Thundersnow
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Thundersnow is a thunderstorm than has snow reaching the surface instead of rain. Usually thunder and lightening are more commonly observed with warm season thunderstorms.
Rime snow
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Rime snow is usually firm and crunchy. Rime snows forms on the top of other snow in very extreme weather.
Watermelon snow
^ Watermelon snow is usually pink in color and on the top of mountains in California or Nevada.
Firn snow
^ Firn snow is snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been crystalized.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
UNFCC
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The United Nations Framework on Climate Change Confrence or COP 15's goal for this week is to was to establish a global climate agreement for the period 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires. It's different because it is linked to the UNFCC. The feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets targets for 37 industrialial countries and the European areas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
3 way we can prevent climate change:
- reduce your carbon footprint.
- we can be smarter about choosing our seafood.
The United Nations Framework on Climate Change Confrence or COP 15's goal for this week is to was to establish a global climate agreement for the period 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires. It's different because it is linked to the UNFCC. The feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets targets for 37 industrialial countries and the European areas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
3 way we can prevent climate change:
- reduce your carbon footprint.
- we can be smarter about choosing our seafood.
- we can change light bulbs!
I can use energy saving lightbulbs in my home so it saves money and helps the climate!
I can use energy saving lightbulbs in my home so it saves money and helps the climate!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
spheres.
Nothing really tells us what did kill the dinosaurs , It remains a mystery. There are many theorys that might have caused the dinosaurs extinction. An asteroid could crash into the lithosphere which is the earths crust. It can cause earth quakes and volcanic eruptions. It can even effect the hydrosphere which is the solid, lliquid, and gaseuous forms of water on earth. It could cause floods and drought which means the dinosaurs either drown or can't get any water. This is a big one. If an asteroid came down and hit the earth it can easly affect the biosphere. All plant and animal life is in the biosphere. If an asteroid hits any of that it can cause food shortages and even forest fires. Pretty soon there will be no food or shelter for the dinosaurs to eat or live in and there comes along extinction. The asteroid can affect the earths atmosphere too. From all the dust and debree coming off the asteroid, it can make the air polluted and hard to breathe. Some dinosaurs could stop breathing and die. It could even be hard to see too! The spheres that could have been involved are the:
-Lithosphere
-Biosphere
-Hydrosphere
-Atmosphere
There is another theory of the dinosaurs becoming extinct. A volcano could have erupted causing fires, drought, and even kill some of the dinosaurs. There many more examples of what could of happened.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
atmosphereeeeeeeee.
ATMOSPHERE
1.I compared Queens, New York to Detroit, Michigan and Las Vegas, Nevada. The best air was Detroit. The worst air was Las vegas Nevada in Clark County from all the night life of down town by the strip.
2. Next i picked 3 states. I picked Florida, Michigan, and Oregon. The worst air was Florida. The best air was Oregon probably from all the nature!
3. I chose Chicago Illionois, the best time to visit is during the winter. The air is clean and fresh. The worst time to visit is the summer months like June, July, and, August. This is because the air is dirty from all the comotion down in the city in the summer.
The best city in michigan that has the best AQI reading would be Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo they both had 17's. The worst would be Saginaw. It has a 36 AQI number. I am doing this on Thursday November 19, 2009.
atmosphere:)
atmosphere:)2
1.I compared Queens, New York to Detroit, Michigan and Las Vegas, Nevada. The best air was Detroit. The worst air was Las vegas Nevada in Clark County from all the night life of down town by the strip.
2. Next i picked 3 states. I picked Florida, Michigan, and Oregon. The worst air was Florida. The best air was Oregon probably from all the nature!
3. I chose Chicago Illionois, the best time to visit is during the winter. The air is clean and fresh. The worst time to visit is the summer months like June, July, and, August. This is because the air is dirty from all the comotion down in the city in the summer.
The best city in michigan that has the best AQI reading would be Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo they both had 17's. The worst would be Saginaw. It has a 36 AQI number. I am doing this on Thursday November 19, 2009.
atmosphere:)
atmosphere:)2
Sunday, November 15, 2009
blackholes.
