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CALLING ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN CLIMATE?
Ok, here's the scoop:
I need to explain just how one thing from one variable on this list affects another. Then, I need to pick a different variable and explain how it affects 2 other ones. After that, I need a another variable that causes a positive feedback loop in another variable. After that, I need the same situation, but then for a negative feedback loop. I have been researching like a madman but i need a bit of a push. Simple answers are preferable, but I don't mind long ones.
Here's the list:
-Albedo
-Radiation
-Ocean Current
-Air Currents
-Latitude
-Atmospheric Composition (CO2, H2O, CH4, etc.)
-Ocean Temperatures
-Air Temperatures
-Climate Zones (Maritime, Polar, Tropical, etc.)
-Precipitation
-Vegetation
-Biodiversity
-Ice Sheet Cover
-Ocean Salinity
-Any other purely scientific (not political) factors.
Thank you for your help!
PS: I basically like short answers just so I can get an idea of it, then I can research more. Thank you once again!
1 Answer
- Jeff MLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Albedo deals with the reflectivity of the planet's surface. Ice and snow are more reflective than dirt or pavement.
Increases in tropospheric radiation is what is causing the warming. As more radiation gets trapped in the system the system heats up. Things like higher albedo and so on act against this.
Ocean current redistribute the heat that is already in the system around. they can decrease albedo, change storm tracks and other things dependent on those tracks, and so on.
Air currents deal with storm tracks and the distribution of certain types of weather and temperatures.
As the world warms and more radiation is trapped in the troposphere climate zones will shift
As the world warms atmospheric water vapour is increasing and a as result precipitation and flooding is also increasing in mountainous and rain prone regions.
http://www.fao.org/gtos/doc/pub28.pdf
Certain types of vegetation will do good in a warmer world while others will not. Flooding is usually bad for vegetation as is drought.
As the ice sheets melt due to warmer weather the melting of the ice sheets will cause the poleward areas of the world to desalinize thereby altering ocean currents.
I'm sure you can figure out the rest.
