Permafrost
Permafrost peatbog border at Storflaket, Abisko, Sweden.
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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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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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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 »
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 »
Activity: Glacial Retreat - CLEAN
Last Updated on 2012-08-30 at 14:14
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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 »
Permafrost
Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 22:44
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 »
TED e-Book: Deep Water As Polar Ice Melts, Scientists...
Last Updated on 2012-08-08 at 15:18
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In the new ebook, Deep Water, readers go along on the quirky adventures of a crew of rock hunters trying to learn how high the sea might rise. They witness... More »
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