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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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Visitors can study this account of the calving of the Larsen ice shelf and the disintegration of the ice shelf around James Ross Island that occured in Austral Summer of 1994-95. The account is in chronolgical order and is accompanied by photographs. Follow-up examinations from 1996-2002 and links to related material are provided.
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This
program
provides
an
overview
of
the
issues
surrounding
the
construction
of
the
Three
Gorges
Dam
across
the
Yangtze
River
in
China.
When
it
is
completed,
this
dam
will
produce
the
energy
of
15
nuclear
power
plants
and
tame
some
of
the
river's
deadliest
floods.
However,
it
is
also
the
subject
of
much
controversy.
Topics
include
the
loss
of
important
archaeological,
cultural,
and
paleontological
...
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This site provides excellent background information on deserts. Large print and superb pictures make this site very appealing to younger students. Topics include: What is a Desert Like?, Types of Deserts, What causes Deserts?, Deserts of the World, Desert Plants, Desert Animals, and links to other desert sites.
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Desert plants have adapted to the extremes of heat and aridity by using both physical and behavioral mechanisms, much like desert animals. The ingenuity and variety of these many adaptations are explored in a set of links to wildflowers, cacti and succulents, trees, shrubs, and grasses. Links to related topics such as desert plant survival, wildflower articles, and others are also included.
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This site uses a picture of a covered swimming pool as an example of a watershed and describes real-world watersheds and their processes, including precipitation, infiltration, evaporation, transpiration, and storage. Links to an interactive rainfall calculator and to related websites are included.
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This NASA resource offers links and information that will help students and others answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the El Nino/
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This
site,
published
by
the
International
Rivers
Network
(IRN),
is
an
archive
of
the
activities
of
the
World
Commission
on
Dams
(WCD),
which
was
an
organization
that
addressed
the
controversial
issues
associated
with
large
dams.
The
WCD
completed
its
work
with
the
launch
of
its
final
report
and
disbanded
in
2000.
Materials
available
at
the
site
include
a
history
of
the
WCD
and
its
activities,
summaries
...
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This
site
was
created
by
a
group
of
fourteen
students
as
a
combined
project
between
Utah
State
University's
"Academic
Adventures"
and
the
Mount
Logan
Middle
School
"Celebrate
Youth"
Program
as
part
of
a
class
called
"Take-it-Outside."
It
provides
a
good
overview
of
wetlands
at
a
level
that
is
appropriate
for
young
people
and
the
general
public.
Individual
sections
cover
types
of
wetlands,
habitats,
...
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This
article
discusses
the
importance
of
water
in
supporting
and
sustaining
life
and
focuses
on
why
water,
and
solely
in
its
liquid
form,
is
so
essential.
The
focus
here
is
on
the
potential
presence
of
water
on
Mars.
Some
of
the
physical
and
chemical
properties
of
water
are
summarized,
and
their
uniqueness
is
presented
as
the
reason
planetary
scientists
are
on
the
lookout
for
water
on
Mars
and
elsewhere
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