Trip Itinerary 10 Decrease South Latitude

Travel time: 15 Days
Direction traveling: Lima, Peru to Cape Town, South Africa
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 2 attempts
How were you successful? I had to aim correctly so I didn't hit the land, and I also had to aim correctly so I took the right winds the right way.
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? I used the prevailing Westerlies and the Horse Latitudes.

Trip Itinerary 40 Decrese North Latitude

Travel Time:13 Days
Direction Traveling: San Francisco, U.S., to Sydney,, Australia
Were you successful? Yes
How Many Attempts? Only 1 attempt
How Were You Successful? It was difficult to find the right way to go, but I found out the right paths of the winds.
What Winds Did You Take Advantage Of Or Compete With During Your Travel? I took advantage of the Trade Winds since they were pointed in the direction I needed to go.

Trip Itinerary 25 Decrese North Latitude

Travel time:9 Days
Direction traveling: From Havana, Cuba to London,, England
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 3 attempts
How were you successful? I had to aim carefully and try to catch the wind in the right direction.
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? I took advantage of the Prevailing Westerlies. Since they were directed in the direction of my destination.

Atmospheric Factors Effecting Climate

Ozone

The Ozone is a molecule,with three oxygen atoms. The Ozone blocks harmful UV rays from hitting us and the Earth. In different layers of the atmosphere the Ozone can be good or bad. In the Troposphere, the Ozone contributes to the smog and greenhouse gas effect. Also it can act as a chemical oxidant, which means it can rip oxygen off you, animals, plants, etc. In the Stratosphere, the Ozone is mostly here. This is where most of the protection is from the UV rays. The Mesosphere, is where there is hardly any Ozone; but the Ozone still protects us from some of the UV rays. Ozone depletion is when the Ozone is being destroyed more than it can produce. Which means the Ozone is disappearing faster than it can produce more Ozone. Also when the CFCs/chlorofluorocarbons, reach the Stratosphere they release chlorine atoms. The chlorine atoms rip off the oxygen atoms from the Ozone, which depletes it.

Greenhouse Gas

Greenhouse gas has a big effect on the world and the environment. The actions we do, effect the greenhouse gases. Whatever we do either helps or makes things worse for the world. Why are greenhouse gases bad? Well they are the cause of global warming, you know the thing that's melting the ice caps and killing polar bears. Yeah, that! Greenhouse gas is made up of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane. The atmosphere is trapping those gases, which makes a hole/holes in the Ozone even bigger. And with such a big hole/holes in the Ozone, there's less protection against the harmful UV rays. We the people should be worrying about this crisis, us the children/teens should also worry about this crisis. Because we'll be living with it, and what we do now could either fix it or make it even worse. So please try to help, by saving energy, walking to school, carpooling, and anything else you can think of to help.

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