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Contribution of the Cryosphere to Changes in Sea Level
M.F. Meier, Mark DyurgerovThis web page from the National Snow and Ice Data Center contains two related visualizations and supporting information about them. The first visualization gives an estimate of the percent ...
AAAS - Global Climate Change video
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)This video features residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, plus environmental journalist Elizabeth Kolbert and scientist John Holdren, exploring the human impacts of global climate change.
This Flash animation describes how hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) combine the benefits of gasoline engines and electric motors and can be configured to obtain different objectives, such as improved ...
Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2010
Robert B. Schmunk, J Hansen, R Ruedy, Mki Sato, K LoThis color-coded map displays a progression of changing five-year average global surface temperatures anomalies from 1880 through 2010. The final frame represents global temperature anomalies ...
How an Enhanced Geothermal System Works
U.S. Department of EnergyThis animation illustrates how heat energy from deep in Earth can be utilized to generate electricity at a large scale.
Philippe Rekacewicz
This qualitative graphic illustrates the various factors that affect the amount of solar radiation hitting or being absorbed by Earth's surface such as aerosols, clouds, and albedo.
This qualitative graphic illustrates the various factors that affect the amount of solar radiation hitting or being absorbed by Earth's surface such as aerosols, clouds, and albedo.
This video provides an overview of how computer models work. It explains the process of data assimilation, which is necessary to ensure that models are tied to reality. The video includes a ...
This video, from the US Department of Energy, shows the basics of how a PV panel converts light radiated from the sun into usable power, whether on the electric grid or off, and without emissions or ...
Seasons and Ecliptic Simulator
The Nebraska Astronomy Applet ProjectAn interactive simulation of Earth's seasonal dynamics that includes the axial tilt and other aspects of Earth's annual cycle. This is part of a larger lab from the University of Nebraska ...
Changing Planet: Fresh Water in the Arctic
NBC LearnThis Changing Planet video documents scientists' concerns regarding how melting Arctic sea ice will increase the amount of fresh water in the Beaufort Gyre, which could spill out into the ...