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Links to Visualizations by Category
Feature Visualizations
Tour of the Cryosphere: Earth's Frozen Assets

In a little more than 7 minutes, this tour will lead viewers across the icy reaches of Antarctica, the drifting expanse of polar sea ice, the shrinking cap around the North Pole, and more. Produced by NASA & Goddard Space Flight Center

Climate Variability & Change
BBC's Guide to Climate Change

Changes in Sea Ice
Glacials - to - Interglacials animate the transition to show how oceans fall as ocean water is tied up in ice, albedo is increased with all the ice cover during a glacial period - See Section Last Ice Age.

Sea Level Rise
University of Arizona, Environmental Studies Laboratory, Department of Geosciences. View dynamic maps of areas susceptible to sea level rise.

Cryosphere Resources
Wright Center for Science Education - Tufts University

Exploratorium
Global Climate Change

Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
GLIMS - Using the World's Glaciers to Monitor Climate Change


Other Links of Interest

Water Science Basics sponsored by the US Geological Service, an excellent resource on all things water with high quality diagrams and images to accompany text. Teachers can find a water pre- and post- test at this site.

US Global Change Research Program find information on the Global Carbon and Water cycles, land use, climate variability, and human contributions/responses to global change.

Explore weather & climate change through the Powers of 10.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean and Climate Change Institute - includes research, education, technology, and activities associated with their studies on climate change.

NOAA Research

MarineBio.org is an evolving online tribute to all ocean life, marine biology, and marine conservation.

Molecular Expression's Tutorials

National Geographic's Oceans for Life

Neptune

Dr. C's Remarkable Ocean World - Fullerton College

Special thanks to Tom Huntington, USGS, for his contributions to Oceans in the News, 2005 - 2006.
For more information or to contribute to Oceans in the News, please contact the Editor.




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