooling, which makes cloud formation extremely difficult to nearly impossible.
is similar to Gotaland’s climate, but it gets a little colder. It gets warmer in the summer it
Climate and appearances are how we can describe the desert. The deserts climate and appearances are specific to the desert. The desert has many distinct characteristics. It is dry, sandy and has many rocks lying around. The climate is as different as night and day. During the day it
There are roughly 8.7 million known species of plants and animals distributed all over the world. However, there are fewer plant and animal species found in hot desert areas due to the climate and landform. Living under the arid evnironment is typically difficult because of the extreme climate, the fluctuation of temperature between night and day is enormous, and sandstorms occur frequently. As well as this, there are very few nutritional substances for survival. However, the biggest challenge for living things in the hot desert is most likely the dry weather and lack of rain. The annual rainfall is below 25 mm in the Sahara Desert, the world’s biggest desert, compared with the Amazon rainforest which has an average precipitation of 1250 to
These freshwater lakes covered about 10% of the Sahara and were three times bigger than the Great Lakes. Scientists wanted to find the answer as to what caused the Sahara to go from grassland to desert. They discovered that the wobble of the earth’s orbit every 20 thousand years was the cause of the changing environment which moved the rain belt. Scientists used ocean sediment to determine that the change of landscape can happen within one or two centuries. I found this fascinating that the earth’s slight wobble could affect the landscape that much. This made me wonder what other changes might happen due to the Earth’s wobble. If the Sahara’s climate changed this much could other locations have similar changes in the next thousands of years. Even though the landscape change in the Sahara only happens every 20 thousands of years can scientist predict approximately when the next change will occur? Also, because scientists discovered that the change of landscapes can happen within a few hundred is it possible that some future generations may witness that changes of the Sahara landscape. It is very shocking to think about the fact that in the next few thousand years the biggest desert in the world might be a grassland. By observing how the Earth changes over time it can predict future changes in the landscape and
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The Arid climate has irregular seasons. Say for instance, the Sahara Desert is mainly always hot and dry. However, some areas change in temperature depending on the latitude, and surrounding climate. So the two main seasons, summer and winter.
The country that I chose to research was Madagascar. Madagascar is an Island country located in the Indian Ocean in South Africa. It is mostly known for its trail of large mountains. It's twice the size as Britain, coming in as the fourth largest island in the world. Mountains, though it is the main attraction, isn't the only thing Madagascar is made up of. It has forests, crystal lakes, massive caverns, and savannah grasslands covering the west part of the island. The south region is made up of sandy deserts. These parts of the island are dry, hot, and tropical while the mountains have a lower temperature from the rest. During the “wet season,” which is from December to march, is when
I learned new facts about climate change after I attend the climate march during April 29, 2017. The
as the Caribbean and Central America, where the average temperature is 80°F (27°C), and the yearly rainfall is
Thorson et.al (2016)'s article talks about how "People's Climate March" in September 2014 is associate with the notion of connection action through using a strategy of inclusion and create a "big tent." Recall from the previous article of The Logic of Connection Action, the differences between collection and connective action are that collection action links with high levels of formal and hierarchical organizational structure, while connective action are based on more loose and informal organization format. In addition, co-production and sharing are related to personalized expression and diverse ideologies in connective action. On contrary, in collective action, individual's identity is based on group's intention as a whole. For example, group
Due to time constraints, the recorded RH of the site was done at 17:06 EST while the climate data was observed at 19:00 EST, this may lead to some differences when comparing data. However, using the information provided it suggests that the microclimate for the proposed site in may be less humid in August than PHL.