Enviralinks: 2020

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The Water Cycle

Illustration by Andrew Lyon

Evaporation:

Heat from the Sun causes water on Earth (in oceans, lakes etc) to evaporate
(turn from liquid into gas) and rise into the sky. This water vapor collects in the sky
in the form of clouds.

Condensation:

As water vapor in the clouds cools down it becomes water again,
this process is called condensation.

Precipitation:

Water falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet, this process is called
precipitation.

Collection:

Oceans and lakes collect water that has fallen. Water evaporates into the sky again
and the cycle continues.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Quarantine Energy: How to continue helping Earth's animals

Illustration by Andrew Lyon

Since the Coronavirus pandemic began, earth has become a

quieter place.

With so many human beings in quarantine, all over the planet,

wild animals are enjoying a quieter experience of life.

Whales and dolphins can communicate by echolocation with less interference from large ships.

Air quality is much better.

In China,

"The cleaner air could lead to a brief respite in parts of the world with severe air pollution even as they battle the coronavirus. According to an analysis by Marshall Burke, a professor in Stanford’s Earth-system science department, a pandemic-related reduction in particulate matter in the atmosphere—the deadliest form of air pollution—likely saved the lives of 4,000 young children and 73,000 elderly adults in China over two months this year." 1

1 The Atlantic