Hana Kohola
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Location The Pacific
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Hana Kohola made a comment
It was interesting to be reminded about how diverse the sea floor really is, just like the landscapes of the above water regions of our planet and that we should consider thinking of the oceans in regions instead of a blanketed place.
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Explored is very impossible to define because I believe it is a quantifiable amount of knowledge. “Do we know everything there is to know about XYZ?” In that case, I would argue we are not near 90% as the article implies. This is because the ocean is ever-changing. Particulate matter and microorganisms flourish everywhere and we have barely come to grasp all...
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It seems that most of these animals are representative of ocean life we have today. Giant squids, whales, larger crustacea are not the stuff of legend. Even sea serpents can be found in the slightly intimidating frilled shark. Perhaps back then the water, less frequently travelled, had the bustling life rising nearer to the surface allowing the odd sailor to...
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Our ocean is beautiful and mysterious. It is bustling with life and I’m excited to learn more about my favorite place!
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Hey everyone! I’m Hana and I am a teacher who loves to learn more about the world and loves our oceans!
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Carbon dioxide is being put into the atmosphere at an exponential rate. It has exceeded the levels of oceanic absorption and is causing a positive feedback loop which, in turn, is also decreasing the amount of ice sheets. The more cars put on the road, planes in the sky, and ships in the ocean... the faster we double the factors contributing to the temperature...
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Here in Colorado, we are having unseasonably high temperatures in the 90s. We also had a very low amount of rainfall which significantly impacted our water supply. Due to the dry nature of our region, wildfires have been starting and running rampant. Right now a town of 500 is being evacuated due to the impending threat of fire.
Typically, we have a rainy...
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Climate is the trend of weather over many years. Ever time the politicians say something to the effect of, "Climate change isn't real. It snowed today." They propagate the misinformation about the climate changing versus the weather.
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This has made me realize that as we increase the amount of greenhouse gases (like CO2) in the atmosphere, we are causing an increase in radiation, which then forces a larger amount of H2O evaporation. This would mean that every time we drive a car, we are doubling the amount of molecules in the atmosphere that reflect radiation. That is a very dangerous...
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Save our earth.
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I said "natural" because I respect the way he used nature in his work.
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I have loved this course and will miss it dearly
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I live in Colorado. Since the beginning of this course, we have received numerous low pressure systems that generated heavy rains. We have also seen a few tornadoes to the east. In all, it has been great practice for me to describe the weather. Temperatures were unseasonably high at 99•F, but then they have been dropping and staying round 78•F.
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Hana Kohola replied to Lisa Osepowicz
I thought the same thing!
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Hana Kohola replied to Hana Kohola
Hahaha, very true.
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Hana Kohola replied to Hana Kohola
Andy, I found this!
Songs: Bernini's Angels by Kerry Muzzey and Inertia by Dexter Britain
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I thought I knew what monsoons were, but now I'm not so sure. I didn't know the term was used so loosely. I just wish we had a small monsoon season here! Unfortunately, our wind patterns are highly unpredictable.
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Hana Kohola made a comment
I find cyclones fascinating! They are so strong.
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Hana Kohola replied to Hana Kohola
I looked it up. I guess 13-17 is only used in Taiwan and mainland China. I could not find a symbol though.
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Hana Kohola replied to John Murrell
That is very interesting! Thank you for sharing it.
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This was the best video on monsoons I have seen. It is time-lapse video of different storms. The majesty is astounding!
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Hana Kohola replied to John Murrell
If they use a triangle, do they report in thirds?
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Hana Kohola made a comment
Does anyone else find the cloud cover symbols almost too complicated? I can barely tell the difference between 7/8 and complete coverage. Also, does a 17 on the Beaufort scale have a symbol? I would be very interested to see that.
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I have no idea if I did the final one correctly, but I am excited to see!
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Hana Kohola replied to Robert Coleman
It took me a while too.
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In the southwest US, I know El Niño very well. However, just because El Niño is strong does not always mean we get higher snowfall. This past winter we were expecting high bases on the mountains because of El Niño, but we never got them. We had about average accumulation. We also had drastic temperature fluctuations which led to avalanches.
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Hana Kohola replied to Roger Marquette
Doesn't snow accumulate where the polar weather patterns interact with the tropical in the northern regions? I thought precipitation of any kind requires temperature differentiation either between the ground and air or the different fronts.
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In commandeering the land, the upper crust has taken far more. The lower classes are left without cities, without work, and without hope. They have nothing to fill their idle hands or empty stomachs. The monopolization must stop.
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Hana Kohola replied to Teresa P-W
I like your analysis.
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I have never visited an English country house. I have always wanted to, but I live far removed. The closest I have come is visiting colonial country houses but they are far smaller and, being in the New World, vastly different economically. We call them plantation houses and, though beautiful and majestic, they doubled as a plantation which I do not believe...
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Thank you!
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Hana Kohola replied to Rachel Marscheider
I'm in the same boat...
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Hana Kohola replied to Pamela R
I like the shirt idea!
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I was a nerd and tried to explain every ounce of weather I saw to anyone who would listen. My family loved it! They kept asking me questions.
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I am wondering if my classmates or our professors could explain pollution's effect on weather patterns. I am wondering if the planet being warmer is causing the jetstream to move to higher latitude, thereby changing where the weather patterns fall along the jetstream. Also, I want to know if city smog prevents, inhibits, or changes cloud formation. How much...
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I understand everything okay enough until the last paragraph. How can you tell wind direction?
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Hana Kohola replied to Hana Kohola
I remember all those except acid rain. Thank you! I am more concerned if the weather patterns and the heating of our planet is causing the jetstream to move higher, therefore forcing the weather patterns to fall in different areas, spelling drought for some and severe weather for others.
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Hana Kohola replied to Ken Wightman
I agree. I was taught, and have experienced living at 8,000 ft above sea level, that atmospheric pressure decreases the higher you go in the atmosphere. If someone could explain what this article meant, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Just a few years previous, Colorado had a large number of forest fires that threatened cities and destroyed numerous forests. Though living through these was an experience itself (burning embers floating in my backyard and a terrifying red sky), it is interesting to know that the chinooks could have been partially to blame. We had a very hot and dry season...
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I have a question. What is the influence of pollution on the jetstream and the development of weather systems?
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Hana Kohola made a comment
I have a question. What is the influence of pollution on the jetstream and the development of weather systems?
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Since I wrote this, I checked the map again and now there are two fronts in the early stages of forming around where I live. It looks as though a high pressure to the north and a low pressure to the south. This application is now so vital and helpful. I love it!
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Hana Kohola replied to Arianna Moretti
I agree. There are many systems developed right along the coastlines. I count 6 total that are beside Antarctica.
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Hana Kohola replied to Elizabeth Liddell
I have added it too.
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Hana Kohola replied to Allan Mackay
On map 3, why do you say no precipitation?
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Map 1:
Temperate weather with low winds (northeast). Polar continental so possible rain/snow?Map 2:
Tropical continental wind (southwest). Nice and warm for the east coast and south.
Polar Maritime wind (west) caused by the low pressure system near Iceland will bring rain/snow and colder temps to the west coast, Ireland and much of Scotland.Map...
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In Colorado, the polar and tropical airs are meeting eachother. This is causing a depression to form to the northeast. Looking at my weather forecast, we are supposed to be getting a large amount of rain in a few days which means either this depression will move southwest, it will cause another to form, or another will simply develop along the jetstream near us.
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I am happy with how scientific this course is. It makes me proud to say I am taking this from the University of Reading because the rigor is intense. It is just what I hoped for: a challenge!
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Hana Kohola replied to Sheila Holmes
I agree. I couldn't guess the clouds too well, but the others were straightforward based on the map.
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When we get lows, they are in the winter and they bring exceptionally large blizzards. We call them Albuquerque lows because they flow up from the south in New Mexico.
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Hana Kohola replied to Gina Kalla
I am proud of myself. I read it, then checked with yours and saw I actually can read most of this!
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Hana Kohola replied to Elaine Ellis
Where I live in the US, the temperatures during the day will differ drastically. Yesterday we went from 90•f to 45•f in a matter of minutes. This was accompanied by golf ball sized hail, flash floods, and high winds. Needless to say, we had a serious tornado warning. We could barely see out the windows.
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I had no idea this storm occurred. How strange that a change in the jet stream can cause so much damage.
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Hana Kohola replied to PJ W
Peggy, that was so cool!
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Hana Kohola replied to Brian Brown
Remember Luke, the effect will be with you always.
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Hana Kohola replied to Phil Ambler
I am needing help with this too. I am not sure.
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Hana Kohola replied to Hana Kohola
No problem. I love experiments!
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Hana Kohola replied to Sri Megawati
My ceiling was fine. It rose quickly, but then ran out of energy. Your calling should be fine. If you're worried, you can always start from the floor.
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Hana Kohola replied to Lisa Osepowicz
I did an experiment in my kitchen if you want to see. I uploaded it here:
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Hana Kohola replied to Sri Megawati
I did an experiment in my kitchen if you want to see. I uploaded it here:
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Hana Kohola replied to John McKenzie
I did an experiment in my kitchen if you all want to see. I uploaded it here:
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Hana Kohola made a comment
I did an experiment in my kitchen if you all want to see. I uploaded it here:
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Interesting! Thank you for noticing my error. It has been a very busy day.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but the severe weather comes from the tropical and polar airs pushing against eachother creating the spin. All of this occurs before the cold front catches up to the warm because the different temperatures and pressures are what makes the severe weather form... Is that right?
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Hana Kohola replied to David Crossley
I agree.
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Hana Kohola replied to Elaine Ellis
Thank you! I certainly think so!
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Hana Kohola replied to Elaine Ellis
Elaine, I am just an hour south of Denver and boy do we get those changes. It is very exciting, but it also causes a lot of damage.
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Wow! I had no idea that so small of changes, such as a hill, could cause the warm and cold are to move in a chaotic wave!
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Hana Kohola replied to Margaret Hindman
I agree. I had to look it up.
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Hana Kohola replied to Paul Downie
This helped me understand what I was looking at better. Thank you.
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Hana Kohola replied to Elaine Ellis
How neat! We tend not to talk about the weather because it is so unpredictable. Either we are having a torrential downpour or it will be a sunny day, we just kind of wait and see.
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Not hailing from the UK, I was surprised to see that the average temperatures were much higher than expected. At the same latitude here in the US, the trend is to be far colder and have more temperate Summer's marked by flooding.
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Hana Kohola replied to Elaine Ellis
The British are obsessed with weather? That is interesting! I have never heard that. All I know is that we Americans are known to discount almost everything the weathermen/women say. Are you all kinder to your weathermen?
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I live in a place that is subject to very severe weather and unusual weather patterns. Growing up afraid of these actually somehow turned into a fascination and now I study them because I find flash floods, tornados, and blizzards wonderous and majestic.
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Your problem sounds like mine. The weather people are rarely correct here at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
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I use the Weather Underground app as well as local websites to the areas I am going to and Doppler radars. Where I live, the weather predictions are not normally correct because we live where the mountains meet the plains so air currents become stuck and behave unexpectedly. Hence, we have a saying that if you don't like the weather, just wait 20 minutes.
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My goal is to take the idea of "We need nature. Nature doesn't need us," and expand upon it in the context of historical and philosophical ideas during my master's program.
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I think that most of all, in order for something to resonate, it must be true.
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I agree that the monopolization of information has been quite an issue in the past. However, I do not believe that all the information we have via the Internet is necessacairlu a good thing. Much of that information is manipulated and generated by overly biased parties. Unfortunately, this translates to much of the information being supplied as being false.
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This story is exceptional. To hear of the albatrosses and their beautiful lives is powerful and gripping. I agree that to hear these stories is to become a witness. If you are given information, what matters is what you do with that information. How does it influence the way you live your daily life? Is it in a way where you become more considerate and aware...
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I would like to study the intersection of environmentalism and history With regards to manufacturing goods and how this, in turn, led to the exploitation of the working class.
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Hana Kohola replied to Hana Kohola
I would agree, but I noticed that in the book (via video) there are letters and other images we do not get to see. Perhaps they could lend us more information.
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I like Alfred Allen. To be a person who spends your days with the dead to give the living comfort... It is a strange and honorable duty. I do not feel bad that the Austrailians did not pardon the deserting murder 'lad'. He committed a crime and was being punished as was fit for the time. (Present day, I am glad we do not kill and jail instead.) Still, it was...
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If people believe it is wrong for someone to come to their house and break it apart with a bulldozer, then why don't they think it is wrong to do to forests and to animals? I completely agree that our awareness needs to be increased. There is so much humans don't consider with regards to other life.
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I wish we could have the letters in their entirety along with the explanation behind the families' (socioeconomic status, later life experiences, etc). That would paint an entirely larger picture about themselves and their grief which would give insight to their experiences. For example, the judge. His story was fleshed out and we could understand how painful...
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I feel like, thus far, this course is a very long advertisement for the book and not really a class at all. This is the first video that actually had substance all because we hear about the train ticket home and the hope the men had. Too bad this factual moment was overshadowed by an interpretive song. This is a history course, is it not? I don't mean to be...
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We should stop abusing others in order to create "things" for our consumeristic society.
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Consumerism and its role in the destruction of ethics: animal testing and child labor.
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I still think this is a dangerous claim because the further we distance ourselves, the less we care.
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Animals not having rights when it comes to abuse and the abusers not serving jail time.
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I think that a lot of people care about the environment beyond their own egos which is very good!
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It is sad that society has made us so busy that we do not have the time to consider the ramifications of our actions and would prefer convenience to consideration. I think deep down people are mindful, but they are also distracted by all the other "stuff" of life. Some may disagree, but in most cases I consider this very negative.
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I don't think life was nasty, brutish, and short. I think we are facing an even larger crisis with our life expectancy increasing to 100+ years. As Hobbes would agree, humans are too much of a mess to be allowed to wreak havoc on a planet for that long. Luckily, I am Lockean and believe humans are inherently good and mean well; thus, they will try to do the...
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My best friend lives in Guerneville, so I appreciate that reference. I was talking about the road into Pescadero, which floods often enough that it is an inconvenience. I am not talking about bridges being washed out (in my state we have floods take out tons of farm and mountain roads all the time), but I am still concerned about the roads that could easily be...
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Totality and Infinity by Emmanuel Levinas for the self vs. other
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It is great as is!
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I agree with the paying through the nose. Where I live, we get substantial wind all the time, but not enough to damage or prevent the turbines from running (the snow does that). However, the only people who can afford to use them are the government so they don't really help us civilians. I can imagine that in smaller countries with more open space the tourism...
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Honestly, I'm not sure. I know that in philosophy dualism is a constant player and that most people struggle with such concepts. However, I don't know if they struggle because they do not feel well informed or if they honestly don't care... Or if they don't care because they accept humans vs nature.
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The history of building makes sense because without ports, it would take so much longer to receive necessary supplies. However, the flood plains I was thinking about were the ones in low-lying areas removed from rivers, creeks, lakes, and major bodies of water. I was thinking of this little town in California I just drove through where each day they get rain,...
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I won't speak for Gary, but I know that we owe the earth a great deal. It gives us food, water, and shelter without expectation. However, if we poison it because we value fossil fuels and other greenhouse gases more, then we won't have a planet and this whole conversation will be moot. Weflare helps someone get food, but what happens when there is no food left...
