Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... oceans before the role of ocean currents in the carbon cycle can be fully understood . As we mentioned earlier in the chapter , water has a limited capacity to absorb carbon dioxide - the capacity diminishes with rising tempera- ture ...
... oceans before the role of ocean currents in the carbon cycle can be fully understood . As we mentioned earlier in the chapter , water has a limited capacity to absorb carbon dioxide - the capacity diminishes with rising tempera- ture ...
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... ocean , it continuously yields energy to the atmos- phere and consequently cools . All along the way , water vapor evaporates into the air and increases the density of the liquid water ; at the same time , incursions of fresh water from ...
... ocean , it continuously yields energy to the atmos- phere and consequently cools . All along the way , water vapor evaporates into the air and increases the density of the liquid water ; at the same time , incursions of fresh water from ...
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... ocean floor , the water streams to the south as a deep ocean current , passes beneath the Gulf Stream , and heads for the South Atlantic and , later , the Indian Ocean . With many ups and downs along the way , it meanders through the ...
... ocean floor , the water streams to the south as a deep ocean current , passes beneath the Gulf Stream , and heads for the South Atlantic and , later , the Indian Ocean . With many ups and downs along the way , it meanders through the ...
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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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