what are the factors that dtermine the climate of the tundra?
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same as everywhere else, ground and air temp., wind, moisture content and the sun.
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Taiga (IPA pronunciation: /'taɪgə/, from the Russian тайга́) is a biome characterized by coniferous forests. Covering most of inland Canada, northern Russia, and Siberia, the taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome and one of the major sources of oxygen. In Canada, boreal forest is the term used to refer to the southern part of this biome, while taiga is used to describe the more barren northern areas south of the Arctic tree-line.\n\nSince North America and Eurasia were recently connected by the Bering land bridge, a number of animal and plant species (more animals than plants) were able to colonise both continents and are distributed throughout the taiga biome. Others differ regionally, typically with each genus having several distinct species each occupying different regions of the taiga.\n\nClimate and geography\nThe taiga biome has a harsh continental climate with a very large temperature range between summer and winter, classified as "Dfc" or "Dfb" in the Köppen climate classification scheme. Aside from the tundra and permanent ice caps, it is the coldest biome on Earth. High latitudes mean that for much of the year the Sun hovers at the horizon; winters last at least 6 months, with average temperatures below freezing. Temperatures vary from -50 ˚C to 30 ˚C throughout the whole year, with 8 or more months of temperatures averging below 10 ˚C. The summers, while short, are generally warm and humid.\n\nThe taiga experiences relatively low precipitation throughout the year (200-750 mm annually), primarily as rain during the summer but also as fog and snow, but as evaporation is also low for most of the year, precipitation exceeds evaporation and is sufficient for dense vegetation growth.\n\nMuch of the area currently classified as taiga was recently glaciated. As the glaciers receded, they gouged out depressions in the topography. These depressions have since filled with water, creating lakes and bogs (especially muskeg soil) that can be found throughout the taiga.\n\nSoil of taiga is very acidic. When needles fallen from conifers decompose, they secrete an acid which prevents plants other than conifers from growing there. This process, termed allelopathy, also occurs where evergreen trees are planted in other biomes, such as temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, slowing the rate at which the area returns to its natural state. The soil is called podsol.\n\nTaiga biomes are not found in the Southern Hemisphere because there is little landmass at the characteristic latitudes, with little similarity even in the Magellanic subpolar forests of Chile and Argentina, where the climate is strongly oceanic.\n\nFlora\nThe forests of the taiga are largely coniferous, dominated by larch, spruce, and pine. Evergreen species in the taiga (spruce and pine) have a number of adaptations specifically for survival in harsh taiga winters, though larch, the most cold-tolerant of all trees, is deciduous. Because the Sun is low in the horizon for most of the year, it is difficult for plants to generate energy from photosynthesis. Pine and spruce do not lose their leaves seasonally and are able to photosynthesize with their older leaves in late winter and spring when light is good but temperatures are still too low for new growth to commence. The adaptation of evergreen needles limits the water lost due to transpiration and their dark green color increases their absorption of sunlight. Although precipitation is not a limiting factor, the ground freezes during the winter months and plant roots are unable to absorb water, so desiccation can be a severe problem in late winter for evergreens.\n\nAlthough the taiga is dominated by coniferous forests, some broadleaf trees also occur, notably birch, aspen, willow, and rowan. Many smaller herbaceous plants grow closer to the ground. Periodic stand-replacing wildfires (with return times of between 20-200 years) clear out the tree canopies, allowing sunlight to
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Because climate isn't just determined by latitude, but by distance from the sea, if there are mountains near by, weather patterns and a lot of other things.
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ice ages occur due to many factors - climate change, earths  orbital changes around the sun and solar radiation changes are important.\n   no one is certain how many ice ages occur ed - but many agree that there are at least 4 major ice ages in the earths history
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Thats a difficult question. It all depends on air pressure, wind, temperature, humidity, distance of the clouds above the earth. Velocity of the snowflake. Mass of the snowflake. It's really dependent on the situation and the composition of each individual snowflake. No two conditions are the same.
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Climate may be a factor in the success of a country.  The mid-latitudes tend to have moderate temperatures and well defined growing seasons thus allowing for good agriculture and  livestock conditions.  These provide a reliable food source which can support a larger population.\n\nNorthern and Southern latitudes have very long and cold winters which are not conducive to agriculture although there are some livestock that can handle these conditions (carribou, yaks, etc.)  Converely, the more equatorial latitudes have high temperatures.  Depending on the humidity of the region, this can lead to either desert or jungle conditions.  Deserts are very difficult to grow in due to lack of moisture whereas with jungles, controlling the natural vegetation and keeping it from invading agriculture fields is a near impossible task.  In addition, the tropics have many diseases the thrive in that environment leading to a higher mortality rate.
