Cool and dry climate countries?
The Atacama Desert covering parts of Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia is the driest cool desert in the world, but Antarctica could also be considered a cold dry desert since it is too cold for liquid water to exist.
What would you do to adapt to a hot climate?
Hot weather sucks. You sweat. If you are going to a humid area, it sticks to you. It's easier to move from hot weather to cold weather, because you can do something when you are cold:- you can add more layers, you can get more active.It's harder to move from cold weather to hot because there's a limit on what you can do. You can remove all your clothes to get cool.. but you'll still be hot. The only advise I can give is Get used to sweating. There;s nothing you can do about the constant sweating. You can try to stay in AC environments, but you will limit yourselfHydrate yourself. ObviouslyFollow the dietary patterns of the place you are going to. The diet is usually tailored to provide hydration and make you sweat freely. If you stick to a cold-weather diet, you might find yourself getting hotter. This is easier said than done, because it requires you to get used to spicy food. Also, you might have to do things like drink hot tea. For some reason hot tea is awesome in hot weather
Is there any major city in Canada that has a dry climate?
Note that we have two measures of precipitation. Snow is not counted as rain.The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are both pretty dry over summer, with a lot of blue skies. It might rain just once a week, and just a sprinkle. Occasionally you will see 10–15 millimeters of rain. It doesn’t take too many of those before the yearly average precipitation is reached.Winter can be cloud free as well, and the air itself is even more dry, as cold does not hold moisture well. The equivalent of 1 mm of rain is about 10 mm of snow. 150 millimetres of snow could be expected outside of the mountains, or about 5.5 feet. This is not all at once, but over 6 months. Because of this, expect no more than a sprinkle of snow most times, with a heavier snowfall of 15 cm or so being a heavy snowfall.Dry cold air will sublimate snowfall, and sunlight will straight up melt and evaporate it, so the ground cover is not going to be substantial. Expect that many days you will be able to navigate urban areas in shoes. Well travelled roads and sidewalks are cleared within a day or so of snowfall, and can become quite dry after a few days of sun.This is a photo I took in wintertime of a forestry road I travel on regularly.http://i.imgur.com/hlMr58k.jpgGenerally you can expect ground cover of 0.3 to 0.5 meters of snow off the roads and pathways. Closer to mountains it gets deeper, but there are no large cities there.My answer then, would be Calgary. Its quite arid in the area in summer, with scrub land and prairie used for ranching. There are heat loving animals like rattlesnakes and lizards. It is the closest to what you ask.This is not the most illustrative photo, but I almost stepped on a snake at this site, not far from the city.http://i.imgur.com/N23WbwJ.jpg
Is someone better off in a dry or humid climate when they have a cold?
If you get a cold in a dry climate, it will get better in 7 days. If you are in a humid climate, it will take a week.In either event, you are better off in bed. But you might feel better in a dry climate.
How exactly do people adapt to a dry climate? Like, what do they do?
Drink Water. Drink Water. Drink WaterI cannot stress enough how much water you need to drink. Feel thirsty? Drink water. Feel tired? Drink Water. Have a headache? Drink Water. It is always the first thing I go to when someone tells me they feel bad during warm weather. Guaranteed they are drinking sodas, energy drinks, teas, all that crap. You need clean, clear, plain water. 8 glasses a day, so figure 8 bottles per day, to stay hydrated. Dehydration is the biggest problem you face, and if you cannot stay hydrated you will most certainly make yourself extremely sick.If you move to a dry climate, there is no magic adaptation. You just have to keep yourself cool and hydrated and you will find that the drier air solves many things like persistent coughs.
Are humans better adapted to live in cold wet climates, or warm arid climates?
Easy…..Yes. Human beings are highly adaptable, and there are observable differences in ethnic groups that have lived for thousands of years in different climates.We all evolved in the relatively hot, dry climate of Africa, of course. But populations migrated to essentially all parts of the world many thousands of years ago and adapted to their new homes. The human genome is quite flexible.So folks in northern climates developed subcutaneous fat deposits for warmth, light skin for vitamin D production, and even (as is often observed among Russians…. A profusion of blood vessels in the cheeks, often the only portion of the body capable of absorbing sunlight in the winter.Those adapted to warmer climates have little or no subcutaneous fat, so they sweat quickly and cool easily. They tend to have more compact, slender bodies, again for cooling.Those who live in the north, like the inuit, tend to be comparatively short and stocky…for better heat retention.And so forth…..
Would an 80-year-old prefer to live in a hot and humid climate or a dry and cold climate?
Why would all 80-year-olds have the same preferences? That makes no sense.For every person who wants to go south in the winter, there are several who like the different seasons, like to ski, like the sound of rain.Many just like to stay at home. That's where their community, friends and family are.In Canada these days, there are many people who are used to going to the southern US every winter. Lots of those people either aren't going, or are going to different countries.
Why does the San Francisco Bay Area have a dry climate despite being next to an ocean?
San Francisco, as well as all of California, is in the world's Mediterranean Climate Zone.A Mediterranean climate pattern looks like this (many locations in the zone superimposed):Relatively cool winters with precipitation, relatively warm to hot summers with little to no precipitation.What accounts for this? You will notice that all the Mediterranean areas are next to an ocean. The maritime influence accounts for the winters being cool rather than cold, because winter air sweeping across the ocean onto the land is warmed by the water. The pattern of moderately rainy winters with sunny summers, owes to the behavior of the storm tracks over the middle latitudes, which traditionally dip down from the Gulf of Alaska in winter and retreat northward in summer. When the storm tracks remain at high latitudes during winter over a succession of years, the state experiences a drought.So, you are thinking, sunny warm summers in San Francisco, is this guy kidding? The cold fog of San Francisco follows the little cat feet (Fog by Carl Sandburg : The Poetry Foundation) of the maritime layer being drawn landward by the rising air over the sunny, warm interior.
In hot and dry climates, fountains of gently dripping water are often used to cool courtyards. Explain how?
Drop by drop of water absorbs maximum heat of atmosphere and evaporates to cool surroundings.