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Since the Industrial Revolution sparked the widespread burning of fossil fuels, scientists have concerned themselves with the climatic effects of carbon dioxide. This program spotlights milestones in the history of that research as it seeks to understand humankind's impact on Earth's atmosphere. The greenhouse effect, global warming, ozone depletion, the Keeling Curve, the Atlantic Conveyor Theory, and other key concepts are illustrated through the...
6) My continent
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Simple text and photographs introduce basic community concepts related to continents including location, things on a continent, and differences between continents.
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This science bulletin follows scientist/adventurer Lonnie Thompson to the 5,670-meter-high Quelccaya ice cap in Peru's Southern Andes Mountains. Thompson and his team from Ohio State University are racing to core a cylinder of 2,200-year-old ice to unravel the past climate patterns of this region - before our gradually warming climate melts this invaluable record away. By analyzing global ice cores, glaciologists like Thompson now have a well-preserved...
12) What is weather?
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"This all-inclusive book takes a wide range of meteorological phenomena--including clouds, rain, snow, and fog--and examines their relationship to each other in order to explain how weather works in an easy-to-grasp way. Important scientific concepts such as energy, temperature, and electricity are described in the context of the weather cycle as well as the various climates on Earth, and how we as humans fit into the scheme. Key questions are posed...
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Provides a textbook exploring the science of weather and climate, offering information on wind, water, and extreme weather. Includes a timeline, activities and experiments, color photographs, sidebars, QR codes that link to online information, vocabulary exercises, critical thinking questions, a glossary, and further resources.
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"As snowpocalypse descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements. What is the difference between weather and climate? How do weather satellites predict the future? Can someone outrun a tornado? Does the rotation of the Earth affect wind currents? And does meteorology have anything to do with meteors? Stormin Norman Weatherby is gearing up to answer...