Why is temp. milder in Iceland than in Greenland?
PLEASE don't give me a dumb answer!!:/
2007-01-24 11:38:12 · 3 answers · asked by Jeeenz 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Because the Gulf Stream heads more directly for Iceland than Greenland. The warmer southern Atlantic ocean water coming up from the Caribbean and southeast coast of USA flows towards/past Iceland, and pretty much completely misses Greenland.
2007-01-24 11:52:56 · answer #1 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
geographic location.
look at the USA at the amount of temp changes, due to its size, and location the temp can vary awesome amounts.
longitude and latitude is the location I refer to relivant to size and location. look at it like a grid in that sense, and you will see what i mean.
only 50 miles can make a big difference in tempreture. so any difference in longitude/latitude can impact iceland and greenland.
2007-01-24 19:45:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE, IT'S WARMED BY THE GULF STREAM CURRENTS. ICELAND'S TEMPERATURE IS MILDER THAN THE NAME SUGGESTS, WHILE WINTER NIGHT'S GLOW, WITH NORTHERN LIGHTS, AND LINGER UNTIL MID-MORNING. SPRINGTIME BRINGS LONG DAYLIGHT HOURS THAT BLEND INTO ENDLESS DAY'S OF SUMMER, UNDER THE INCREDIBLE MIDNIGHT SUN.
2007-01-24 19:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by tinkerbell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