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Nancy Trautmann

A Drying Amazon Could Speed Climate Change : NPR - 0 views

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    As they die and decompose, trees and soil in the Amazon rainforest have traditionally absorbed more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they've emitted. But it turns out that during a major drought in 2005, the Amazon put more carbon into the atmosphere than it soaked up.
Nancy Trautmann

The Habitable Planet - 1 views

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    # Many Planets, One Earth # Atmosphere # Oceans # Ecosystems # Human Population Dynamics # Risk, Exposure, and Health # Agriculture # Water Resources # Biodiversity Decline # Energy Challenges # Atmospheric Pollution # Earth's Changing Climate # Looking Forward: Our Global Experiment
Michele Greenia

NOAA Education - Home - 0 views

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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Education site for advancing environmental literacy.
Nancy Trautmann

Amazon Inhales More Carbon than It Emits, NASA Finds - 0 views

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    "A new NASA-led study seven years in the making has confirmed that natural forests in the Amazon remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit, therefore reducing global warming. This finding resolves a long-standing debate about a key component of the overall carbon balance of the Amazon basin."
Nancy Trautmann

NOAA Education Resources: Data Resources for Educators - 0 views

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    NOAA created this site to help educators find data resources ranging from student-friendly to raw real-time and historical data on topics ranging from hurricanes to Great Lakes science. The Visualization Laboratory has an image of the day that relates to a current meteorological event and it contains images and videos pertaining to current and historical severe weather events, disasters, hurricanes, climate, oceans, atmosphere, and remote sensing.
Carol Burch

Ocean Climate Interactive web tool - 0 views

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    An engaging and informative interactive tool that allows students to explore many connected factors in air, land, and oceans systems. There are links to videos, visulas, other web resources, and descriptive information. Concept maps are included for each factor. This is rich and engaging.
Vicki Schmidt

NEO: Welcome to NASA Earth Observations - 0 views

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    ocean atmosphere energy land life images
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