Trade winds

The Earth is on an axis allowing only 50% of sunlight to reach the Earth. The equator receives the most sunlight throughout the year. While the north and south receive different amounts of sunlight during the year. The global wind patterns all depends on the way the Earth moves. The Earth moves to the right so the wind patterns move to the left in a circular rotation.   The Earth moves to the right while the air and water move to the left. The activity that we had done in class poking a small hole in the middle of the round paper circle and spinning it to the right on a thin strong metal tool. While dropping little drops of water on to it shows that the water moves to the left. Even though the paper circle was spinning to the right. Coriolis means a effect mass moving in the rotating system experiences a force and Hadley cells means large scale cell in which air rises at the equator. With the way the Earth is on its axis there is more sunlight found at 30 degrees north and south latitude.The wind patterns all go in a circular motion starting from the left. The trade winds, doldrums, horse latitudes, and westerlies. The global wind patterns activity that we had done in class was if someone spins a beach ball globe and a dry erase marker. Put the marker at the top at the globe and try to draw a straight line to the left all the way to the bottom of the globe,while another person is spinning the globe to the right. It is shorter to go from New York to California than it is to go to California to New York. The westerlies go into a circle with the trade winds.
Due to global warming, the winds with shift more towards the equator.

http://serc.carleton.edu/earthlabs/climate/5.html

Loggerhead Island Report

1. What special considerations did you have to make for the nesting sea turtle sites located on the barrier island?

We had to make sure that no lights, no people, and no loud sounds near the nests.

2. What special considerations had to be made when determining a good site for the proposed fishing pier?

The no wild life was being harmed like the turtles, but also keeping them away from the boats so that the fish wouldn't be scared away.

3. What could be some of the potential problems that might arise from the proposed golf course? Propose some of the ways in which the impacts can be reduced.

If the golf course is on the water there could be flooding, and also if it's near the habitat it could bother the wild life.

4. What are the economic benefits to the community of Loggerhead County if the development was done with the least amount of environmental impact?

There would be an increase of wild life, there would also be less gases in the air allowing more money to go towards the county without harming the wild life.

5. Describe three ways in which humans negatively impact coastal ecosystems such as the one you are working on with Loggerhead Barrier Island.

-boats produce gases that will go into the ocean effecting the animals.

-the fishing docks can take away the fish that is food for other animals

-the golf balls can end up in the ocean

6. How can maintaining natural vegetation help us to reduce the damage caused by oceanic events such as hurricanes, tsunami and continued beach erosion?

Everything would be all natural

7. After listening to the other groups make their presentations, were there any ideas they had you would have used if you had though about it before-hand? You should list at least three different ideas and indicate why their idea is actually better for the environment than yours. 

No, many people did not put things in the right places.