Sentences with phrase «best near the equator»

But we set it in South America because Jim's scientific mind made him believe that a space elevator would work better near the equator.

Not exact matches

«As more storms form near the equator, they are experiencing much better conditions for intensification and they are experiencing these conditions for a much longer period,» the pair note.

The long - wave radiation estimated for surface temperatures is pretty clear that forcing is occuring near the equator and since the ocean in this region is acccumulating heat that will eventually re-emerge the deeper it can be sequestered the better.

For the Ekman pumping (one good example of the Ekman pumping is the so - called «cold tongue» near in the eastern part of the Pacific near the Equator), the stability is not so important, but rather the depth of the upper warm surface layer.

Repeating, near the poles, we should see much increasing temperatures because the same well - mixed worldwide level of CO2 would greatly increase the local GHG concentration near the poles - > greatly increasing the (predicted) temperature increase; while near the equator, the same increase in CO2 means little.

The effective energy density on a good desert day near the equator is about 1 % that of coal, 5 % that of NG.

The choice of region Poon for CO2 measurement, seems at first glance quite sensible: — Near equator (NH has higher CO2 than SH — the same argument that makes Mauna Loa a good choice)-- Appear to be average vegetation.

Assuming a good bit of this was added after the natural warming cycle was started we are probably looking at closer to 1200 ppm over the next century or two before C02 levels begin to decrease again as this natural green house locks up carbon primarily in phytoplankton blooms caused by fertilization from the new large desert regions near the equator and excessive erosion from very intense storm systems the develop in such a hot house climate.