From Visualizing Earth Science, by Merali, Z., and Skinner, B. J, 2009, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Copyright 2009 by Wiley. Adapted with permission.…
1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly…
problems of defining states- Antarctica is the only land mass that is not part of a state. Although, argentina, austrialia, chile, france, uk, new Zealand, and Norway have all claimed pieces of antartica.…
Greenland when Iceland was settled by others, risking their lives just to find a place where they…
analogies are comparisons of what is already known and what was observed or found, and…
After living on foreign land for almost three years the prospect of returning to Iceland fills me with excitement. I am tasked with the job of convincing new settlers to join me on the new land called Greenland. As I walk onto the shores of the land that was once home to me I am flooded with the familiar feeling of the land. Over the next few months I convinced many more people to join me on Greenland. 25 ships will now accompany me on the journey back to Greenland with over 500 passengers. Many of these people had faced similar troubles to my father and I upon our arrival in Iceland, having difficulty finding farming land or space to…
Comparison and contrast of evident similarities and bright contrasts between United States of America and one of the European country – Poland. Both of the countries have similar environment, geographic shapes: mountains, seas, lakes and forests, but different climates. There also differences between politic, religion, nation, history, and culture.…
“Leadership is a power and value laden relationship between leaders and followers/constituents who intend real changes that reflect their mutual, purposes and goals.” – ARG (Gini’s class, January 20, 2017).…
Antarctica consists of mostly frozen ice particles and may very well vary huge chunks of ice burgs. Sea ice keeps the Polar Regions levelheaded and helps adequate global climate. Sea ice has a bright surface; that contains eighty percent of the sunlight that strikes it is revealed back into space. As sea ice melts in the summer, it exposes the dark ocean surface. Instead of reflecting eighty percent of the sunlight, the ocean only absorbs ninety percent of the sunlight. The oceans eventually heat up, and the temperatures rise further.…
My first article is the "UNESCO World Heritage site film on Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina". This clip tell you Los Glaciares is the third largest ice field in the world and how the snow falls and become a part of the ice fields. Both were very interesting and provided me with a better understanding of glaciers and how they can support and sustain many communities around the world and the connection to global warming.…
What similarities do the earth, an island, and a life raft possess? All the objects in some aspect are 3 different isolated environments. The earth is isolated in space with no life in reachable means. An island is isolated from the mainland, and the life raft is isolated from any land at all. All three are isolated.…
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling where the world had all round colder temperatures than are experienced now in the 20th century, with Europe being, on average, 1.8℃ colder.…
Some of the similarities that all of them have in common is their intelligence for adaptation. They also used natural resources for survival. Also the Inuits and the Iroquois were known for fishing. All of them lived in what is known as North…
There’s something about the way trees form a thick canopy over a quiet forest that whispers of barely contained power. The wilderness seems to hold its breath and hide its secrets amidst the incursions of curious humans. However, the lucky few, such as former president Jimmy Carter, are made privy to the innermost workings of Mother Earth’s mysteries through their time in nature. Ink becomes paint, pages become canvases and Carter becomes an artist in his impassioned foreword to, ‘Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land, A Photographic Journey’. In an effort to convince readers the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should not be developed for industry, Carter utilizes powerful imagery…
Climate changes occur naturally over long periods of time on Earth, and it has been this way throughout Earth’s history. Currently, anthropological influences on earth have triggered a quickening rise in global temperatures and this in turn is causing a rapid change in earth’s climate. One of the major changes currently happening on earth is the melting of the polar ice caps. Major impacts relating to the melting of the polar ice caps include changes in ocean temperature, changes in ocean salinity, sea level rise/ flooding, changes in ocean circulations, loss of biodiversity, and loss of ecosystems as well as their services. All of these impacts could lead to devastating consequences for many…