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Dehydration is common in the cold and dry Arctic and inhibits optimal circulation due to thickened blood (sludge blood). Move around: If the Aurora is in a lull, take a short walk or move around to get the blood flowing. Drink hot liquids: Bring a thermos filled with a hot beverage. ...
Rather, it was merely based on the global temperature rise believed to occur if the atmospheric CO2 level doubled. Economist William Nordhaus suggested the 2°C limit in the 1970s in two informal, non-peer-reviewed discussion papers. Even Nordhaus himself called the limit “extremely tentative,...
The primary source of atmospheric humidity is the evaporation of water from large bodies of water, such as oceans, seas, lakes and rivers. The sun’s heat causes this water to evaporate and become water vapor, which then enters the air. However, many everyday activities also contribute to ...
General circulation models (GCMs) are commonly used to assess present-day climate and possible future climate changes at the global scale at rather coarse resolutions (mostly 300 to 100 km) [1,2,3,4,5,6]. In order to investigate regional impacts of different climate conditions, spatially high...
Its mountains are located in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes at a tropical–temperate interface, offering a rare opportunity to contextualise and frame our research from an austral perspective to balance the global narrative around sustainable mountain futures for people and biodiversity. Limited ...
Discover how the continents and oceans influence global pressure distributions to impact the weather humans experience. Explore pressure in the atmosphere, look at pressure and temperature, and examine how land and sea impact atmospheric pressure. ...
Researchers have shown that global warming is expanding an atmospheric circulation pattern known as the Hadley cell. This circulation is caused by hot air at the equator rising and spreading toward the poles, where it begins to cool and descend, forming high pressure ridges. In Australia, this ...
One has a thick poisonous atmosphere, one has hardly any atmosphere at all, and one is just right for life to flourish – but it wasn't always that way. The atmospheres of our two neighbours Venus and Mars can teach us a lot about the past and future scenarios for our own planet. ...
These days, they have added more internal complexity to make them more efficient, but all you really need to know as the installer is this: Cold Air in, Warm air out, Gas and Electricity in, Combustion air In and Out. It gets even easier if you write these same things on a picture ...