Unfortunately, patriarchy still exists. And it often manifests in casual ways that tend to go unnoticed by the majority of people. And women arenât the only ones who suffer under this everyday patriarchy. Everyone does. It limits their range of experiences and diminishes their worth as humans.
The driving force for the hydrologic cycle is the sun, which provides the energy needed for evaporation like the flame for a gas stove gives the energy for water to boil waterâ¦ and make steam. Water changes from a liquid state to a gaseous state as it evaporates from the oceans, lakes, streams, and soil.
This heating creates a temperature differential which is the water cycle driver. Solar energy from the sun's rays drives the water cycle. Heat from Sol, our sun, supplies the energy that drives the water cycle. The energy enters Earth's sphere as radiant energy (electromagnetic energy - 'photons' in quantum speak), largely in visible wavelengths.