Sentences with phrase «cold polar regions»

The main reason for this is that warming enhances the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which then snows - off in the dry and cold polar region where it releases energy and warms the atmosphere.

The temperature gradient creates atmospheric circulation, which transports heat from areas of equatorial excess to the cold polar regions.

Warmer waters then warm the air, which reduces the temperature difference between the cold polar region and the warmer rest of the Northern hemisphere.

And that warmth is welcome in the cold polar regions where that poppy grows.

Cold polar regions are a natural result of inadequate solar radiation.

Climate change is altering the temperature gradient between the warm equator and the colder polar regions; this is expected to affect the position and strength of mid-latitude storms.

As an exceptionally adaptable species, humans are found in all corners of the planet save the coldest polar regions, highest mountain peaks, and lowest ocean troughs.