Why are polar climates both so cold and so dry?

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Q: Solve this attachment.

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Q: What are the four elements of weather and climate?

A: WEATHER: Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a small area, generally for 24 hours to one...

Q: In what ways does the surface of earth warm the troposphere above?

A: ATMOSPHERE: Our Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air. This layer of air is called the Earth's atm...

Q: How can one kind of magma (one kind of magma chemistry) produce two or more different kinds of igneo...

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Q: Define the following terms: latitude, longitude, parallel, meridian, and prime meridian.

A: LATITUDE: In geography, the term latitude means a geographic coordinate; this coordinate specifies t...

Q: OPEC is an intergovernmental organization consisting of 15 member countries, mainly in the Middle Ea...

A: Introduction OPEC OPEC or Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a permanent, intergov...

Q: 1) What evidence indicates a cooler climate in Europe and nearby regions during the Little Ice Age? ...

A: ANSWER (1): The little ice age is a period between 1300 and 1870, as a consequence European faced co...

Q: Briefly describe the seven dominant controls of weather and climate.

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Q: Monsoonal circulation is driven by:       seasonal changes in insolation.     differ...

A: Monsoon is the reversal in the direction of winds and the monsoon circulation consists of well defin...

Q: which contains information about average temperatures in Brazil a atlas a history book or a science ...

A: The atmosphere in Brazil, which ranges considerably from the predominantly warm north (the equator c...

Q: Assume that a parcel of unsaturated air is at a temperature of 20°C at sea level before it rises up ...

A: The temperature depends on altitude. As we go higher in the altitude the temperature will decreases.

Q: The superposition principle states that a)in layers of rocks, the youngest are always at bottom. ...

A: Introduction Law of superposition, a significant standard of stratigraphy expressing that inside a g...

Q: The primary economic activity in a peripheral region is based on     banking and finance  ...

A: PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: Primary economic activities are those which involve direct utilization an...

Q: How does ice retain a record of past atmospheric gas composition?       in trapped air bubbl...

A: Ice sheets have a special property. They allow us to go back in time and take another time to sample...

Q: Which midlatitude location will typically experience higher summer temperatures: a coastal area, or ...

A: The middle-latitude are places that are located away from the tropics and poles and they generally l...