Friday, February 20, 2015
Weather Movie #3: The Perfect Storm
The movie: The Perfect Storm is about a tropical hurricane that started at Bermuda in the year 1991 of October in which the hurricane came in contact with the Great Lake's cold front that basically caused a perfect storm to form that is capable of causing enormous damage and destruction to everything in its path such as causing one hundred foot tall waves. In the movie, a fishing boat crew was basically trapped in the middle of the dangerous storm and a lot of intense action occurred in that one scene where the crew tried to go into the high wave or tide but they failed and their boat got flipped over and fell into the water. The movie about the determined and fearless crew that is ready to take on anything is based on the book by Sebastian Junger. Furthermore, the fishing boat crew decided to take the waters when they received news that the fishing season has started. Not to mention, numerous rescue efforts also occurred in the same storm and occurred nearby. In summary, I learned that being trapped in the middle of a superstorm in the ocean is extremely scary and your life will be in danger due to the extremely high tides that occur due to the high intense winds of the storm along with rain, thunder, and lightning.
Weather Movie #2: The Day After Tomorrow
The movie: The Day After Tomorrow shows a planet earth in which an sudden change of climate happened due to global warming and caused a superstorm to occur around the globe that is capable of causing never before seen types of damage. For instance, in just a couple days, Los Angeles becomes destroyed by tornadoes, Tokyo is hit with a strong hail storm, and New York gets attacked with huge tsunamis and blizzards. Furthermore, the movie showed and displayed that the current type of weather or climate we have in present day is relatively unstable to the point that the weather considered rather normal for planet earth is when the jump fluctuates up and down. Not to mention, the movie stated the global warming could cause our weather system to cross the line to the point where a shift in climate would happen that could not be altered to its original state. The reason for this occurrence would be for the higher level of precipitation and ice melting causing higher sea levels that is capable of flooding the entire North Atlantic. Furthermore, changes or alterations in the jet stream is capable of causing dangerous and very dry droughts and floods that are capable of doing large amounts of damage in places that are not used to these types of conditions leading to shortages of certain types of food and supplies of drinkable water around the globe. The superstorm in the movie brings large amounts of the freezing air in the upper levels of the atmosphere down to surface level and freezes everything that is outside of it. Furthermore, clusters of storms merge together to form an enormous deadly storm that does extremely damage to everything in its path. In addition, the Manhattan is caught in a superstorm with super strong wing speeds and blowing everything out in its way.
Weather Movie #1: 2012
After watching the movie 2012, it was interesting how everything started out as little things like small magnitude earthquakes and land separation that was left unnoticed. Furthermore, in my opinion, the overall weather in this film displayed a lot of chaos and turmoil. Furthermore, the numerous natural disasters that is displayed in this movie began through the slightest and slimmest events. Moreover, numerous earthquakes happened here and there, but people did not take any action at all if the earthquake happened on the other side of the planet. On the contrary, it is the little things that start to build up over time into serious weather problems along with formations of land. In short, unusual or abnormal things start to occur. Not to mention, the weather conditions start to worsen to due hurricanes and winds of high speed on the areas near the coastal lines. In addition, the numerous earthquakes that occurred caused the ground of earth to crack and fall into pieces while also lead to the formation of tsunamis and high tides to attack the coastal lines around the world. Additionally, areas surrounded by the oceans start to submerge into the ocean and becomes an area that is underwater. Furthermore, the skies went and transformed from being clear and blue to becoming dark with a gloomy mood that also had stratus nimbus clouds. Moreover, the wet areas of land were attacked with strong rainstorms while dry areas of land were hit with persistent powerful types of wind. In summary, the weather started to become a powerful and strong cataclysm or mass destruction of earth.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Weather Career: Meteorologists (Weather Blog 3)
A meteorologist's job or duty is to analyze, record, and observe the weather on a daily often hour by hour basis. Most meteorologists works at the government agency or the National Weather Service. Without a doubt, there are numerous companies that hire meteorologists to predict weather. Moreover, meteorologists do research on weather patterns, studies the atmosphere, the changes in climate in certain areas, problems in the environment, studies weather, analyzes the weathers effects on the environment, predicts the weather for a local for the next five days, and analyzes trends in climate. Furthermore, some of the specialties for meteorologists include: climatology, weather broadcasting, weather forecasting, working in the military, and meteorological oceanography.
