by digistrait@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. The ENSO is a climatic pattern involving temperature changes in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean, and changes in the patterns of winds, sea level pressure, and...
by digistrait@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Ocean Resources The Ocean is a valuable natural resource for Earth It provides 200 billion pounds of food in the form of fish and shellfish each year Ocean resources create jobs, goods, and services for billions of people worldwide and have immense economic importance...
by digistrait@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Oceans absorb more than 80 percent of the solar radiation that reaches the earth Water has a remarkable capacity for absorbing heat The uppermost 10 percent of the oceans contain more heat than the entire atmosphere Ocean temperature is not uniform and differs from...
by digistrait@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Salinity of Ocean Water Salinity refers to the total amount of dissolved salts in the sea or ocean. It is measured as the amount of salt dissolved in 1,000 grams of seawater and is expressed as ‘parts per thousand’ (ppt). A salinity of 24.7 ppt is the...
by digistrait@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
What is Aurora? An Aurora is a display of light in the sky seen in high latitude regions caused by the collision of charged particles with atoms in the atmosphere. It is also known as a Polar light. They occur commonly at high northern and southern latitudes. Aurora...
