ENVIRSC 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Microclimate
20 Oct 2017
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Lecture 2: the importance of climate and weather. Upward trend in the amount of extreme weather amounts, billions of dollars in damage. Subjective to the season, but year to year there are some constants. Different clues to tell us the conditions in previous time iclicker questions. Which of the following is important to know when building an airport. Knowing where the wind direction is, tells us which direction is the most preferable t land the planes ge ble to. Different clues to tell us the conditions in previous time. When there is more oxygen-18 in the ocean that means it was cooler. The position of the earth relative to the sun can change things aswell. Earth went into global age of cooling 55 million years ago. The first time that human activity is influencing the climate change. There are certain climate conditions that need to be met in order to grow crops.
