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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_2%3A_The_Physical_Environment/2.5%3A_Earth's_Energy_BalanceEarth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet. When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed, Earth warms. When energy is released from Earth into space, th...Earth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet. When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed, Earth warms. When energy is released from Earth into space, the planet cools. Many factors, both natural and human, can cause changes in Earth’s energy balance, including changes in greenhouse gasses; variations in the sun’s energy reaching Earth; and changes in the reflectivity of Earth’s atmosphere and surface.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Evergreen_Valley_College/Introduction_to_Ecology_(Kappus)/02%3A_The_Physical_Environment/2.05%3A_Oceanic_CirculationSurface currents are driven by prevailing winds. Because of Coriolis deflection and the location of Earth's land masses surface currents form large-scale circular patterns of circulation called gyres ...Surface currents are driven by prevailing winds. Because of Coriolis deflection and the location of Earth's land masses surface currents form large-scale circular patterns of circulation called gyres that affect the top 200 meters. Thermohaline circulation describes the movement of deep ocean water. These currents are slow moving, driven by changes in water density, and overturn Earth's oceans every 1,000 years or so. Both surface and deep ocean circulation transport vast amounts of heat energy
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_2%3A_The_Physical_Environment/2.6%3A_Atmospheric_and_Oceanic_CirculationBecause land areas heat more quickly than the oceans and there are more land areas in the Northern Hemisphere, during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, the ITCZ is approximately 5 degrees north of the...Because land areas heat more quickly than the oceans and there are more land areas in the Northern Hemisphere, during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, the ITCZ is approximately 5 degrees north of the equator, while in the winter, it shifts back and is approximately at the equator.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/02%3A_The_Physical_Environment/2.05%3A_Earth's_Energy_BalanceEarth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet. When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed, Earth warms. When energy is released from Earth into space, th...Earth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet. When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed, Earth warms. When energy is released from Earth into space, the planet cools. Many factors, both natural and human, can cause changes in Earth’s energy balance, including changes in greenhouse gasses; variations in the sun’s energy reaching Earth; and changes in the reflectivity of Earth’s atmosphere and surface.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/02%3A_The_Physical_Environment/2.06%3A_Atmospheric_and_Oceanic_CirculationThis section discusses the causes of Atmospheric and Oceanic circulation and the roles that Atmospheric and Oceanic circulation have in regulating Earth's climate and Energy balance.