Not to mention, meteorologists uses data from radar, satellites, sensors, and computers to make their weather predictions. Moreover, meteorologists who work at a local news stations will need to work on the weekends and weekends and sometimes at night. Furthermore, meteorologists who work in a small office will often work alone instead of working in a team. Additionally, meteorologists will need to travel or do fieldwork if he or she is employed in a private company. Meteorologists often times uses computers to analyze weather data such as wind speed, dew point, humidity, pressure, temperature, and wind direction.
In addition, some of the essential subjects that meteorologists need to take include: math, computer science, english, physics, chemistry, environmental science, and biology. Basically, it is important to be well educated in the math and science fields. Meteorologists should be proficient at using the computer because much of their work involves using the computer. Furthermore, it is essential to know to communicate your thoughts and ideas that could be easily understood by the audience.
Above all, a bachelor's degree in meteorology or atmospheric sciences is often required or highly recommended for working in the field of meteorology. A masters degree of PhD is often needed for researching or management position jobs. Some of the courses that meteorologists take in college include: physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and computer programming. Furthrmore, economists expect the jobs available or open for meteorologists to grow through until 2020. There is going to be a lot of competition when looking for a job and it would give one an advantage when he or she has a graduate degree. The largest amount of jobs available for meteorologists would be in the private market that demands specialized weather forecasts. However, if one wants to become a technician in the field of meteorology, then a bachelors degree in the field of meteorology is not required. Furthermore, these meteorological technicians needs to take and finish courses that are in the technical level of difficulty. Moreover, meteorologists often does research on the oceans and the atmosphere of the planet earth and their main job is to forecast the weather diseases such as storms, hurricanes, blizzards, snow storms, tornadoes, and thunderstorms to the best of their ability.
In addition, the average annual salary according to the bureau of labor statistics for meteorologists is $89,260.
References: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/meteorology/?ar_a=1
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/careers/science-meteorologists
Not to mention, meteorologists uses data from radar, satellites, sensors, and computers to make their weather predictions. Moreover, meteorologists who work at a local news stations will need to work on the weekends and weekends and sometimes at night. Furthermore, meteorologists who work in a small office will often work alone instead of working in a team. Additionally, meteorologists will need to travel or do fieldwork if he or she is employed in a private company. Meteorologists often times uses computers to analyze weather data such as wind speed, dew point, humidity, pressure, temperature, and wind direction.
In addition, some of the essential subjects that meteorologists need to take include: math, computer science, english, physics, chemistry, environmental science, and biology. Basically, it is important to be well educated in the math and science fields. Meteorologists should be proficient at using the computer because much of their work involves using the computer. Furthermore, it is essential to know to communicate your thoughts and ideas that could be easily understood by the audience.
Above all, a bachelor's degree in meteorology or atmospheric sciences is often required or highly recommended for working in the field of meteorology. A masters degree of PhD is often needed for researching or management position jobs. Some of the courses that meteorologists take in college include: physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and computer programming. Furthrmore, economists expect the jobs available or open for meteorologists to grow through until 2020. There is going to be a lot of competition when looking for a job and it would give one an advantage when he or she has a graduate degree. The largest amount of jobs available for meteorologists would be in the private market that demands specialized weather forecasts. However, if one wants to become a technician in the field of meteorology, then a bachelors degree in the field of meteorology is not required. Furthermore, these meteorological technicians needs to take and finish courses that are in the technical level of difficulty. Moreover, meteorologists often does research on the oceans and the atmosphere of the planet earth and their main job is to forecast the weather diseases such as storms, hurricanes, blizzards, snow storms, tornadoes, and thunderstorms to the best of their ability.
In addition, the average annual salary according to the bureau of labor statistics for meteorologists is $89,260.
