Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... causes ; the dominat- ing cause is the one most of us were taught in school . Most globes are built to show a cant or tilt , that is , the axis of the globe leans over like the lean- ing tower of Pisa . Globemakers do know how to make a ...
... causes ; the dominat- ing cause is the one most of us were taught in school . Most globes are built to show a cant or tilt , that is , the axis of the globe leans over like the lean- ing tower of Pisa . Globemakers do know how to make a ...
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... cause . This mechanism relates to the stability of the so - called D - layers deep inside the Earth's interior . Heat developed by radioactive processes in atomic nuclei may cause the lower strata of the D - layers to become lighter ...
... cause . This mechanism relates to the stability of the so - called D - layers deep inside the Earth's interior . Heat developed by radioactive processes in atomic nuclei may cause the lower strata of the D - layers to become lighter ...
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... cause was that the Earth , or parts of it , grew colder . But , as any child would then ask , why did the Earth get colder ? Several mechanisms , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , could have triggered the change . Probably a substantial ...
... cause was that the Earth , or parts of it , grew colder . But , as any child would then ask , why did the Earth get colder ? Several mechanisms , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , could have triggered the change . Probably a substantial ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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