2006-10-04 23:49:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I take it you are referring to global warming?
Models predict that there will not be uniform warming over the entire planet. For example, if there is a two or three degree warming at the equator, the poles may receive a seven to ten degree rise.
Now this has serious implications. Not only will the ice caps melt and water levels rise, the influx of fresh water has obvious effects on salinity. Unfortunately it is differences in salinity that drive the ocean currents.
We may have the situation where the influx of fresh water in the North Atlantic may lead to the break down of the Gulf Stream, meaning that north western Europe may actually cool down, thanks to global warming!
2006-10-06 09:16:33 · answer #1 · answered by 13caesars 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tropics would indeed get warmer every year, if it weren't for the fact that the Earth's atmosphere is constantly redistributing heat--that is, trying to move warm tropical air towards the poles, and cold polar air towards the tropics.
2006-10-07 12:24:35 · answer #2 · answered by heraclius@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i live in the tropics, and i do think that it gets warmer and warmer every year! seriously. but i think that the scientific explaination is that the polar caps are melting due to global warming, so the sea level rises (meaning our land sinks and comes closer to the sea). so even if the earth is absorbing more heat, the effect is actually opposite, that's why it seems colder. somehow.
2006-10-05 06:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by avadore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should they? It's not what they expect from Global Warming, if you mean that.
2006-10-05 06:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by Tasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do
2006-10-05 06:53:07 · answer #5 · answered by IBRAHIM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