GGR329H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Coevolution, Tropical Agriculture

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24 Sep 2012

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Diamond against traditional ed: racial or genetic superiority, no objective evidence, cold climate stimulates inventiveness. All this stuff inherited from warm climate people like africans, asia, and arabians. They didn"t invent this they inherited it (so diamond also disagrees with this two) Metallurgy: lowland river valleys in dry climates depended or irrigation and centralized bureaucracies. Much experience hunting large species in other continents: guns, infectious diseases, steel told, manufactured products. Why is it wherever humans show up that big animals disappear. Humans look harmless!! (nothing to scare off bigger animals) The reason there are still large animals in africa is because they co-evolved with human beings. Cuba, mf survived until humans showed up (took humans a while to find) Certain megafauna still around in north america (elk, bears, bisons, etc) Achaelogical evidence (few kill sites, would expect more) Some african mf with no fear of humans. Changes in traditional food chain/habitat related to disappearing megafauna (prairies reverted.

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Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. Windblown dust, sea salts, volcanic ash, smoke from wildfires, and pollution from factories are all examples of aerosols. Depending upon their size, type, and location, aerosols can either cool the surface, or warm it. They can help clouds to form, or they can inhibit cloud formation. And if inhaled, some aerosols can be harmful to people's health.

These maps show average monthly aerosol amounts around the world based on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. Satellite measurements of aerosols, called aerosol optical thickness, are based on the fact that the particles change the way the atmosphere reflects and absorbs visible and infrared light. An optical thickness of less than 0.1 (palest yellow) indicates a crystal clear sky with maximum visibility, whereas a value of 1 (reddish brown) indicates very hazy conditions.

High aerosol amounts are linked to different process in different places and times of year. High aerosol amounts occur over South America from July through September. This pattern is due to land clearing and agricultural fires that are widespread across the Amazon Basin and Cerrado regions during the dry season. Aerosols have a similar seasonal pattern in Central America (March-May), central and southern Africa (June-September, and Southeast Asia (January-April).

In other cases, however, aerosol concentrations are not related to fires. For example, from May through August each year, aerosol amounts rise dramatically around the Arabian Peninsula and nearby oceans due to dust storms. Elevated aerosol amounts nestle at the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains in northern India in some months, and linger over eastern China for much of the year. These elevated aerosol amounts are due to human-produced air pollution.

What is the most likely source of the high concentration of particulates that appear off the coast of northwestern Africa?

What is the most likely source of the high concentrations of particulates over central Africa and central South America?

What is the most likely source of the high concentrations of particulates over eastern China?

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