References: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/meteorology/?ar_a=1
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/careers/science-meteorologists
Biggest Air Issue: Ozone Hole (Weather Blog 2)
The layer of ozone is suppose act as Earth's protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays. Atmosphere pollution caused by the chemicals such as bromine and chlorine has ultimately been the main cause for the depletion of the ozone layer. Furthermore, the ozone layer is made of ozone, which is also know as a protective layer that covers and surrounds the surface of earth. Moreover, ozone is composed of 3 atoms of oxygen for each molecule. Above all, a huge hole located at the ozone has occurred in the hemisphere in the southern region. In addition, the ozone layer depletion lets in large amounts of UV radiation to earth which is coming from the source of the sun. Not to mention, radiation from UV rays is a factor in causing types of skin cancer in numerous individuals and also disrupts the food chain of the aquatic system such as the cycles of life for the procholorococcus or phytoplankton.
Above all, our layer of ozone is currently depleting because of the actions done by the humans on earth. Substances capable of depleting the ozone were created by man or man-made. Furthermore, more ozone depleting substances such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons, and other organic compounds that are volatile come from the daily human activities because those substances are produced in industrial processes, vehicle emissions, aerosols, refrigerants. Moreover, these substances get broken down into pieces by the sun's ultraviolet rays when reaching the stratosphere level, which in turn slowly depletes the layer of ozone. Not to mention, there are several chemicals such as CFCs that can stay in the atmosphere for almost one hundred years after being emitted into the atmosphere. Above all, breathing air from the depleted ozone of a ozone with a hole can cause damage to people's health. Moreover, these harmful chemicals irritates our lungs and throat, causes pain in the chest area, and causes damage to the lungs. Not to mention, the ultraviolet rays that go through the hole in the ozone can cause skin cancer, sunburn, and cataracts in many individuals. Above all, ozone depletion affects us humans and the environment also. More importantly, the Earth usually has a balance between the energy that comes out of the earth's surface and energy from the sun. Additionally, greenhouse gases are produced when harmful pollutants are emitted into the environment by daily human activities. Furthermore, greenhouse gases slowly add up in the atmosphere and are capable of changing the composition of the Earth's atmosphere and can cause alterations in climate. Moreover, these greenhouse gases take in heat that would usually leave through the lower atmosphere and would later end up in the upper levels of the atmosphere. As times passes by and years passes by, the more gases released from the ozone, the more health that is trapped in by the the blanket of gas in the atmosphere, which in turn causes a disruption in the energy flow around the world due to the fact that the gases absorb and later releases the energy. Eventually, there would be an inconsistency or a level of inequality created by a lower temperature and higher temperature in the upper levels of the atmosphere. When the stratosphere cools, ozone molecules that is unstable is created, which in turn speeds up the process of the ozone depletion. The depletion rate of the layer of ozone increases as the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increasing in capacity. Furthermore, the warming of the troposphere causes the arctic ice cap to melt at a faster rate.
On an end note, a really big issue that would affect many people around the globe would occur due to the warming and melting happening all over the world. Moreover, there is a relationship between the cooling stratosphere and ozone depletion along with global warming. Furthermore, areas that have an active stratosphere will become warmer due the fact that the stratosphere that is not active will become cooler. Not to mention, the United States could potentially have a really cold winter while other countries will be having a relatively hotter winter than the United States. Moreover, the EPA is implementing stricter standards to improve the quality of air and help stop the process of ozone depletion occurring.
Reference: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/ozone-depletion-overview/
Above all, our layer of ozone is currently depleting because of the actions done by the humans on earth. Substances capable of depleting the ozone were created by man or man-made. Furthermore, more ozone depleting substances such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons, and other organic compounds that are volatile come from the daily human activities because those substances are produced in industrial processes, vehicle emissions, aerosols, refrigerants. Moreover, these substances get broken down into pieces by the sun's ultraviolet rays when reaching the stratosphere level, which in turn slowly depletes the layer of ozone. Not to mention, there are several chemicals such as CFCs that can stay in the atmosphere for almost one hundred years after being emitted into the atmosphere. Above all, breathing air from the depleted ozone of a ozone with a hole can cause damage to people's health. Moreover, these harmful chemicals irritates our lungs and throat, causes pain in the chest area, and causes damage to the lungs. Not to mention, the ultraviolet rays that go through the hole in the ozone can cause skin cancer, sunburn, and cataracts in many individuals. Above all, ozone depletion affects us humans and the environment also. More importantly, the Earth usually has a balance between the energy that comes out of the earth's surface and energy from the sun. Additionally, greenhouse gases are produced when harmful pollutants are emitted into the environment by daily human activities. Furthermore, greenhouse gases slowly add up in the atmosphere and are capable of changing the composition of the Earth's atmosphere and can cause alterations in climate. Moreover, these greenhouse gases take in heat that would usually leave through the lower atmosphere and would later end up in the upper levels of the atmosphere. As times passes by and years passes by, the more gases released from the ozone, the more health that is trapped in by the the blanket of gas in the atmosphere, which in turn causes a disruption in the energy flow around the world due to the fact that the gases absorb and later releases the energy. Eventually, there would be an inconsistency or a level of inequality created by a lower temperature and higher temperature in the upper levels of the atmosphere. When the stratosphere cools, ozone molecules that is unstable is created, which in turn speeds up the process of the ozone depletion. The depletion rate of the layer of ozone increases as the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increasing in capacity. Furthermore, the warming of the troposphere causes the arctic ice cap to melt at a faster rate.
