Questions tagged [seasons]
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Have the seasons always been?
Has the Earth had it's wobble that causes the seasonal variation in solar energy in the northern and southern hemispheres for it's entire history? Is this variation evident in the geologic record or is it an open question? Could a meteor impact like…
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How did natural processes as we know them develop around effects of winter?
Everything on earth evolved around changing seasons and the different versions of resources they bring with them, so I'm curious, how did natural processes take advantage of winter qualities to shape earth as we know it? It seems like the advantages…
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Why isn't the date of final stratospheric warming and polar vortex breakup regared as the official end of winter?
Let me try to clarify what I'm really asking:
Imagine that, for whatever reason, the meteorologists and Earth scientists decide to revisit the definitions of the seasons---to define them from scratch based on the current best science (kind of like…
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Why would the arctic have very short spring and autumn?
I read http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com/en/images/encyclo/imprimer/11.htm
that in the arctic, (and no doubt the antarctic - the pole regions), "Spring and autumn last just a few weeks each"
I understand that in the summer the earth is tilted such…
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How Short IS The Arctic Summer?
In all the documentaries I've seen regarding the Arctic or anyplace close to it, like Alaska or Siberia, they simply say that summer in the Arctic is "short".
But how short is short?
How long does the sun refuse to set in the land of the midnight…
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