Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... become saturated with organic life and no more carbon can be stored by vegetation or plankton . If the abundance of carbon dioxide in the air increases further , the greenhouse effect takes over and temperatures rise . The release of ...
... become saturated with organic life and no more carbon can be stored by vegetation or plankton . If the abundance of carbon dioxide in the air increases further , the greenhouse effect takes over and temperatures rise . The release of ...
Pàgina 153
... become so dense that it sinks to the bot- tom . From the ocean floor , the water streams to the south as a deep ... become drier than they are now , an enhanced evap- oration , but not necessarily a change in the water temperature ...
... become so dense that it sinks to the bot- tom . From the ocean floor , the water streams to the south as a deep ... become drier than they are now , an enhanced evap- oration , but not necessarily a change in the water temperature ...
Pàgina 175
... become useless depends on how much silt contributing rivers and creeks carry , which , in turn , depends on how much of the surround- ing surface is eroded by rain . Surface erosion depends on how well vegeta- tion protects the surface ...
... become useless depends on how much silt contributing rivers and creeks carry , which , in turn , depends on how much of the surround- ing surface is eroded by rain . Surface erosion depends on how well vegeta- tion protects the surface ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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