Friday, November 21, 2008

Voyage to Cape Town from Lima - 25,S 30,N

Travel time: 15 Days
Direction traveling: East
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 1
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? Prevailing Westerlies

Voyage to Sydney from San Francisco - 50,N 25,S

Travel time: 12 Days
Direction traveling: South West
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 2
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? Trade Winds and Prevailing Westerlies

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Voyage to London from Havana Cuba 30n 25s

Travel time:9 Days
Direction traveling:North East
Were you successful?Yes
How many attempts?3
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? Prevailing Westerlies

Monday, November 17, 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Greenhouse Gas

Greenhouse gas is the process in which gasses are held in the air. People in the North Pole should be concerned about this. Not only the humans affected by this but the polar bears are affected also. The bears are losing their habitats that includes their shelter and food supply because the water is increasing and the ice is decreasing.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Photochemical Smog


Photochemical smog is a mixture of ozone and other pollutants that makes up a brown haze. Some causes are chemicals like hydrocarbons,nitrogen oxides from cars and other motor vehicles. The effects or consequences are headache irritated eyes,throat, and lungs. Some solutions would be to decrease commuter traffic and increase public transportation. Also people could take the subway city bus or join a car pool. That is a little about photochemical smog.