“as, the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind…
Even till I shrink with cold, I smile”
Duke in As You Like It (2.1.2)
During the winter months, materials used in every day life shrink. Rubber, plastic, metals, and concrete contract, causing head aches for architects and engineers. Car tires deflate slightly because of the contracting air inside. We may not enjoy this as much as Shakespeare’s Duke, but we learn to deal with it.
The natural world is also vulnerable to the effects of the cold. Water, the building block of life, contracts by roughly 0.2% from summer into winter. This may seem like a minor change but it can have a noticeable effect on large volumes of water.
The Hudson River Estuary is a large body of water that is connected. . .read more at www.hrecos.org
Water levels dip during winter months due to decreasing temperatures.Water levels dip during winter months due to decreasing temperatures. Graph displays monthly average high water levels with 95%
confidence intervals. The sudden jump at George Washington Bridge in February of 2009 is due to the reconstruction of the station at this time and not an accurate reflection of the river conditions.
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“as, the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind…
Even till I shrink with cold, I smile”
Duke in As You Like It (2.1.2)
During the winter months, materials used in every day life shrink. Rubber, plastic, metals, and concrete contract, causing head aches for architects and engineers. Car tires deflate slightly because of the contracting air inside. We may not enjoy this as much as Shakespeare’s Duke, but we learn to deal with it.
The Hudson River Estuary is a large body of water that is connected. . .read more at www.hrecos.org
Water levels dip during winter months due to decreasing temperatures.Water levels dip during winter months due to decreasing temperatures. Graph displays monthly average high water levels with 95%
confidence intervals. The sudden jump at George Washington Bridge in February of 2009 is due to the reconstruction of the station at this time and not an accurate reflection of the river conditions.