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Beginning
on
January
31,
2002,
a
huge
section
of
the
Larsen
Ice
Shelf
in
Antarctica
broke
off
and
floated
away.
Scientists
used
a
robotic
vehicle
to
look
at
what
was
under
the
shelf
and
have
discovered
huge
mats
of
bacteria
as
well
as
clams
surrounding
a
mud
volcano
vent.
This
vent
is
a
cold
seep,
a
rare
phenomenon
(and
the
first
found
in
the
Antarctic)
where
methane
gas
bubbles
up
from
under
the
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Florissant
Fossil
Beds
National
Monument
preserves
huge
petrified
redwood
trees
and
incredibly
detailed
fossils
of
ancient
insects
and
plants.
Features
include
park
geology
information,
photographs
of
fossils,
related
links,
visitor
information,
multimedia
resources,
and
resources
for
teaching
geology
with
National
Park
examples.
The
park
geology
section
discusses
the
park's
geologic
history
and
the
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This
collection
of
virtual
field
trips
and
field
trip
guides
spans
the
United
States
and
Canada
and
is
organized
geographically.
The
sites
contain
descriptive
local
geological
or
earth
science
information
and
are
developed
by
a
variety
of
universities
as
course
components
as
well
as
by
local
and
national
geological
associations
for
professional
and
public
education.
Links
to
downloadable
versions
...
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This
site
provides
an
introduction
to
ecology
including
terminology
and
ecological
components.
There
are
descriptions
of
the
ecological
cycles,
the
four
laws
of
ecology,
the
types
of
species
in
ecosystems
and
the
principal
ways
in
which
they
interact,
and
the
differences
between
autotrophs
and
heterotrophs.
A
related
website
provides
descriptions
of
biodiversity
and
wilderness.
Guidelines
are
also
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Younger
students
will
enjoy
this
brightly
decorated
information
sheet
about
acid
rain
which
is
part
of
a
series
of
information
sheets
about
the
atmosphere,
climate,
and
environment.
It
offers
information
about
the
cause
and
effects
of
acid
rain
on
trees
and
plants,
lakes
and
wildlife,
human
health
and
buildings.
It
also
explains
how
acidity
is
measured
and
lists
gases
that
are
major
cause
of
acid
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This
three
part
activity
has
students
set
up
experiments
to
help
them
better
understand
the
atmospheric
portion
of
the
carbon
cycle.
From
this
activity,
they
will
be
able
to
explain
the
concept
of
sources
and
sinks
as
they
relate
to
carbon
dioxide,
the
use
of
indicator
solution
bromothymol
blue
(BTB)
to
reveal
the
presence
of
carbon
dioxide,
and
the
qualitative
differences
between
animal
and
fossil
...
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This
site
is
part
of
the
space
page
of
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
(BBC),
and
provides
information
about
the
Sun,
the
planets
and
their
moons,
and
other
bodies
in
the
solar
system.
It
contains
a
travel
guide
to
the
Solar
System
including
such
topics
as
what
to
see,
reason
to
visit,
how
to
get
there,
and
local
history.
A
similar
travel
guide
is
then
available
for
the
Sun,
each
of
the
planets,
...
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This
is
the
online
version
of
the
weekly
syndicated
newspaper
feature
that
highlights
natural
phenomena
and
man-made
events
affecting
the
environment.
Each
feature
consists
of
a
world
map
marked
with
symbols
to
indicate
the
location
and
type
of
phenomenon
being
described;
each
symbol
corresponds
to
a
brief
news
article
on
the
event.
It
is
available
in
downloadable,
black-and-white
or
color
versions
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This
reference
provides
information
about
the
composition,
structure,
and
dynamics
of
our
atmosphere.
It
offers
links
to
detailed
descriptions
of
the
magnetosphere,
exosphere,
thermosphere,
ionosphere,
mesosphere,
ozone
layer,
stratosphere
and
troposphere.
Other
topics
include
the
dynamics
of
the
atmosphere;
temperature,
pressure,
winds,
the
jet
stream,
and
the
Coriolis
effect.
Meteors
and
auroras
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This
Why
Files
article
looks
at
tsunamis
in
the
wake
of
the
July
17,
1998
disaster
in
Papua
New
Guinea
that
killed
over
a
thousand
people.
Topics
covered
are:
the
causes
of
tsunamis,
tsunami
movement
across
the
ocean,
the
history
of
some
killer
tsunamis
of
the
last
few
hundred
years,
and
ways
to
reduce
human
vulnerability
to
tsunamis.
Readers
can
download
a
movie
about
how
investigators
think
the
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