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We anticipate that the Arctic Ice Cap will nearly disappear in summer, permafrost will melt, and many glaciers will retreat.
Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina.
Luca Galuzzi, www.galuzzi.it
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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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Module: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise -...
SUMMARY Length 25-50 minutes; Skill level - non scientist; Publish Date: 2012-08-14 This module looks at how increasing temperatures due to climate change have affected... More »
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Video: AAAS Global Climate Change - CLEAN
SUMMARY Length 10 minutes. This resource was selected for the CLEAN Collection. This video features residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, plus environmental journalist... 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 »
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Game: SMARTIC Arctic Case Study
SUMMARY Students will build off of an introductory lecture on climate change in the Arctic to devise a strategy to manage climate change impacts on the global scale (the... 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 »
Video: Melting Ice Rising Seas - CLEAN
Last Updated on 2013-04-03 at 20:56
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Video length: 4.5 min
Selected for the CLEAN Collection. The activity description was developed by CLEAN reviewers.
This NASA video presents animations,... More »
Sea Level Rise Contributors
Last Updated on 2013-03-14 at 16:37
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This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
This web page from the National Snow and Ice Data Center contains two related... More »
Marielandia Antarctic tundra
Last Updated on 2013-03-03 at 15:58
The Marielandia Antarctic tundra ecoregion occupies the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands. The majority of Antarctica is covered in a permanent ice cap almost five... More »
Game: SMARTIC Arctic Case Study
Last Updated on 2013-02-28 at 20:15
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Students will build off of an introductory lecture on climate change in the Arctic to devise a strategy to manage climate change impacts on the global scale (the... More »
Glaciers and ice sheets in the Arctic
Last Updated on 2013-01-27 at 19:14
This is Section 6.5 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
Lead Author: John E.Walsh; Contributing Authors: Oleg Anisimov, Jon Ove M. Hagen,Thor Jakobsson, Johannes... More »
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