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.
The driving force of precipitation and the water cycle in general is the solar energy from the Sun. Earth maintains a delicate balance of radiative energy by reflecting approximately one third of the incoming solar radiation, and emitting the remaining two-thirds that are absorbed as infrared radiation back to space.