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    CLIMATE CHANGE LINKS

    Part 1:  How Americans Think About Climate Change in Six Maps - NY Times  -

    If time, check out "Mapping 50 Years of Melting Ice in Glacier National Park" - NY Times -

    Part 3:  What are the possible consequences of climate change? - EPA -

    Part 4:  Why don't people believe and act?  The psychology of threats - PBS -

    Part 5:  What is our government's plan?  America First Energy Plan - whitehouse.gov -

    Part 6:  What is the world doing about climate change?  Paris Agreement

    Article from EU that explains Paris Agreement -

    Article from BBC about Paris Climate Agreement -

    Movie that explains Paris Agreement -

    Movie from EU about Paris Agreement -

    Part 7:  What do scientists think can be done about climate change?  

    10 Solutions for Climate Change (Scientific American) -

    Engineering the Earth to Fight Climate Change (Harvard) -

    Are any Geoengineering Solutions Viable or Realistic (Scientific American) -

    In Global Efforts to Address Climate Change, Electrical Engineers Have Crucial Role (MIT News) -  

    also interesting, Jet Contrails Affect Surface Temperatures (Penn State) -

    Making Methane Fuel from Microbes (science daily) -

    Climate Stabilization:  Planting Trees Cannot Replace Cutting CO2 Emmisions -

    and lastly, the Wikipedia entry on climate engineering -

    Part 8:  How can we convince people?  

    Video from poet  of her poem, "Dear Matafele Peinem" -

    Science in America with Neil deGrasse Tyson -

    13 Misconceptions About Climate Change Explained from Veritasium -

     

    WEATHER

     - Great website for checking on lots of weather details

     - We will use this atmosphere interactive to learn about layers of the atmosphere and their properties.

     - This cycle shows the water cycle, and you can click on each part of the water cycle to learn more.

    for #64

     

    For #68

     - We will use this interactive to learn about prevailing winds all over the world.

     - images and information about clouds at different elevations


    For #69

     - Great animations of each

     

    CLIMATE

     (for students)

     from National Geographic

     - very reliable information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration