Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... land animals , about 65 mil- lion years ago . From 50 to 70 percent of other species then extant also van- ished ... land necessary for the survival of the remaining largest land creatures such as the ele- phant , the rhinoceros , the ...
... land animals , about 65 mil- lion years ago . From 50 to 70 percent of other species then extant also van- ished ... land necessary for the survival of the remaining largest land creatures such as the ele- phant , the rhinoceros , the ...
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... land bridge where the English Channel is now but Alaska was attached to eastern Siberia by another land bridge that spanned the Bering Straits ; this bridge allowed the first human settlers of the New World to migrate on land from Asia ...
... land bridge where the English Channel is now but Alaska was attached to eastern Siberia by another land bridge that spanned the Bering Straits ; this bridge allowed the first human settlers of the New World to migrate on land from Asia ...
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... land and water . Land is opaque to sunlight and is a good insulator of solar heat . Wa- ter is relatively transparent and a poor insulator . At its most intense , sun- light can penetrate ocean water to a depth of 300 to 400 meters ...
... land and water . Land is opaque to sunlight and is a good insulator of solar heat . Wa- ter is relatively transparent and a poor insulator . At its most intense , sun- light can penetrate ocean water to a depth of 300 to 400 meters ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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