On an end note, a really big issue that would affect many people around the globe would occur due to the warming and melting happening all over the world. Moreover, there is a relationship between the cooling stratosphere and ozone depletion along with global warming. Furthermore, areas that have an active stratosphere will become warmer due the fact that the stratosphere that is not active will become cooler. Not to mention, the United States could potentially have a really cold winter while other countries will be having a relatively hotter winter than the United States. Moreover, the EPA is implementing stricter standards to improve the quality of air and help stop the process of ozone depletion occurring.
Reference: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/ozone-depletion-overview/
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Weather-Related Disease: Asthma (Weather Blog 1)
An asthma attack can be caused by certain weather conditions ranging from being extremely hot to extremely cold and from raining to having a thunderstorm. Furthermore, environmental pollutants and allergens can be the cause of an asthma attack. Some of the allergens or environmental pollutants include pollen, dander from animals, and smoke. Not to mention, changes in weather conditions such as a change in humidity can also cause an asthma attack. Moreover, changes in temperature could a cause in the irritation of the airways in the lungs. In addition, changes in temperature in the lung airways could be the cause of inflammation in the lung airways. Additionally, people who have asthma and mainly uses their mouth to breath and have more irritants and pollutants that enters into their airways than people who breathe their nose. Due to the fact that people who have asthma already have lung airways with inflammation, when higher level of severity of the asthma, and high chance that weather could affect their health.
Furthermore, common weather triggers that could make asthma symptoms worse include: heat (higher levels of heat during the summer, high levels of ozone from fumes of exhaust, smog, and from pollutants can cause symptoms of an asthma attack), wind and rain (winds are capable of blowing pollen and mold around in the air and rain causes spores of mold to stir up and build up in capacity), cold air (temperature drops can trigger asthma attacks), lightning (thunderstorms can develop ozone), and flunctuations from air pressure (barometric pressure and cause episodes of sinus which in turn causes sinusitis which are often capable of causing asthma attacks).
Different Seasons of Year
Spring:
Spring is the season that symbolizes the pollen season. Furthermore, pollen is an allergen can cause inflammation in the lung airways and is a culprit in the cause of asthma attacks when it is inhaled into the lung airways. Higher levels of pollen counts during the spring cause are correlated with a larger amounts of visits in the emergency room at local hospitals due to asthma-related incidents. Above all, pollen represents the main cause of the increasing asthma attacks during the spring season.
Summer:
Incidents of asthma attacks seems to be and is usually the lowest in the months of summer. However, some people still suffer from asthma attacks during the summer season because those individuals have sickly reactions to higher levels of humidity and heat which varies significantly for each individual. Not to mention, there are also people who can have asthma attacks in areas with high levels of humidity and some individuals do not have any reaction in those same exact areas. Furthermore, summer weather often seems to be related with unhealthy air quality in the urban areas with high levels of density. Pollution from all the cars due to traffic and sunlight are the perfect combination for the ozone production which are capable of triggering asthma attacks in individuals. The heat waves with high levels of humidity in the air during the summer months are capable of trapping pollutants and causes those pollutants to become more concentrated in the air. Above all, the poor air quality and air days can cause asthma attacks in certain individuals.
