PPT-Global climates and natural

vegetation Climate is average of weather conditions for 30 years Climatologists employ many different tools to organize the wealth of information about earths climates to bring order. 5/8/2012. -Read . I:4.1 and I:4.2. --Pages . 112-131. -Complete . the Outline Review Sheet. --I:4.1 . and I:4.2. --Due . Friday 5/11/2012. Climate. What Causes Climate I: 4.1. And. Climate Regions I: 4.2. Factors that influence climate.. 1. Latitude. 2. Distance from sea / ocean. 3. Prevailing winds and air masses. Latitude. Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator.. In general, the further north or south of the equator an area is, the colder it will be.. Click on the image at right to view the video. This is a YouTube video so ask your teacher for assistance.. After you watch the video think about some other misconceptions people may have about the seasons.. 1 Climates First Prosimians Anthropoids Hominids Miocene Climates Current Weather. Finish Ice Core Research. Overview and Historical Perspective . The Pleistocene and . Holocene. Milankovitch Theory. For Next Class: Read Ch. . 9. . (pp. . 299-308. ). Reminder: Exam 2 on . Thomas Gale Moore Senior Fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University Prepared for the conference on: Global Climate Change at Rice University September 6 to 8, 2000 1 It is the best of Climates; It . Chapter 18 . The Future: Where Do We Go From Here?. We Are The Problem. Problems arise when people put themselves where they can be impacted by major natural events. Building in the floodplain. Building in lahar channels. What is Climate?. Climate - average weather at a given point & time of year, over a long period (typically 30 years).. Weather changes a lot from day to day, but climate remains relatively constant.. Tropical climates are somewhat variable . In terms of moisture. In terms of temp on a day-night cycle. And somewhat consistent. In terms of annual temp. In terms of incoming solar radiation. Diurnal compared to annual temperature ranges defines the tropics. Weather vs. Climate. Climate Controls. Idealized . Global Circulation Model. Seasonal Variations. Global . Climates. For Next Class. : Read Chapter 2 (pp. 61-65). Questions. What is the difference between weather and climate?. 1-. Contoski asserts that global warming is scientifically unproven. . 2-. and that the facts reveal that the earth periodically experiences changing climates. . 3-. Manmade emissions of carbon dioxide were not significant before worldwide industrialization began in the 1940s.. The main shapers of climate are temperature, precipitation, and wind.. These factors form global patterns. Temperatures are warmest in and around the tropics and coolest near the poles.. Precipitation is greatest near the Equator.. Global climates and natural vegetation Climate is average of weather conditions for 30+ years Climatologists employ many different tools to organize the wealth of information about al warming to human activities rests on ) is a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere. concentrations have increased from about 280 parts per million (ppm) to over 380 ppmare unprecedented in at le