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Microclimates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the local atmosphere, or in heavy urban areas where brick, concrete, and asphalt absorb the sun's energy, heat up, and re-radiate that heat to the ambient air: the resulting urban heat island (UHI) is a kind of microclimate that is additionally driven by relative paucity of ...
Because temperature declines with increased elevation, the varying topography of the mountains forms microclimates that mimic both northern and southern latitudes. [5] This has combined with a relatively stable year-round climate to enable northern and southern species to live in close proximity each other, lending the rainforest its high ...
[8]: 746 [citation needed] Further, some fraction of the greenhouse warming has been "masked" by the human-caused emissions of sulfur dioxide, which forms aerosols that have a cooling effect. However, this masking has been receding in the recent years, due to measures to combat acid rain and air pollution caused by sulfates.
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Young trees and those with thin bark, like maples and many fruit trees, are sensitive to alternating periods of freezing and thawing which cause cracks to form as the bark swells and contracts.
Convection cells can form in any fluid, including the Earth's atmosphere (where they are called Hadley cells), boiling water, soup (where the cells can be identified by the particles they transport, such as grains of rice), the ocean, or the surface of the Sun. The size of convection cells is largely determined by the fluid's properties.
Today's Strands game revolves around materials and substances that form naturally below the Earth's surface. NYT Strands Spangram Hint: Is it Vertical or Horizontal? Today's spangram is vertical ...
Heart attacks and strokes occur when plaque forms in arteries, which can slow down blood flow in the body and cause small blood clots to form. Blocking or disrupting blood flow to the heart is ...