North Sea Baltic Sea Bay of Biscay M e d I t e r r a n e a n S e a Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea London 38/62 24 Warsaw 26/64 38 Moscow 16/63 47 North Atlantic Drift MARITIME CONTINENTAL CLIMATIC INFLUENCES D. Hardin Gulf Stream Berlin 31/64 33
CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Double Farmville’s precip. Farmville’s precip. 42.9” Greater than 110” Mean Annual Rainfall in Ireland Maritime influence Monthly hours of sunshine Approx. 15 days Approx. 16 days Northern Ireland England D. Hardin
CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Continental influence D. Hardin Napoleon, 1812 “General Winter” Hitler, 1941
D. Hardin CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High H LLLLLL HHHH 0°0° 30° S 30° N
M e d I t e r r a n e a n S e a Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea CLIMATIC INFLUENCES D. Hardin Subtropical High MEDITERRANEAN MARITIMECONTINENTAL
NATURAL VEGETATION Mediterranean D. Hardin Matorral - Spain Maquis – France - winter Macchia - Italy OlivesCork Maquis French resistance Maquis – France - summer
NATURAL VEGETATION Mediterranean D. Hardin Natural hazards Degraded landscapes Fire Greece Cervara di Roma Flooding
NATURAL VEGETATION Steppe D. Hardin Spain MoldovaUkraineRussia Kazakhstan Ukraine, 1942
NATURAL VEGETATION Prairie/Puszta D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Deciduous forest D. Hardin Argonne Forest Loire Valley France Croatia
NATURAL VEGETATION Alpine conifer forest Voges Schwartzwald D. Hardin Erzgebirge acid rain damage
NATURAL VEGETATION Boreal Forest/Taiga NorwayFinland Russia D. Hardin
NorwayRussia D. Hardin NATURAL VEGETATION Tundra
NATURAL VEGETATION Tundra Permafrost D. Hardin Russia
D. Hardin Jarkov mammoth ARCTIC BIOMES Tundra Human use issues permafrost
NATURAL VEGETATION Heath/Moor D. Hardin Scotland England