over the warm western water, forming clouds and rain; winds blow west-to-east high up in the atmosphere; air descends over the cooler east; winds blow east-to-west near the surface. Dun-dun-dunnn…. it ...

You could have biases in your ocean simulation that imprint on the sea ice, or biases in the atmosphere and feedbacks, for example, associated with clouds, such that the sea ice could be wrong, but it ...

or "proxies," allow scientists to compare Earth's current climate to the climate of the past. In April 2020, NOAA released the most comprehensive database ever assembled of these proxies, which includ ...

a project, but there are many skills being learned and explored in these open-ended activities. In addition, it may be possible to decrease the class periods needed by encouraging students to complete ...

late 2010, much of the southernmost United States has been suffering through drought. In July, when the drought was at its peak, severe drought conditions extended from Arizona to Florida. The resulti ...

not live along the Gulf coast, consider adapting this lesson to suit the environmental problems in their area. Alternatively this can support an understanding of issues that face neighboring communiti ...

proposals involve cooling Earth's surface by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to scatter and reflect sunlight back to space. Other proposals involve seeding the oceans with iro ...

are provided for the teacher, they are just not labeled as "teacher's guide". The graphs used in this activity are best viewed online, because they allow for precise data gathering and zooming in to s ...

video recording device or a camera, which could be a barrier, though these devices are now common in personal and classroom use in the U. S. The "Overview and Procedure" sections provide clear guidanc ...

gave credit to Mathias Pouillet for his work on the passage of solar radiation through the atmosphere, but didn't mention Foote (Tyndall 1859). Whether he knew of her work or thought it wasn't relevan ...