Essays on Jet Stream

The issues of global warming, climate and weather have been discussed for a long time. Weather can be defined as the frequent changes in aspects as the wind, sun temperatures, and rainfall either on an hourly or daily basis. On the other hand, the averaged patterns in weather changes over a given period of time, probably a decade or more, can be described as climate. In the same context, global warming falls under the changes that have been impacted by climate over a long period of time by human activities and worsening environmental problems (Climate Modeling 101: Climate vs. ...

The CQ Researcher contributor, Jennifer Weeks, explores the realities about climate change and warns the readers about the alarming future of the Arctic. In her article “Climate Change,” Weeks states that the level of greenhouse gases that are produced by human activities reaches its highest degree in 300 years and worse, such level is still increasing. Electricity and heat generation are the human activities responsible for the 40% of global CO2 emission in 2010. China and the United States are the top nations with the highest contribution of CO2 emissions. Extreme and frequent weather phenomenon such as hurricanes call ...

It devastated Peru. According to the article written by Suplee (1996), residents of Chato Chico experienced heavy rainfall for weeks which also made the Piura River rise over those weeks. It was during Christmas time that the ocean was observed by fisherman to heat thus obtaining the name El Niño which actually means “the Christ Child”. After the heating up of the ocean, a large amount of precipitation will build up and will then pour on the coast of northwestern Peru. On February 15, 1998, a massive amount of rain poured over Peru and the riverbanks of the Piura ...

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Nature of Hurricanes/Cyclones 2 Variations of Hurricane Development 5 Considerations on Hurricane Response 10 Conclusion 11

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Introduction For the past couple of decades since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, scientists have slowly began a campaign to raise awareness to the changing state of the planet. Records of high temperature changes, onset of diseases and erratic weather patterns have been reported worldwide, each change becoming more severe as the years progress. When it comes to erratic weather patterns, scientists highlight the now common occurrences of natural disasters such as hurricanes or cyclones. Although skeptics stress that ...