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Wilson
Alwyn
Bentley
(1865-1931),
famous
for
his
photomicrographs
of
snow
crystals,
prepared
sets
of
glass
lantern
slides
of
dew,
frost
and
ice
crystals.
Many
of
these
sets
found
their
way
to
colleges
and
universities
around
the
United
States.
The
University
of
Wisconsin's
Department
of
Atmospheric
and
Oceanic
Sciences
donated
their
collection
to
the
Schwerdtfeger
Library
in
2000.
Shortly
after,
the
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NOAA's
Paleoclimatology
Program
is
working
with
scientists
from
around
the
world
to
study
past
climate
in
hopes
of
achieving
a
better
understanding
of
the
Earth's
present
and
future
climate.
This
site
was
developed
to
help
educate,
inform
and
highlight
the
importance
of
paleoclimate
research;
as
well
as
to
show
how
paleoclimate
research
relates
to
global
warming
and
other
important
issues
of
climate
...
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This activity teaches students how bathymetric maps (topographic maps of underwater landforms) are made by using sonar. Students use a simulated sonar exercise to map something they cannot see and then see how close they were to the actual shape. They produce a bathymetric map and answer questions about this process.
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