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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:49 PM Original message |
Earth's Tropics Belt Expands |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. "You're not expanding the tropical jungles, what you're expanding is the area of desertification." |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. not to mention... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I saw that happening in Eritrea. The Sahara has been expanding for |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's not the tropics that matter, but the Subtropical High. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. So this is basically the trade winds zone expanding poleward? n/t. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yes. But its the dry "Horse Latitude" that will hurt. |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. 140 to 330 miles in 25 years??!! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I believe you have reached the heart of the matter |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is very concerning. I'm expecting other zones to start shifiting northward soon. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. I call it the "giant flying cockroach zone." |
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loves_dulcinea (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. very apt! |
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