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Climate Change

Climate Change. Glaciers Growing. Climate. Local weather The current state of the atmosphere. Climate A long-term pattern of weather. Climate influences many things: Clothing House Sports. Factors That Affect Climate Change. Latitude Altitude Continent/Oceanic Ocean Currents

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Climate Change

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  1. Climate Change Glaciers Growing

  2. Climate • Local weather • The current state of the atmosphere. • Climate • A long-term pattern of weather. • Climate influences many things: • Clothing • House • Sports

  3. Factors That Affect Climate Change • Latitude • Altitude • Continent/Oceanic • Ocean Currents • Urban Heat Islands • Rain Shadows

  4. Latitude • The distance north or south of the equator. • The Sun’s rays are more concentrated at the equator. • This results in more energy absorbed in that area. • The further N. or S. you go, the less energy that is absorbed.

  5. Altitude • The height above sea level. • The further up you go the colder it gets. • Remember the troposphere is heated from the Earth below.

  6. Marine/Continental Climates • Oceans slow the cooling and heating of air. • So, temps near the ocean do not get too hot or too cold.

  7. Marine Climate • Temperatures do not fall as much at night. • The winters are usually warmer. • They receive steady precipitation from moist air blowing in from the ocean.

  8. Continental Climates • Most have large differences in temp. between day and night. • Winter months are much colder than summer months.

  9. Ocean Currents

  10. Streams of water that flow through the oceans in regular patterns. • Lower latitudes (from the equator) bring warm water away from the equator. It warms up the weather where it goes. • Higher latitudes bring cold water towards the equator and cool the coasts.

  11. Ocean Currents

  12. Seasons • Seasons are part of climate. • Warmer in the summer, colder in the winter • It happens because the Sun’s energy is not the same all the time.

  13. Microclimates • Natural features often make climates different in small, isolated areas. • Forests, beaches, lakes, valleys, and mountains. • Example: • A beach is usually cooler than a place inland because of the breezes blowing in.

  14. Urban Heat Island • Cities are usually warmer than the surrounding areas. • During the day: • Buildings and streets absorb more heat than grass and trees. • Because buildings and streets do not absorb water, they can not have evaporation. • Evaporation cools the areas.

  15. Rain Shadow • Example: Rocky Mountains • Air is forced to rise as it goes over a mountain. • As it rises, it cools, causing precipitation. • After it passes over the mtn. it is drier because it has lost much of its moisture. • The dry area is the rain shadow.

  16. Rain Shadow

  17. http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Annual_Average_Temperature_Map_jpghttp://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Annual_Average_Temperature_Map_jpg • http://avionicsman.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/the-joy-of-looking-up/ • http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/ncc/chapter.4.outline.html • http://www.flickriver.com/photos/alain_cadorette/3894455897/ • http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Kazakhstan/Weather+and+Climate • http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0145-ocean-currents.php • http://www.srh.noaa.gov/abq/?n=clifeatures_summersolstice2010 • http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/learning_modules/geography/07.TU.01/?section=3 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow

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