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Animo Leadership High School Green Dot Charter Los Angeles, CA

California Department of Fish & Game, Marine Region

LIFEONTERRA is a collaborative filmspace and laboratory exploring the questions and ideas on the cutting-edge of science and at the farthest horizons of the natural world. The "TERRA: The Nature of Our World" video podcast launched in October 2005. TERRA films have been downloaded over one million times. LIFEONTERRA is committed to keeping ALL content free & easily accessible in perpetuity. To this end, we host past & present content in a digital archive. All our shows are available as a Medium Quality Flash 8 or High Quality Quicktime (.m4v) . This is a permanent resource for everyone: fans, educators, students, and anyone who is simply curious about the natural world. We are a worldwide crossroads, a forum for compelling issues, and a stage for the awesome diversity of our planet.

"Excerpts from the Works of Aldo Leopold"

a whole list of different footprint calculators

COSEE-West home page (for now!) Los Angeles based

Wonderful student trips available to and starting from the Ocean Institute in Dana Point. Go learn some current ocean science that is aligned to the science standards!

Asynchronous social networking of science teachers!

Imagine It!2: The Power of Imagination The second movie by Imagine It! Project.

Why do we need ocean observing systems?

Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)

Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Legacy site of The national Office for Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise By: Claire L. Parkinson, Oceans and Ice Branch, Code 971, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771, e-mail: clairep@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov Exercise: Determine the amount that sea level would rise, averaged around the globe, in response to the complete melting of (a) the Greenland ice sheet, (b) the Antarctic ice sheet, and (c) both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

"An Accelerating Problem A glacier speeds up unexpectedly and scientists pay attention to it. "

"Saltwater Intrusion at the Shore Rising sea levels might leave coastal residents with a salty taste in their mouth."

"Arctic Meltdown A new report says the Arctic is warming faster than previously thought, and the entire world will feel the heat."

"Fleeting Beaches The famous beaches of Southern California could disappear if sea levels continue to rise."

"Rising Waters Scientists worry as huge glaciers melt into the sea."