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This page presents a narrative history of the Colorado River Compact, which has provided the management framework for this natural resource since 1922.
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This
project
examines
the
entire
water
system
of
an
ancient
city,
including
supply,
distribution,
use,
and
drainage.
Until
now,
individual
water
system
elements
have
been
studied
as
archaeological
objects,
but
infrequently
subjected
to
analysis
by
such
disciplines
as
fluids
engineering
and
urban
history.
This
work
is
part
of
two
larger
long-term
studies,
the
first
concerning
the
relationship
between
...
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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 explores understanding the greenhouse effect through a lab experiment. The effect on the atmosphere is included too.
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In this lesson, students define and classify the various ways in which numbers are used in forecasting and coping with the effects of a hurricane. This is followed up with an opportunity for research to compare and contrast these numbers as they apply to Hurricane Floyd and other recent hurricanes. There are also directions on how students can graph their findings.
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Access to and control of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway has been an ongoing conflict between the countries of Iran and Iraq. This resource explores the major issues associated with this conflict; history, religion, navigation rights and trade.
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This is a lesson that enables the student to describe how hurricanes move and change appearance over time through the use of the pubic domain image processing software.
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