There are three types of black holes: stellar, supermassive, and miniature black holes, depending on their size. My favorite black hole is a Steller black hole because its small and light does not escape. They are hard to see and they are kind of a mystery! It's intresting to learn the size of them and what can go into them.
3 Facts
. The distance at which nothing can escape is called the Event Horizon.
. Black holes emit x-ray radiation and get smaller and smaller until they disappear.
. NO light can escape!
2 fiction
. The sun will become a black hole!
. Black holes are black inside.
. NO light can escape!
2 fiction
. The sun will become a black hole!
. Black holes are black inside.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Sunspots!
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Sunspot 1029!!
People are intrested in the sunspot group because it has been the most active sunspot all year which is not good. They are also interested because it has C-class flares, which means its flares are small and you can see consequences here on the earth. People are interested in looking at this susnpot and to see if it gets any bigger, it's class goes up, and even if they can see anything from earth. There hasn't been many sunspots this year so they are keeping a close eye on 1029.
This is related to the deep solar minimum because astronomers are afraid that since this sunspot class is so low that we won't find anymore and that the sun might burn out. The sun has been in this for a couple of years. We haven't experienced very active sunspots and were're worried that we won't find anymore.
We care about sunspots on earth because ever since Galileo looked at the sun he calculated the sun spot cycle. It is 11 years long. If the sun spot number is low then it doesn't mess with the earth. If we have lots of sun spots then we are going to have crazy weather. The sun produces light for us. Which gives us heat to keep us warm and so that we have light during the day. If we didn't care then we won't have natural light and we would all freeze.
The sun affects me in two ways by:
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Website 3.
Sunspot 1029!!
People are intrested in the sunspot group because it has been the most active sunspot all year which is not good. They are also interested because it has C-class flares, which means its flares are small and you can see consequences here on the earth. People are interested in looking at this susnpot and to see if it gets any bigger, it's class goes up, and even if they can see anything from earth. There hasn't been many sunspots this year so they are keeping a close eye on 1029.
This is related to the deep solar minimum because astronomers are afraid that since this sunspot class is so low that we won't find anymore and that the sun might burn out. The sun has been in this for a couple of years. We haven't experienced very active sunspots and were're worried that we won't find anymore.
We care about sunspots on earth because ever since Galileo looked at the sun he calculated the sun spot cycle. It is 11 years long. If the sun spot number is low then it doesn't mess with the earth. If we have lots of sun spots then we are going to have crazy weather. The sun produces light for us. Which gives us heat to keep us warm and so that we have light during the day. If we didn't care then we won't have natural light and we would all freeze.
The sun affects me in two ways by:
it gives me a nice tan!
Also, it produces light and heat
Sunspots are super important if we don't have any sunspot the weather wouldn't be very nice here on Earth!
Sunspots are super important if we don't have any sunspot the weather wouldn't be very nice here on Earth!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Star Count
Great Worldwide Star Count
This event encourages people to learn more about astronomy.
This is a world wide event, having family and friends get together and gaze at the stars and find constellations and report what they see online.
People all over the world are going outside to count the stars now becuase there is light pollution from all the artificial light we use. Others do it for the fun and the gorgeous view. Majority of people do this count to record their local light pollution in their area.
A great constellation we could use during this count would be Cygnus pr the swan, since we live in the Northern Hemisphere. This constellation is very easy to find, so it would be helpful.
The Latitude and longitude of were I live is
Latitude: 42.44862
Longitude: -82.87831
This event encourages people to learn more about astronomy.
This is a world wide event, having family and friends get together and gaze at the stars and find constellations and report what they see online.
People all over the world are going outside to count the stars now becuase there is light pollution from all the artificial light we use. Others do it for the fun and the gorgeous view. Majority of people do this count to record their local light pollution in their area.
A great constellation we could use during this count would be Cygnus pr the swan, since we live in the Northern Hemisphere. This constellation is very easy to find, so it would be helpful.
The Latitude and longitude of were I live is
Latitude: 42.44862
Longitude: -82.87831
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