Why is the eastern United States green if the wind moves from west to east? Why is the eastern United States green if the wind moves from west to east? The winds don't move straight from west to east Oftentimes they move from the southwest to the northeast (and sometimes from the south to the north), thereby bringing lots of moisture inland from the very warm Gulf of Mexico
temperature - Why is the Ocean water on the west Coast so cold . . . The return flow on the eastern edges of ocean basins (west coast of continents) brings cold water from poleward of that latitude There are a few things to note about this circulation, though, since that analysis applies to the mid-latitudes only There are opposite gyres closer to the poles that make the east coasts much colder than expected
topography - What causes the ripples that extend east-west along the . . . We've all read about the magnetic field reversals leaving alternating lines of residual magnetic field trapped in the crust that go in the north-south direction, but I was surprised to see these topographic ripples that extend in the east-west direction What caused these to form?
At what depth does the underground begin to warm up? Spring water comes out colder from being underground But if you get deeper the temperature goes up At what depth does the underground stop getting colder and begins getting warmer? Is there a m
Why does the intensity of sunlight depend on your latitude? From a technical physical point of view the answer contains several inaccuracies: 1) better talk of irradiance than intensity, Though not completely wrong intensity is often used source based (=outgoing) and measured perpendicular to the direction of propagation, while irradiance is the radiant flux (power) received by a surface per unit area 2) the brightness of the sun doesn't really depend
Are there any saltwater rivers on Earth? At certain times and locations, the salinity of streams in the basin exceeds that of seawater (Keller and others, 1988) Salty bed of Little Red River, a tributary of Red River, Texas (Wikipedia) There are salty rivers in various places on Earth, but they are primarily found in arid regions
Newest mesoscale-meteorology Questions - Earth Science Stack Exchange What causes these periodic high-pressure blobs along the west coast of South America? I was looking through the Weatherbug atmospheric pressure map around 8:30 am ET on Oct 26 2021, and noticed this chain of small high pressure blobs along the west coast of South America It was also
What was the storm surge height from Hurricane Harvey? Tidal range is low on the Texas Gulf Coast - only a foot or so The forecast was around 9-10ft - and of course more on the east side of Rockport (landfall) than the south-west (where some points recorded negative surge)