In a warmer world‚ additional rain at middle and high latitudes‚ plus melt from glaciers‚ will add more fresh water to the oceans. This could affect currents‚ such as the Gulf Stream‚ that transport heat north from the tropics and might result in parts of North America and Europe becoming relatively cooler. Even
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FO 101 FOREST ECOLOGY CLIMATOLOGY PART A Compendium By Munishi‚ PKT and Madoffe‚ S.S. August 2008 1. INTRODUCTION Trees and animals survival and growth on given site and represent an integrated response to a complex of many fluctuating and interacting environmental factors. The environmental factors are conveniently grouped into biotic (genetic variation‚ stand density‚ competition‚ pests and diseases) and abiotic factors (climatic conditions
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was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge‚ as there was no one to listen to her‚ still it was good practice to say it over) — yes‚ that’s about the right distance — but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?" (Alice had not the slightest idea what Latitude was‚ or Longitude either‚ but she thought they were nice grand words to say) “. The Victorian reader expected a children’s book to instruct the child in religion and morals‚ and to prepare him for a righteous
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ENGL 101-022 10/17/2013 Essay #2 Global Warming Global warming is something that I believe needs to be improved on. Climate change is hitting us hard. Global warming is severely effective to us and how we live. Also‚ it is something that more than one person can take action to help improve. Climate change is happening now. Over the past century‚ the actions that humans have caused the climate to change over the years. The gases such as carbon dioxide is being released in the air
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During the 1800s‚up until 1860‚the North and South did not see eye to eye on economic and social issues.Inevitably leading to a much anticipated Civil War in 1861.The seeds of the Civil War were planted way before the actual fighting broke out ‚the antebellum years prior to this event were filled with political turbulence.Tension between the North and South reached an all time peak when slavery expanded to newly acquired states.To the North slavery was morally wrong and cruel.The South however
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of the eastern and southern Asia. For example‚ India‚ Burma‚ Bangladesh‚ Indochina‚ Southern China and the Philippines experience a tropical monsoon climate. Surface relief‚ direction of the coast line and the extension of the monsoon into middle-latitudes cause a number of sub-types of the monsoon climate found over this most widespread continent. Rains are abundant and intense in tropical monsoon areas. But there is a distinct dry season‚ though very short. However‚ the amount of precipitation
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Konrad GEOG 111 Name__________________________________ Fall 2014 TEST 1 - 19 September 2014 Instructions: Fill out your name and PID number on the top left portion of the scantron sheet. (PID goes where it says identification number). Answer the questions on the test by darkening the circle containing the correct numbered response for each question. Double check to make sure that the question numbers on the test corresponds with those on the scantron sheet. Be sure to use a #2 pencil
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------------------------------------------------- Geography of Antarctica The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and‚ thus‚ by ice. The Antarctic continent‚ located in the Earth’ssouthern hemisphere‚ is centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle. It is surrounded by the southern waters of the World Ocean – alternatively (depending on source)‚ it is washed by the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean or the southernPacific‚ Atlantic
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CGC-1D1 Exam Notes Geography Levels of Geography • Me → personal space • Local → Oshawa • Regional → Durham • Provincial → Ontario • National → Canada • Worldwide → Global Five Focus Areas for Geographers 1) Why things are located where they are. 2)Geographical systems; that shape our world. 3) Interactions between people and the environment within they live. 4) Global Connections; between regions and other countries. 5) Special tools and skills geographers use (like mapping
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Most big colleges have their own version of Five Points; UGA has Clayton Street‚ UF has Midtown‚ and UNC has Franklin Street. Here in Columbia‚ we have Five Points‚ a cultural center located at the triple intersection of Harden Street‚ Devine Street‚ and Santee Avenue. The area that actually constitutes “Five Points” extends several blocks in every direction and is just a short walk from the University of South Carolina. As such‚ Five Points is closely tied with the University and its students as
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