What is meant by teleconnections?

Q: Researchers that study climate change exclusively study current climate changes (20th century for...

A: Climate researchers use both possible direct and indirect measurements to analyze the entire history...

Q: A second‐order stream merging with a third‐order stream results in a second‐order stream. a thir...

A: Stream order is a number used to denotes the number of streams and is used in hydrology to determine...

Q: Why is chemical weathering more effective in humid climates than in arid climates?

A: Introduction Chemical weathering is a process of conversion of minerals in a rock into clays by oxid...

Q: Why are subtropical desert (BWh) climates generally hotter in summer than tropical humid (A) climate...

A: "Hot desert climates" (BWh) in the lower and middle latitudes, mostly from 20° to 33° north and sout...

Q: What was the general long-term climate trend the last 50 million years?

A: Climate change is periodic alterations in climate of the earth generally caused by natural forces of...

Q: Briefly describe how water moves through the hydrologic cycle.

A: The hydrological cycle is a cyclic movement of water throughout the earth's hydrosphere and is an es...

Q: In total, the McCarty Glacier has retreated approximately _____ kilometers in 102 years.  Please sel...

A: McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier situated in Harding Icefield, Kenai Mountains, Kenai Peninsul...

Q: 1.2.Outline and discuss 10 factors influencing the distribution of the population in South Africa

A: South Africa has a population of about 60 million, people that have diverse cultures, communities, a...

Q: Why are thunderstorms more common over land than over water?

A: THUNDERSTORMS: "It is a storm caused by convectional activity and accompanied by thunder and lightni...

Q: Several concepts that the society or human beings benefit from biodiversity. Enumerate the different...

A: The fewer animals we have the fewer humans we have. That's why biodiversity is so critical. The wide...

Q: How do measured values of weather and climate differ? Select one: Weather values are less reliable t...

A: WEATHER: Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a small area, generally for 24 hours to one...

Q: What is meant by the term precipitation variability?

A: PRECIPITATION: Microscopic droplets join together and grow in size when they become heavy and clouds...

Q: Does the north Pole lean toward the Sun throughout the year? If not, how does the north Pole’s orien...

A: The earth spins on its axis and revolves around a political path around the sun in its orbit. Throug...

Q: Climate change 55 MYA is relevant to studies of modern and future climate because

A: One of the best ways to explore how human-induced global warming can impact the World in the future ...

Q: What is a great circle? A small circle? Provide examples of both.

A: GREAT CIRCLE: A Great circle is a section of sphere and the plane of the section passes through the ...

Q: Which of the following is a characteristic of religion?     myth     ritual     sy...

A: Religion is a social-cultural structure that connects humanity to metaphysical, transcendental, and ...

Q: Distinguish between GPS and GIS (geographic information systems).

A: A GIS is a geographic positioning system and a GPS is a global positioning system a GIS is used to r...

Q: Explain the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in the food chain.

A: The ecosystem consists of a large number of species, they all function in their respective sphere an...

Q: What are the two dominant mechanisms of energy transfer around the world?

A: The energy is transfer in form of heat and light from the sun's incoming short wave radiation. This ...

Q: Earth would receive a surplus of solar energy at which of the following latitudes?

A: Latitude and Energy Balance The vertical ray of the Sun appearing (fig.1) to pass between the two t...

Q: I’m sorry I am a little confused so Im going to be sending you a few questions. which of the followi...

A: Sedimentary rock is a rock that is made up of sediments that are derived from other sources.  The pr...

Q: Which would best describe United States National Forests? a. Allocation b. Facilitation  C. Utilitar...

A: National forests are protected and controlled federal property classification as within us National ...

Q: The ______ is the warmest time in Earth's 65+ million year climate history. Group of answer choices ...

A: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) was an abrupt global warming period that took place at t...