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How do warm and cold currents affect the climate?
Ocean currents act as conveyer belts of warm and cold water, sending heat toward the polar regions and helping tropical areas cool off, thus influencing both weather and climate. The ocean doesn’t just store solar radiation; it also helps to distribute heat around the globe.
What affects the climate in Central America?
A variable that affects weather is elevation. The country has the Cordillera Central mountains, where temperatures can drop the higher you go. The mountain tops can fall to an average of 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius).
How do cold currents affect the climate of a region?
Warm and cold ocean currents can affect the climate of coastal regions, but only when local winds blow in from the sea. Warm currents heat the air over the ocean and bring higher temperatures over land. Cold currents can lower air temperatures and can bring colder temperatures over land.
How does a warm climate affect us?
A warmer climate is expected to increase the risk of illnesses and death from extreme heat and poor air quality. Climate change will likely increase the frequency and strength of extreme events (such as floods, droughts, and storms) that threaten human health and safety.
What are warm and cold currents?
Those currents that flow from the Equator towards the poles are warmer than the surrounding water and so they are called warm currents. The ocean currents that flow from the polar areas towards the Equator are cooler compared to the surrounding water, so they are called cold currents.
Where is the best weather in Central America?
Costa Rica “The Healthiest Climate in the World According to NASA Research.” So says one Web site for this relatively modernized Central American country.
Is California Current warm or cold?
The California Current is a cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Sur.
Where do warm and cold currents meet?
The two currents i.e. cold and warm that meet together are the seas north of Japan where the warm Kuroshio Current meets the cold Kamchatka Current and the Grand Banks off Newfoundland where the North Atlantic Drift encounters the cold Labrador Current.