How the atmosphere influences time

Before entering the article we must highlight something very important. We frequent we confuse and use the terms “climate” and “time” interchangeably. The truth is that they are two concepts that, even if they are related, are different.

We call “climate” to the average of the parameter values such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, cloudiness, atmospheric pressure, etc., of a certain region over the years. The climate of the different land regions is influenced by the interaction that exists between the lithosphere, the atmosphere and the hydrosphere.

When we talk about “time”on the other hand, we are referring to these parameters, but in a specific moment and place And they can be different from those of the climate of that site, that is, time is changing.

What do we understand by atmosphere? In general, atmosphere is called the gas mixture surrounding the celestial objects of space that have a gravitational field that causes these gases to remain wrapping it without disperse, as in our case, the earth.

Our atmosphere is mainly composed of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%) argon (0.9%) and carbon dioxide (0.03%), in addition to water and ozone vapor, among others.

The atmosphere has numerous functions. In addition to wrapping and protecting our planet from intense solar radiation and the collision of small objects of space and providing the necessary gases for living beings on the planet, it is also an element very influential in the parameters that determine time and weather.

As we said the weather is influenced by multiple factors, but, before detailing them, we must know with certainty What elements determine the climate of the different places of the earth. These elements are nothing other than Meteorological phenomena produced in our atmosphere and are:

• The temperature: It measures how much heat the atmosphere has and the most used scales are the degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.
• The wind: It refers to the horizontal movement of the air present in the atmosphere and is responsible for the displacement of cloud masses.
• Moisture: Measure how much water vapor is in the atmosphere. In large quantities it results in fog banks and clouds.
• Atmospheric pressure: It is measured in Milibares, it is the force that produces the atmosphere as pressure on the earth’s surface.
• Rainfall: It is thus called the water that falls in liquid (rain) or solid (snow or hail) on the earth’s surface.

Once the elements that make up in weather we can describe the factors that condition the weather on earth:

• The altitude: It is the distance that has a certain point with respect to the sea level. When it increases the temperature decreases around one degree every 180 meters, the air becomes less dense and rainfall increases.
• Latitude: In this case it is the distance from a point of the earth to Ecuador. The closer to this we are temperatures, the greater the rays of the sun affect more perpendicularity.
• The influence of the sea: because it exerts a softening effect on the temperature of the coastal areas, which varies less between day and night.
• The relief: This factor is closely related to the altitude factor and will determine among other things, the shape of rainfall, which can be in liquid form (rain), solid (snow or hail) and even soda (fog banks). Know more about how the weather relief influences in this other Ecology Verde.

But where is the atmosphere in all this? Keep reading.

Now, although we can get a small idea, the time has come to enter the true question of this article: how does the atmosphere influence time?

The molecules found in the atmosphere are always constantly changing, but always maintaining a stable natural balance, which does not mean that they do not occur Seasonal changes in our atmosphere. What happens is that this natural balance is being altered with, among others, the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases, which are affecting various natural cycles, among others, that of water.

Besides, The atmosphere acts as a filter selective of the solar rays that penetrate it and the radiation that remains inside. However, these gases in the excessive amounts that are found are causing the heat to be trapped to a greater extent increasing the global temperature of our planet.

With all this we mean that any Change in the composition of the atmosphere It can cause adverse effects on the climatic dynamics of our planet as is the case with the greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change. This is producing very important changes such as the temperature increasethe absence of rainfall, climatic phenomena of great intensity, floods due to the fusion of polar caps, loss of biodiversity and natural spaces …

Again we verify, in this case through the atmosphere, that the changes that alter the natural balance of the processes of our planet have serious short consequences, but above all, in the long term.

In addition, in the end you can see a video about various curiosities of the atmosphere.

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