Chapter 4 Resources
Environmental Change
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Thinking
About Environmental Change
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USGS ,
Repeat Photography Project
USGS, “scientists with the Global Change Research Project are unveiling
a new website featuring a collection of repeat photographs of glaciers
in and around Glacier National Park, Montana. The striking images created
by pairing historical photographs with contemporary photographs reveal
significant glacial recession.”
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USGS,
Earthshots:Satellite Images of Environmental Change
This USGS site has images from all over the world. It compares the changes
that have occurred over time.
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Earth
Science Acitivity,
Climographs
This site is from Spring Valley High School in New York. It is a good
activity on making Climographs.
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Types of
Environmental Change
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Global
Warming Frequently Asked Questions
NOAA
With recent news about U.S. January temperatures and 2005 being the warmest
ever (see “GOOD READS” section below), this is a great site
to find questions and answers about global warming from the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration. Questions include: is global warming happening?
is sea level rising? definitions of the greenhouse effect, the relationship
of El Niño and global warming, and sources for more information.
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Center for Remote Sensing of Ice
Sheets,
CReSIS
Links are organized by the following categories: Data & Images; Information;
Lessons Elementary; and Lessons - Middle School. The entry for each
resource includes a short description, link, and identifies national science,geography,
and math education standards that are supported.
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Tree
Rings Slide Show
NOAA
This is a slide show talking about Tree Rings and Environmental Change.
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People
and Environmental Change
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People and Climatic Changes in
the North American Great Plains
This website talks about how the Environment has affected human cultural
development on the Great Plains.
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Colorado Plataeu
Land Use History
This website shows history, trends, changes, biota, places, and people.
It is a great source of information for how Environment has affected people
through time.
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