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Lesson plan on floods provides background information, compares the roles of wetlands and flood plains in a river's natural flood control with the pros and cons of engineered flood control. Includes glossary, resources and additional sources of information, discussion questions. Student activity demonstrates water movement on a wide flood plain and narrow channel.
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Hurricane
Floyd's
record
rainfall
in
fall
of
l999
caused
massive
flooding
in
North
Carolina;
sediment
and
waste
washed
into
rivers
of
the
Atlantic
causing
major
ecological
changes.
This
NASA
website
provides
Landsat
7
&
SeaWiFS
satellite
images
of
the
flooding
and
the
massive
flows
of
sediment
and
waste
runoff
into
rivers
and
the
Pamlico
Sound.
Also
provides
description
of
Landsat
and
SEAWiFS
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Describes
Ice
Age
glaciers
and
immense
floods
of
glacial
meltwater
that
swept
across
the
Pacific
Northwest
(18,000-12,000
years
ago
and
earlier),
affecting
the
landscape
from
Montana
to
Washington
and
Oregon,
sculpting
the
Columbia
River
Basin,
and
creating
glacial
lakes
to
rival
the
today's
Great
Lakes.
This
non-profit
institute
promotes
scientific
education
about
the
floods,
their
causes
and
impacts.
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Describes
the
Southern
Ocean
Iron
Release
Experiment
(SOIREE)
conducted
in
1999.
Explains
the
iron
(Fe)
hypothesis:
dissolved
Fe
limits
phytoplankton
growth
and
biomass
in
a
large
proportion
of
nutrient-rich
ocean;
Fe
concentrations
may
be
linked
to
atmospheric
CO2
levels
and
global
warming/
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Located
in
St.
Petersburg,
Florida,
IMaRS
research
activities
focus
on
the
analysis
of
digital
data
obtained
by
satellite
and
airborne
sensors,
and
on
the
development
of
applications
of
these
data
at
local,
regional,
and
global
scales.
Site
features
information
on
current
remote
sensing
projects,
including
sea
surface
temperature,
SeaWifs,
and
MODIS.
The
Education
Outreach
section
includes
downloadable
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A
variety
of
classroom
activities
and
lessons
concerning
Hurricane
Andrew.
Activities
included:
Highs
and
Lows
of
Forecasting,
Storm
Surge,
The
Scale
of
a
Storm,
The
Power
of
a
Hurricane,
and
several
others
concerning
satellite
imagery.
Also
links
to
a
site
dedicated
to
Hurricane
Fran.
Discover
the
differences
and
similarities
between
hurricanes
and
tornadoes
and
explore
how
much
energy
is
stored
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A
variety
of
classroom
activities
and
lessons
concerning
Hurricane
Fran.
Activities
included:
Cyclone
in
a
Bottle,
The
Name
Game,
Hurricane
Careers,
Cloud
Height,
and
several
others
concerning
satellite
imagery.
Also
links
to
a
site
dedicated
to
Hurricane
Andrew.
Discover
the
wind
patterns
inside
hurricanes,
explore
careers
associated
with
before,
during,
and
after
hurricanes,
and
learn
how
and
when
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The National Weather Service provides maps to track the latest U.S. weather. See local radar and animate the map to forecast where the storms are headed next.
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This
extensive,
interactive
website
describes
what
a
hurricane
is,
how
one
forms,
its
characteristics,
the
effects,
hurricane
prediction,
and
more.
Discover
the
power
and
destruction
of
past
major
hurricanes
such
as
Floyd,
Andrew,
and
Camille,
and
view
before
and
after
photographs.
In
the
Lab
section,
create
your
own
hurricane
in
different
parts
of
the
world
and
explore
the
effects
of
different
weather
...
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How
do
scientists
gather
data
to
determine
whether
global
temperatures
are
warming?
Past
climatic
conditions
are
recorded
in
tree
rings,
skeletons
of
tropical
coral
reefs,
ice
cores
from
glaciers
and
ice
caps,
and
laminated
sediments
from
lakes
and
oceans.
Site
provides
an
in-depth
look
at
topics
significant
to
climate
change.
Resources
include
slide
sets,
external
links,
a
Climate
TimeLine
Information
...
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