I study the aquatic world off shore. How ocean water moves and mixes is often reduced to equations full of Greek symbols – I find it fascinating, but typically not relevant to the food producing ecosystem I’ve planted in the yard*. This year is different. I’m gambling on a hot summer like last year and here is why: (a detailed description can be found here and is where I got most of my information)
For those of us who live mid-latitude along the west coast of North America our weather is modulated by the ocean. Prevailing winds blow from the Pacific onto land. Since water holds heat better than land, our proximity to the ocean keeps us warmer than similar latitudes on the east coast (on the east coast the same winds blow from the land out to sea, so they don’t get the warming effect…
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