Origin of Prevailing Winds
Conventional theory on prevailing winds has terrestrial heating from solar radiation as the main driver. Secondly, we have Earth’s rotation as an additional engine.
Conventional theory on prevailing winds has terrestrial heating from solar radiation as the main driver. Secondly, we have Earth’s rotation as an additional engine.
The equator during an ice age is unlikely to be where the equator is located during mild periods, such as the one we are currently experiencing. This is especially true if
It has long been known that something very dramatic happened during the Younger Dryas about 12,000 years ago. This is when a large number of
Nigard was a farm situated in a valley in west Norway. Farther up the valley there was a lake, and farther still a relatively small glacier, a side arm of
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