Essays Tagged: "Antarctic"
creative writing assignment... about 4 men in antarctica (this is a SHORT STORY)
Guinness Book of World Records that he was planning to set a record by navigating his way from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole within two months. On his journey, he was accompanied by three of ... were flags from England, Russia, America, and Spain. They determined that the flags were from other Antarctic explorers who made the same journey to the bottom of the earth.In the end, the adventure s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Describes in simple terms the problems facing the ozone layer, including the problem of CPC's and the emergence of a "hole"---includes bibliography
after, a "hole" was discovered in the ozone layer above the South Pole. Through two expeditions to Antarctica in the late 1980s, it was determined that the chlorine atom in the CFC molecule was what ... is opinions on the CFC theory. He states, "The ozone hole is a natural hole which appears above the Antarctic at the beginning of October and has disappeared by the end of December..." Tazieff notes t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences
This is breif history of important events in antarctica.
ed southern continentAD 700s- Canoeists from Polynesia might have viewed icebergs and pack ice from Antarctica1773- Cook makes the first known crossing of the Antarctic Circle. He could not break thro ... t known crossing of the Antarctic Circle. He could not break through the ice so he sails right past Antarctica but doesn't see the actual continent.1810- Hasslburgh discovers Macquarie Island, which i ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Life in Antarctica.
your feet would leave the ground. These are temperature extremes and wind speeds that can occur in Antarctica. While we will not experience such extreme conditions we have to prepare for the worst. T ... hostile environment. There are whales, seals many types of fish and even petrels (a bird).Although Antarctica is such a cold and barren area there is still a place to receive some comfort in this fro ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
The Bottlenose Dolphin.
with ships for food. As for migration, this dolphin can live in any ocean it choose to, except the Antarctic seas, but commonly sticks to the same oceans or sea for its entire life.Bottle-nosed dolph ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Antarctica - Polar Bears - Global Warming.
rees Fahrenheit which is the melting point of water. Warmer air and sea surface temperatures in the Antarctic will reduce the amount of ice in the sea.This cause there to be much smaller populations o ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
The Ozone hole,what causes the hole, what are some of the effects that it has on humans and animals,and what is being done to try in slow down the process.
The ozone hole over the Antarctic this year caught many people's attention since it was reported that it had reached record ... ). In 1985 a team of British researchers first reported unusually low ozone levels over Halley Bay, Antarctica, which was caused by chemical reactions with chlorine and nitrogen compounds. Research wa ... n episodes of highly increased levels of ultraviolet radiation because of the passage of the spring Antarctic "Ozone Hole" overhead or nearby (Abraca et al 2000). The purpose of Dr. Abarca and the oth ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Ozone layer Depletion and the future effects it will have on the population. Harmful effects of the Ultraviolet rays.
the stratosphere where mos of the ozone is lost. This helps explain why there is less ozone in the Antarctic and Arctic polar regions.10, 11 The Antarctic ozone hole is the largest. A 1985 study repo ... zone hole is the largest. A 1985 study reported the loss of large amounts of ozone over Halley Bay, Antarctica. The suspected cause was the catalytic cycles involving chlorine and nitrogen.12 Halons, ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Antarctic Ice Shelves are Melting Due to Decades of Higher Temperatures
Two ice shelves on the Antarctic known as the Larsen B and the Wilkins are in "full retreat" and have lost nearly 3,000 squ ... rchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center and the British Antarctic Survey attribute the retreats to a regional warming trend. The trend has caused the annual ... are essentially broken up in place and then flushed out by storms or currents afterward.The British Antarctic Survey scientists had predicted one of these retreats, using computer models to demonstrat ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Discuss: Factors that determine what kind of objects and artifacts survive over long periods of time
Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology
Antarctic Ozone Hole
In 1985 the Antarctic ozone hole was discovered. The hole in the ozone was discovered by the British Antarctic S ... f the effect of man's activities on the environment.In 1957 British scientists began to measure the Antarctic ozone. Their goal of these observations was to better understand the role that the ozone p ... eral decades as a consequence of human activity (Ozone).The Ozone is destroyed in the spring of the Antarctic by chlorine formed during the sunless winter, due to the tilt of the earth. The chlorine i ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences
Life in Antarcitca
All animal and plant life in Antarctica live around the edges of the continent and in its ocean. The vast mass of ice, fierce win ... The vast mass of ice, fierce winds and extreme cold makes it impossible to live in the interior of Antarctica. In winter Antarctica is in darkness and the surface of the ocean freezes and many of the ... winter Antarctica is in darkness and the surface of the ocean freezes and many of the animals leave Antarctica. Most of the small sea life, such as Krill, moves to places where the water temperature i ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Antarctic Explorer-Richard Byrd
ough the made enough money for Byrd to explore the South Pole.In 1928, Byrd began his expedition in Antarctica. A base camp was setup on the Ross Ice Shelf. Scientific expeditions by dog-sled, snowmob ... h Pole from 1933-1935 and 1930-1941, taking part in Operation High Jump from 1946-1947, the largest Antarctic expedition to date. Byrd also commanded Operation Deep Freeze which made permanent Antarct ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Antarctica
Antarctica is the coldest continent on earth and no indigenous people have ever lived there. The fir ... ldest continent on earth and no indigenous people have ever lived there. The first tourists visited Antarctica in 1958 and this started to cause a lot of problems. There are many issues concerning the ... 58 and this started to cause a lot of problems. There are many issues concerning the development of Antarctica - One of the issues is the presence of people in Antarctica.After the explorers' expediti ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Global Warming the whole story
n rising. It has not been a noticeable increase to us but for example, it can easily be seen in the Antarctic where bigger and bigger pieces of ice are breaking away and melting.Evidence of Climate ch ... Climate changeOne of the most important sources of evidence for climatic change can be found in the Antarctic where ice has preserved a 400,000-year record of levels of CO2, CH4 and temperature levels ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Killer Whales
ed mammals. Killer whales live in all oceans of the world, however are plentiful in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and areas of cold-water upwelling. Time to time, they can be found along the shores of Wa ... nts. The western part the United States is mainly made up of cold currents as well as the artic and Antarctic currents. In coldwater areas, the distributions of these Orcas whales are limited by seaso ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Environmental Impact of Global Warming On the Polar Regions
e to die from hyperthermia or drowning. Another impact on the poles is the ice thinning. A piece of Antarctic ice sheet, the size of Texas, is thinning, possibly due to global Warming. The scientists ... e of Texas, is thinning, possibly due to global Warming. The scientists blame changing winds around Antarctica which are causing warmer waters to flow beneath the ice shelves causing the ice to melt. ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Effects of climate change
checked passage of the sun's ultra violet rays through the protective layer of ozone gas. Above the Antarctic, massive breaches in the ozone layer allow direct access to ultra violet rays.(Begley 2006 ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Consequences of the Ozone layer
s gas into the stratosphere. The consequences of these giant volcanoes can be as significant as the Antarctic ozone hole. This is a hole above the Antarctica that has only a very thin ozone layer. Sci ... effect on the stratospheric winds. In addition they might increase the amount of chlorine round the Antarctic hole which would cause the hole to expand. An increase in ozone concentration the upper tr ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences
Ozone- The Good, Bad, and Ugly
ecules attack ozone molecules.The greatest amount of reduction in the stratospheric ozone is in the Antarctic, during the Antarctic spring. This is what we refer to as the ozone “hole.” Ther ... tratosphere is much less affected, however, so that the overall amount of ozone over the continent [Antarctica] declines by 50 percent or more. The ozone hole does not go all the way through the layer ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science