Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... million miles ( 2.5 million kilometers ) on either side of the average distance . In these ex- treme positions , the Earth receives about 3 percent more and less solar en- ergy in January and July , respectively , than it does on ...
... million miles ( 2.5 million kilometers ) on either side of the average distance . In these ex- treme positions , the Earth receives about 3 percent more and less solar en- ergy in January and July , respectively , than it does on ...
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... million years or less . For 550 million years , vertebrates have left a record of fossils that reveals a continuous evolution and diversification of life forms . The fossil record still has many gaps , and many mysteries remain to be ...
... million years or less . For 550 million years , vertebrates have left a record of fossils that reveals a continuous evolution and diversification of life forms . The fossil record still has many gaps , and many mysteries remain to be ...
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... million years afterwards . Another difficult observation to rec- oncile comes from the so - called Deccan traps , a large basalt formation in the Himalayas . Basalt forms from hot , liquid material upwelling from the deep layers of the ...
... million years afterwards . Another difficult observation to rec- oncile comes from the so - called Deccan traps , a large basalt formation in the Himalayas . Basalt forms from hot , liquid material upwelling from the deep layers of the ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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