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As Earth's climate has warmed, its ice masses have diminished, its oceans have risen, and its fresh water has become more precious.
Dripping faucet. Domestic use of water has grown faster than the human population and will increase with global warming.
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Case: Impacts of Climate Change on Tribes in...
SUMMARY This is a ‘clicker’ case, to be used in conjunction with an interrupted-lecture format, or an interrupted-workshop format. intended for lower... More »
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The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean...
SUMMARY Selected for the CLEAN Collection. This NASA animation depicts thermohaline circulation in the ocean and how it relates to salinity and water density. It... More »
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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for...
SUMMARY The Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Shorebird Habitat (CC-VASH) is an innovative, Excel-based assessment and decision-making tool that... More »
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Tracking the Global Carbon Cycle
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas in terms of concentration and effect. It is responsible for about one-third of the global warming... More »
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Activity: From Isotopes to Temperature:...
SUMMARY This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN Collection based on the following review comments: In this activity, students will use oxygen isotope... More »
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Potential impacts of changes in the...
Potential impacts of changes in the thermohaline circulation include climate alteration, elevation in sea level and disturbance to ecosystems. The nature of the thermohaline... More »
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Permafrost
A soil is considered permafrost if its temperature remains permanently below the melting point of water for at least two years. Such permafrost soil is ubiquitous in high... More »
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Rapid Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets and...
This article is drawn from Abrupt Climate Change A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, U.S. Geological... More »
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Activity: Glacial Retreat - CLEAN
SUMMARY This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN Collection based on the following review comments: In this activity, students use historical data... More »
Simulation: Climate Momentum
Last Updated on 2013-05-14 at 17:13
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A flash tool with fast insights. This Climate Momentum Simulation allows users to quickly compare the resulting sea level rise, temperature change, atmospheric CO2,... More »
Barents Sea
Last Updated on 2013-05-14 at 13:12
The Barents Sea is one of the Arctic seas found on the Siberian shelf; part of the larger Arctic mediterranean Sea (are mostly enclosed by land).
It is located north of the... More »
Molucca Sea
Last Updated on 2013-05-13 at 23:02
The Molucca Sea (also Molukka Sea) is a semi-enclosed sea, surrounded by a variety of islands belonging to Indonesia, most significantly the island of Sulawesi (Celebes)... More »
Simulation - C-Learn: the International Climate Change...
Last Updated on 2013-05-13 at 20:08
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Selected for the CLEAN Collection. Activity description by CLEAN reviewers.
C-Learn is a simplified version of the C-ROADS simulator. Its primary purpose is to... More »
Atmospheric science
Last Updated on 2013-04-22 at 17:45
Atmospheric science is the umbrella term for the study of the atmosphere — the blanket of air covering the Earth. It is a relatively new discipline that is concerned... More »
Documentary & Lesson Plans: People of a Feather
Last Updated on 2013-04-12 at 18:23
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(90 & 52 minutes available)
Featuring groundbreaking footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of... More »
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