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judged to be reformed or. By:Anthony Aragon . The Desert . Deserts cover about one fifth of the earth’s land area. The desert is a harsh environment with very little rainfall and extreme temperatures.. What makes a Desert?. Chapter Seven. Most of the year the desert looks lifeless.. But when rainy season comes, the land explodes with life.. Plants and animals hurry to feed, grow and reproduce.. When the rain is done life seems to disappear again, until the next rainy season.. By Elisa Miller. Keystone College. Deserts. Types of Deserts:. Hot and . Dry. Cold Deserts. Gobi Desert in Asia. Desert . of . Antarctica. Locations. Cover 20% of the Earth’s land mass. Latitudes: . Climate Change. Kelly Barnhart. Global Change Biology. February 16, 2016. Pictures from http://w3.marietta.edu/~. biol. /biomes/. desert.htm. Deserts. Environmental extremes. Arid and hot. Large daily temperature . Marshall . Plumley. Dmitriy. . Adamia. What is a Desert?. Deserts cover over 1/5 of Earth’s surface . Less than 50cm of precipitation annually. Some deserts receive less than 1.5cm . Very little/no vegetation. HOT . or . COLD. . But they are all very . DRY. . All deserts have more evaporation then rainfall.. Deserts cover 20-35% of the Earth’s land surface, and 25% of the world’s people.. ANTARCTICA is actually a large desert. Department of Family and Consumer Studies. University of Utah. Food Desert. Broadly conceptualized . as limited access to affordable and nutritious foods, particularly in low income areas. Food . Environment . There are four major types of deserts. There are four major types of deserts . Hot and Dry. Semiarid.  Coastal. Cold. Semiarid. The summers are moderately long and dry, while the winters normally bring little rainfall. Summer temperatures usually average between 69-80° F.. Deserts & Winds: Fluvial and Eolian Processes in Arid Zones Why Do Deserts Exist? Desert – any spot on Earth that receives less than 25 cm (10 in) rain per year Semi-desert – 25-50 cm (10-20 in) Deserts Adiabatic Warming and Cooling Warm, moist air masses forced up and over mountains experience decreasing atmospheric pressure and, as a result, expand. This process causes the expanding air mass to release a portion of its latent heat, resulting in a decrease in air temperature. This is called adiabatic cooling. Depending on the height to which the air is forced the air mass temperature may drop below the dew point, resulting in the formation of water droplets and precipitation in the form of rain or snow. As a result, when the air mass reaches the summit, it is cold and dry. Crossing the summit, the air mass descends and compresses. This produces a corresponding increase in atmospheric pressure and, as descent continues, the compressing air mass begin to warm. This is a called adiabatic warming. However, because the moisture was released during the cooling stage, the descending air mass is warm and dry. If sufficient moisture is removed the descending air mass could be dry enough to create a rain shadow effect where precipitation is much lower than surrounding areas. In some cases a rain shadow desert can form. 1The Continued Signi31cance of 147Place148 in the Twenty-First CenturyNicholas HillmanUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonTaylor WeichmanUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonVoices from the Field3130292827263025 West Coast Outreach Manager. LEARNING ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS WITH ATP. WHAT IS A DESERT?. A desert is an area that receives very little rain and is unable to support plant growth. Although many deserts are in hot regions, some of the world’s deserts can be extremely cold. Around one third of the Earth’s surface is covered in deserts. The original meaning of the word desert is “an abandoned place”.. Disusun Oleh . MUNA : A1A513065. NORBAITI : A1A413030. NOVI NORVAZIRAH : A1A513073. Geomorfologi dan Lingkungan (chapter 18). DOSEN PENGAJAR. Dr . DEASY ARISANTY, M. Sc. Drs. H. SIDHARTA ADYATMA, M.Si. Definition. : Low-income communities without ready access to healthy and affordable food. Effects 23.5 million Americans (including 6.5 million children). Occurs both in urban and rural areas. Consequences of Food Deserts.