PPT-Atmospheric Dynamics Footprint on the January 2016 Ice Sheet Melting in West Antarctica

Xiaoming Hu 1 Sergio A Sejas 2 Ming Cai 3 Zhenning Li 4 and Song Yang 1 1 School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yatsen University Guangzhou China 2 NASA Langley Research Center Climate Science Branch Hampton Virginia USA. O Box 342 Katoomba NSW 2780 19 Millyard Lane Katoomba 2780 Australia Phone 02 4782 3073 Email infomusicfunnetau eb www musicfunnetau Please feel free to contact us with any questions about the copying and use of our worksheets in your school brPage 3 . Satellite view. Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, underlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.. The Emperor penguin is the tallest and largest out f all other living penguins. These flightless animals live in the surroundings waters. . Habitat: . T. he emperor penguins live in colonies on ice in Antarctica. . March 2011. “As the last unspoilt wilderness on earth, Antarctica is currently protected by a treaty prohibiting drilling & mining until 2041. Decisions made by today’s youth will impact our entire planet’s ecosystem & the future of life on Earth”. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/multimedia/fall11/antarctica-US_prt.htm. There are really two . Antarcticas. …. Antarctic Facts. --coldest, windiest and most remote place on Earth. --mean annual temperature at -50° C (-18° C in Arctic). by Joe, Keith and Billy. Antarctica is the coldest place in the world. It has no mammals except for seals and whales. The survive because they have blubber.. Penguins survive because they huddle up in . Sunlight and. photosynthesis. Abyssal plain. Marine life receives a gradient of light from the surface. . through the photic zone, much absorbed. Sea ice complicates this in winter, reduces light penetration. Some basics . -- of ice, . -- Relation to sea level, . -- Ice reservoirs. Greenland. Antarctica. Continental glaciers globally. Arctic Ocean. . An Important Point . Archimedes Principle. Presentation by . Kaleb. Mitchell. Antarctica. Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, below the South Pole. It is located in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.. Living in the Freezer. By . D. r Mark Norman. This . book is about what kinds of animals live . in Antarctica, what . their predators are, what they eat and where they migrate to. . S. ome are big, some are small. Most of them are ordinary and some are creepy.. Name:_________________________________________ Date:_____________________. Add the following to the map. :. Southern Ocean. Antarctic . Circumpolar . Current. Sub-Antarctic Front. Polar Front. It’s real. It’s us. It’s bad. But there’s hope. Tony . Leisowitz. (1/21/2018). Snowball Earth (700 million years ago). CO. 2. CO. 2. CO. 2. Antarctica in the Eocene period (65-35 million years ago). Version: Jan 21, 2019. Location of Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Ice Sheet Components. Very vertically exaggerated. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar . (InSAR) Images of Antarctica and Greenland.