... that generate clouds can be produced by convection in unstable air. In meteorology, convection refers primarily to atmospheric motions in the vertical direction. As the earth is heated by the sun, different surfaces absorb different amounts of energy and convection may occur where the surface heats up very rapidly. As the surface warms, it heats the overlying air, which gradually ... In hurricanes, condensation occurs through a process known as CISK (Convective Instability of the Second Kind). In CISK, surface convergence causes rising motion around a surface cyclone. The air cools as it...

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... all have an effect on the Earth in various ways. The Earth's orbit brings the planet closer to the Sun at one point in its 100,000 year trip. The Earth's tilt also changes just a few degrees over a period of 40,000 years or so, but enough to change the position ... of the polar ice caps relative to the Sun. Finally, the procession of the equinoxes also moves the poles closer to or further away from the Sun over a period of approximately 23,000 years. Each of these cycles by itself may not have a ... states that temperatures are, indeed, rising with the global mean surface air temperature...

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... Ernest Hemingway seemed to enjoy the best of both worlds. He grew up close to a metropolitan center in a suburban or semi-rural community that was also sheltered by distance from the violent and vice of Chicago itself. More over, Dr. Hemingway owned a cabin in Northern Michigan where his oldest son spent ... 1926, Hemingway joined Fitzgerald as a chronicler of the "lost generation" of the Americans living in post-World War one Europe. Under the title "The Sun Also Rises(1926), Hemingway's first novel was an immediate success. In a matter of weeks, it established Hemingway as an ascendant ...

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... $12,500, whereas if the men won they would have each received a s um $388,000. This event also influenced sitcoms. In a March 2000 episode of the television sitcom, Third Rock From the Sun, on of the characters makes a direct quote in relation to the extravagant display of triumph. The character was quoted ... night that the game was replayed, it drew more attention than baseball's All-Star Game that was aired the same night. One of the most surprising rises in women's sports has seen in the field of softball. In the years past, softball has been a female dominated sport with leagues aro...

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... and electricity. The very root of the process begins at factories that generate electricity that relies on burning fossil fuels like coal. Acid rain also depends on the over-usage of everyday human needs such as transportation and electric appliances. When these fuels are released into the air they ... dioxide, and nitrogen. Once these gases are released into the atmosphere they react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form acidic compounds. The sun will then amplify the rate of these reactions. The result of this is a solution of sulfuric and nitric acid that will fall onto Eart...

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