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This
website,
created
and
maintained
by
the
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service,
contains
an
interactive
map
containing
climate
information
for
each
state.
Users
can
click
on
states
and
find
information
and
data
for
every
county
in
every
state.
Data
includes
daily
mean
temperature,
frost
free
days,
growing
season,
and
monthly
temperature
and
precipitation.
Users
may
also
download
data
from
this
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This
Starting
Point
webpage
is
a
summary
of
a
role-playing
resource
called
Worldwatcher
Project:
Global
Warming
Project.
In
this
exercise,
students
role-play
advisors
to
various
heads
of
state
on
the
subject
of
global
warming.
The
web
site
offers
a
short
curriculum
to
help
the
students
become
experts
on
global
warming.
It
offers
lab
activities,
computer
visualizations
(using
free
WorldWatcher
software),
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Watersheds
are
those
land
areas
that
catch
rain
or
snow
and
drain
to
specific
marshes,
streams,
rivers,
lakes,
or
to
ground
water.
This
site
allows
users
to
locate
their
watershed
by
city,
county,
state,
or
region.
Links
provide
information
about
stream
flow,
water
use,
conservation
efforts,
demographics,
forest
riparian
habitats,
science
in
your
watershed,
water
discharges,
and
assessment
of
watershed
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The
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service
(NRCS)
installs,
operates
and
maintains
an
extensive,
automated
system
to
collect
snowpack
and
related
climatic
data
in
the
western
United
States
called
SNOTEL
(for
SNOwpack
TELemetry).
SNOTEL
sensors
collect
hourly
data
on
temperature,
precipitation
and
snow
water
equivalent.
Data
can
be
displayed
as
tables
or
graphs
for
individual
stations,
drainage
basins
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From
space,
we
can
understand
fires
in
ways
that
are
impossible
from
the
ground.
New
Earth-observing
satellites
capture
the
significant
impact
of
fires
on
our
planet.
In
this
animation
of
fires
around
the
globe
in
2002,
each
red
dot
marks
a
new
fire.
Dots
change
color
to
yellow
after
a
few
days
and
to
black
when
fires
burn
out.
From
brush
fires
in
Africa
to
forest
fires
in
North
America,
satellites
...
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Visitors
can
access
information
on
a
variety
of
water
issues
in
Arizona,
including
the
Colorado
River,
riparian
areas,
water
conservation,
water
rights,
and
recreation.
The
Arizona
Water
Resources
Research
Center
(WRRC)
provides
a
glossary
of
water
terms,
a
stream
gauge
map
and
a
directory
of
water-related
agencies
and
organizations,
especially
Arizona
Project
WET
(Water
Education
for
Teachers).
Other
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This
Web
site
contains
a
collection
of
information
about
the
magnetic
space
environment
around
Earth,
developed
by
a
retired
space
physicist.
It
includes:
Spanish
(MIntro.html)
and
French
(incomplete)
versions,
glossary,
timeline,
Q&A,
a
teacher's
introduction
to
the
Earth's
magnetosphere,
teaching
about
magnetism
with
classroom
demonstrations
and
articles
on
Birth
of
a
Radiation
Belt
and
Secrets
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This
database
and
accompanying
report
demonstrate
the
potential
of
combining
observed
river
discharge
information
with
a
climate-driven
Water
Balance
Model
in
order
to
develop
composite
runoff
fields
that
are
consistent
with
observed
discharges.
This
combination
preserves
the
accuracy
of
discharge
measurements
as
well
as
the
spatial
and
temporal
distribution
of
simulated
runoff,
providing
a
'best
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This
program
provides
scientific
research
and
assessment
to
evaluate
the
effects
of
atmospheric
deposition
on
aquatic
and
terrestrial
ecosystems.
A
clickable
map
depicts
locations
of
acid
rain
monitoring
stations
by
state.
This
site
also
contains
reports
presenting
data
on
acid
rain
trends
and
monitoring
efforts
as
well
as
research
performed
on
acid
rain
accumulation
values.
Information
is
also
available
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Educating
Young
People
About
Water
is
a
website
for
obtaining
materials
designed
to
help
develop
a
community
based,
water
education
program
that
targets
youth
and
links
key
community
members.
There
are
three
guidebooks:
A
Guide
to
Program
Planning
and
Evaluation,
A
Guide
to
Unique
Program
Strategies,
and
A
Guide
to
Goals
and
Resources.
The
last
guide
is
searchable
on-line
with
more
than
100
curricula
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