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20-Year Map of Global Rainfall
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Abstract: This visualization from NASA shows global rainfall patterns over a 22-year span. It incorporates data from a combination of remote-sensing and ground-based sources.
A global dimension to science education in schools
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Abstract: Is your science teaching very 'Western-oriented'? This unit is aimed at those teachers who would like to give a more global feeling to their teaching. You will learn how to source scientific articles with a greater emphasis on science and technology beyond the Western world and experience how such articles ... More »
Ask Dr. Global Change
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Abstract: offers a searchable collection of answers to questions about global warming, ozone depletion, greenhouse gases, and other issues related to climate change. Students can also submit questions of their own and explore related links.
City Visions: Past and Future, Spring 2004
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Abstract: This class is intended to introduce students to understandings of the city generated from both social science literature and the field of urban design. The first part of the course examines literature on the history and theory of the city. Among other factors, it pays special attention to the larger ... More »
Course 5: Educating for Civil Societies
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Abstract: This final course in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery focuses on the application of teacher training to international development.
Global Climate Change
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Abstract: offers a window into the world of scientific research on climate change. Learn about physical processes underlying the earth's climate, data on how the climate is changing and the role of human activity, and questions and uncertainties that researchers continue to explore. The site is organized in four ... More »
Global Competition: How We Can Win
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Abstract: 6th Annual Berkeley in Silicon Valley Symposium In his recent best selling book, _The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century_, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman writes that the lowering of trade and political barriers and profound technological advances in global connectivity have ... More »
Global Health Odyssey
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Abstract: looks at the history of the Centers for Disease Control, offers information about dates and times of tours, and the types of tours available. There is also a recommendation for teachers to contact the agency before scheduling tours for younger students due to the subject content in some of the exhibits.
Global Variables in LabVIEW
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Abstract: This module discusses the Global Variable component as an instrument for data transfer between virtual instruments within a LabVIEW application
Global Warming
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Abstract: This website provides an overview of information related to global warming. It addresses the issue of whether global warming is actually occurring, what the observable warming effects are, what types of emissions affect global temperatures, and if carbon dioxide emissions have increased. It shows atmospheric ... More »
Global warming
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Abstract: This unit provides an introduction to global warming. We will be considering the history of global warming by looking at the pattern of ice ages and analyisis of recorded temperatures. We will aim to gather meaningful information from this data. We will briefly assess the impact and influence of humans ... More »
Global Warming: A Time to Act (Cap & Trade Conference)
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Abstract: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein describes her legislative program to combat climate change and responds to questions. Senator Dianne Feinstein is introduced by Boalt Hall School of Law Dean Christopher Edley at the "Cap and Trade as a Tool for Climate Change Policy" conference. Leading practitioners ... More »
Global Warming: Beyond Fossil Fuels
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Abstract: Martin Hoffert, professor of physics at New York University, discusses global warming and alternative energies in this interview from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site.
Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect
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Abstract: This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect.
Global Warming Debate
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Abstract: discusses global warming, policy struggles to address it, international efforts, the idea of a cap-and-trade system, and more. Interactive features show how much CO2 different cars produce and how populations around the world may have to adapt to climate changes in 100 years.
Global Warming Facts and Our Future
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Abstract: explores the latest scientific information from the National Academy of Science and Technologys. Is our climate warming? Are humans causing it? What might be the effects? What can be done? Learn about the greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle, past changes in our climate, and predicted changes and how ... More »
Global Warming: The Developing World
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Abstract: This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the future of global warming as developing nations, including India and China, increase their need for energy.
Global Warming: The Hydrogen Car
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Abstract: Is the hydrogen car the answer to global warming? This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the pros and cons of this developing technology.
Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse Effect
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Abstract: This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have led to an increase in the planet's average temperature.
Global Water Distribution
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Abstract: How much water on Earth is fresh water? How much of that fresh water is found in icecaps? Lakes? Rivers? This interactive resource uses bar graphs to illustrate the relative distribution of fresh and salt water on Earth. Adapted from Oxford University Press