Environmental Science © 2012 W. H. Freeman and Company Andrew Friedland • Rick Relyea Environmental Science FIRST EDITION CHAPTER 4 Global Climates and Biomes © 2012 W. H. Freeman and Company
Food, Drought and Famine
Weather -v- Climate
What influences weather and climate? Unequal heating of Earth Atmospheric convection currents Rotation and Coriolis Effect Earth’s orbit and tilted axis Circulation of ocean waters
Studying Climate and Weather
5 Layers of Atmosphere Ozone !! N2, O2 & H20
Solar Radiation in Thermosphere
Unequal Heating of Earth Angle of sun through atmosphere Angle of sunlight across surface Albedo
Why does it rain so much at the equator?
Air Circulation & Biomes Fig. 6-11 p. 118 Fig. 6-9 b & c p. 1117
ENSO
Effects of ENSO 2014 1998 2010 & 2013 2005
Tundra
Taiga
Temperate Rainforest
Temperate Seasonal Forest
Chaparral
Temperate Grassland
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Seasonal Forest & Savannah
Subtropical Desert