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Vegetation is probably the most important physical factor influencing soil erosion. A good cover of vegetation shields the soil from the impact of raindrops. It also binds the soil together, making it more resistant to runoff. A vegetative cover provides organic matter, slows runoff, and filters sediment. Deforestation is of course a huge factor in this case.\n\nThe climatic factors that influence erosion are rainfall amount, intensity, and frequency. During periods of frequent rainfall, a greater percentage of the rainfall will become runoff. This is due to high soil moisture or saturated conditions\n\nTemperature is another climatic factor influencing erosion. While frozen soil is highly resistant to erosion, rapid thawing of the soil surface brought on by warm rains can lead to serious erosion. Temperature also influences the type of precipitation. Falling snow does not erode, however, heavy snow melts in the spring can cause considerable runoff damage. \n\nTemperature also influences the amount of organic matter that collects on the ground surface and incorporates with the topsoil layer. Areas with warmer climates have thinner organic cover on the soil. Organic matter protects the soil by shielding it from the impact of falling rain and soaking up rainfall that would otherwise become runoff.\n\nin conclusion the change of any of these will increase it, the primary cause is of course vegetation cover and deforestation, canopy coverage and gradient run off.... the less trees, the quicker the soil erosion, the more minerals in the soil, the slower soil erosion.\n\ni hope this answered your question
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the weather is pretty cold because it it far from the sun.It's temperature is -214 C.Its atmosphere is mainly made of hydrogen and methane gas.It has seasons different from us because it is tipped over its side
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Aalexart put the case extremely well, and has obviously like me read several books that have no bias.\nThe site below will help you, the presumptiousness of man that we can influence the weather. King Canute had more success with the tide.\nYes we are gradually returning to the climate pre the mini ice age, but we still have a long way to go.
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1) Widespread Terratoriality.\n2) Global Warming.\n\n#1 is like going places man wasn't supposed to go..like space, and the deep ocean, and even underground..\n#2 is very self-explainatory.\n\nNitrogen.
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Too many factors, not enough info. First, you have to know which way is up. Then you have to know how deep the snow is.\n\nRoughly somewhere between 4 and 4 googlizillion.
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The weather is determined by the heating and cooling of different areas of earth. If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, it is summer in the southern hemishere, basically because of amount of exposure each hemisphere gets to the sun. This will cause different weather conditions in different areas. \n\nFor example, in Hawaii, the surf is good on the South Shore, but flat on the North Shore in the summer. In the winter conditions are reversed. Hawaii being in the northern hemisphere but relatively close to the equator gets its southern summer swells from winter storms generated near New Zealand in the Southern hemisphere. During the winter, the northern swells are generated by winter storms in the North Pacific.
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Take a look at this site.  You will need to specify dates and places\n\nhttp://www.weather.gov/climate/
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info\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_climate\n\ngraph\nhttp://www.vaw.ethz.ch/research/glaciology/permafrost/gz_permafrost_temp_monitoring_1.jpg/image\nhttp://www.cbr.washington.edu/data/Streams/dataimg/Storet134.gif
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First the atmosphere is blocked out by the cold air rising from earth.Then all plant life dye followed by the animals.The land masses change shape by the gradual pushing of the ice flows.Then the oceans freeze up and sea life stops existing.
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Permafrost--\n\n\nIn geology, permafrost or permafrost soil is a thermal condition where ground material stays at or below 0°C for two or more years. The presence of ice is not necessary, as may be in the case of nonporous bedrock, but it frequently occurs and it may be in amounts excess of the potential hydraulic saturation of the ground material. Most permafrost is located in high latitudes (e.g. North and South poles), but alpine permafrost exists at high altitudes.\n\nThe extent of permafrost can vary as the climate changes. Today, approximately 20% of the Earth's land mass is covered by permafrost (including discontinuous permafrost) or glacial ice. Overlying permafrost is a the layer of ground called the active layer that seasonally thaws during the summer. Plant life can be supported only within the active layer because growth can occur only in soil that is fully thawed for some part of the year. Thickness of the active layer varies by year and location but is typically 0.6 - 4 m (2 to 12 feet) thick. In areas of continuous permafrost and harsh winters the depth of the permafrost can be very great: 440m (1330 feet) at Barrow, Alaska, (600m (1970 feet) at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, up to 726m (2382 feet) in the Canadian Arctic islands and as much as 1493m (4510 feet) in the northern Lena and Yana River basins in Siberia.
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climate varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north \n\nair pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere