Climate- The average weather in an area for over a decade.

Troposphere- 10 miles up and storms occur there

Stratosphere- Airplanes fly zone and ozone layer

Albedo- Reflectablity of a surface from sunlight

Hadley Cells- air rising from equator that cool as it goes towards the poles and then warms again and repeats

ITCZ- Along the equator where the north and south winds converge

Polar Cells- Cells in the Polar regions that help form Hadley Cells  

Coriolis Effect-North objects deflect right, South objects deflect left; caused by earth's rotation

Gyres- Ocean currents caused by prevailing winds

Upwelling- Cool water from the bottom of the ocean that goes to the surface

Thermohaline Circulation-Flow of ocean water caused by changes in density

ENSO- El Niño's atmospheric component

Rain shadow- An area that gets no rain on one side and a lot on the other(caused by something blocking the rain on the other like a mountain)

CURRENT EVENT-El Niño 

The national weather service has stated that the water along San Diego has gotten warmer. By 7 degrees. El Nino allowed Hurricane Norbert to reach Baja California but the chances of there being an El Nino winter are dwindling and it will cause this to be third consecutive year of drought in Southern California. El Niño disturbs patterns such as upwelling as well.

Iberian Peninsula’s geothermal power can generate current electrical capacity five times over

Basically in Spain and the anywhere inside what is the Iberian Peninsula, there is a temperature increase of 30 degrees celsius for every kilometer you go down. The energy obtained or the "thermal gradient" is generated by the earths own heat and the breakdown of radioactive elements. Implementing EGS in Spain could help cut down on their dependency for energy from other countries and cut down on pollution.Geothermal energy is also clean and renewable.

Human Impact- Good. It will make the cost of energy cheaper for the residents of the area that is given energy by the EGS. Implementing an EGS in Spain will also lead to job creation in the area it is built in.

Environmental Impact- Good and bad. Using geothermal energy produced by the earth itself is a clean and a renewable source. This will cut down on pollution and will also be more effective. The EGS may take up land which could be inhabited by other animals and it could damage the ecosystem in place in a particular area.

Economic Impact- Big negative impact financially for the citizens because putting the EGS in place is not cheap. In the long run it will be beneficial as long as the area does not run out of steam.

Government Legislation- Helps with the clean air act.

The Bad Side of the biofuel boom

Once biofuel seemed to be the future. Crops such as corn and canola were planted to be used for fuel, biofuel. They were thought to be a new and renewable energy source that did not harm the environment. Until recently did some scientists discover that this is not true. Studies show that crops that can be used as biofuel have a huge need for nitrogen and they produce net greenhouse emissions.Furthermore, with the biofuel boom a lot of grassland was converted to crop fields for the purpose of farming biofuels. Pandika even states that the amount of farms is roughly the size of the state of Delaware. Without the grasslands that are now farms there is a major loss of oxygen that the then grass in the grasslands produced. Also, all the wildlife from the grasslands, especially birds, has had a massive decline in population.Clearing out grasslands is hurting the ecosystem since they are all interconnected in some way.

HUMAN IMPACT
Humans are obviously responsibly for the rise in biofuel and loss of grasslands. Many times us as humans do not think about the consequences of our actions until the damage is either irreversible or almost irreversible. When we change the environment of an ecosystem we do not only affect what there was such as the grass but also the animals. Like the ducks or other birds.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
A lot of birds that used to live in the grasslands are now in a population decline. The birds that used to nest in the swampy grasslands cannot anymore because the greenhouse gases released by the biofuel affects the soil and makes it bad for their eggs to be nested.

ECONOMIC IMPACT
The only reason  many farmers decided towards planting biofuels is it is a subsidized industry. The crops also have a high price in the market and that helps farmers continue their unknowingly harmful actions.

GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION
The government is hurting the grasslands by giving subsidies to farmers in order to plant biofuels