Fall:
Cooler climate, colder air, and cooler weather causes individuals suffering from asthma to have their lungs tighten up or swell. Furthermore, people who suffer from asthma have a more severe illness when infected with a virus than individuals who do not have a virus. Not to mention, infections in the respiratory tract and exacerbate the levels of inflammation of the lung airways in individuals with asthma and cause symptoms of coughing, wheezing, having a difficult time to breathing on a daily basis, and asthma attacks.
Winter:
When people with asthma breathe in large quantities of air that is cold and dry at the same time can exacerbate their health and causes the already inflamed lung airways to swell up and could cause wheezing in some individuals. During the winter, people suffering from asthma needs to be more careful when going outdoors especially for people living in the east coast. Not to mention, indoor allergens can cause asthma attacks for some people due the fact that the heaters are turned on while all the windows are closed.
Reference: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma
Furthermore, common weather triggers that could make asthma symptoms worse include: heat (higher levels of heat during the summer, high levels of ozone from fumes of exhaust, smog, and from pollutants can cause symptoms of an asthma attack), wind and rain (winds are capable of blowing pollen and mold around in the air and rain causes spores of mold to stir up and build up in capacity), cold air (temperature drops can trigger asthma attacks), lightning (thunderstorms can develop ozone), and flunctuations from air pressure (barometric pressure and cause episodes of sinus which in turn causes sinusitis which are often capable of causing asthma attacks).
Different Seasons of Year
Spring:
Spring is the season that symbolizes the pollen season. Furthermore, pollen is an allergen can cause inflammation in the lung airways and is a culprit in the cause of asthma attacks when it is inhaled into the lung airways. Higher levels of pollen counts during the spring cause are correlated with a larger amounts of visits in the emergency room at local hospitals due to asthma-related incidents. Above all, pollen represents the main cause of the increasing asthma attacks during the spring season.
Summer:
Incidents of asthma attacks seems to be and is usually the lowest in the months of summer. However, some people still suffer from asthma attacks during the summer season because those individuals have sickly reactions to higher levels of humidity and heat which varies significantly for each individual. Not to mention, there are also people who can have asthma attacks in areas with high levels of humidity and some individuals do not have any reaction in those same exact areas. Furthermore, summer weather often seems to be related with unhealthy air quality in the urban areas with high levels of density. Pollution from all the cars due to traffic and sunlight are the perfect combination for the ozone production which are capable of triggering asthma attacks in individuals. The heat waves with high levels of humidity in the air during the summer months are capable of trapping pollutants and causes those pollutants to become more concentrated in the air. Above all, the poor air quality and air days can cause asthma attacks in certain individuals.
Fall:
Cooler climate, colder air, and cooler weather causes individuals suffering from asthma to have their lungs tighten up or swell. Furthermore, people who suffer from asthma have a more severe illness when infected with a virus than individuals who do not have a virus. Not to mention, infections in the respiratory tract and exacerbate the levels of inflammation of the lung airways in individuals with asthma and cause symptoms of coughing, wheezing, having a difficult time to breathing on a daily basis, and asthma attacks.
Winter:
When people with asthma breathe in large quantities of air that is cold and dry at the same time can exacerbate their health and causes the already inflamed lung airways to swell up and could cause wheezing in some individuals. During the winter, people suffering from asthma needs to be more careful when going outdoors especially for people living in the east coast. Not to mention, indoor allergens can cause asthma attacks for some people due the fact that the heaters are turned on while all the windows are closed.
Reference: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma
Monday, February 2, 2015
ATWTTB Ch.9 Book Frame
In chapter 9 of ATWTTB (And The Waters Turned to Blood), the book discusses about the symptoms that Howard Glasgow experiences after getting exposed to Pfisteria. Furthermore, a new facility was built to make sure that the researchers were safe in the lab, but the job was not completely efficiently. In addition, the equipment for safety was not equipped efficiently.
ATWTTB Ch.8 Book Frame
In chapter 8 of ATWTTB (And The Waters Turned to Blood), the book talks about the safety concerns that occurs in lab of JoAnn Burkholder's and also discusses the actions that were took to solve these problems. In addition, the book talks about the university's non-effective system.
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