Tropical Heat Wave
by James Temple
Title
Tropical Heat Wave
Artist
James Temple
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Scientists say the region surrounding Earth's equator, called the tropics, will feel the effects of global warming long before the poles do.
Unlike the Arctic, where temperatures fluctuate more dramatically year-round, the tropics experience narrower changes in air and ocean temperatures. Any small shift in the environment there will be felt immediately. Species of fish and tropical plants that like their environment consistent won't respond well to a sudden change in temperature.
That's according to a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii who wanted to know where and when extreme temperatures, brought on by global warming, would prevail. According to Scientific American, the research team looked at six different variables: Evaporation, heat flux, ocean pH, sea-surface water temperature, precipitation and transpiration. They used information from 39 climate models developed independently by climate scientists from 12 countries to make a timeline of when and where climate change would strike first.
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October 20th, 2014
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