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NASA Earth Science Week – Keeping Up With Carbon
“Keeping Up With Carbon” is the final episode in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ……
NASA Earth Science Week – Melting Ice, Rising Seas
“Melting Ice, Rising Seas” is Episode 5 in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. Much of the world’s population lives on or near the coast, and rising seas are something worth watching. Sea level can rise for two reasons, both ……
NASA Earth Science Week – Climate Change & The Global Ocean
“Climate Change and The Global Ocean” is the first episode in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change alter something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans? For years, scientists have studied the world’s oceans by sending ……
NASA Earth Science Week – Water, Water Everywhere!
“Water, Water Everywhere!” is Episode 2 in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com Water is all around us, and its importance to nearly every natural process on earth cannot be underestimated. The water cycle is the movement of water around the Earth in all its forms, from the ocean to ……
NASA Earth Science Week – The Ocean’s Green Machines
“The Ocean’s Green Machines” is Episode 3 in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These microscopic photosynthetic drifters form the basis of the marine food web, they regulate carbon in the atmosphere, and are ……
NASA | Earth Science Week: Salt Of The Earth
“Salt of the Earth” is Episode 4 in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which ……
NASA Earth Science Week – Salt Of The Earth
“Salt of the Earth” is Episode 4 in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which ……
NASA | Earth Science Week: Climate Change & The Global Ocean
“Climate Change and The Global Ocean” is the first episode in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change alter something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans? For years, scientists have studied the world’s oceans by sending ……
NASA | Earth Science Week | How Is The Global Earth …
Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Earth is currently in a period of warming. Over the last century, Earth’s average temperature rose about 1.1 F (0.6C). In the last two decades, the rate of our world’s warming accelerated. Scientists predict that the globe will continue to warm over the course of the 21st century. Is this warming trend a reason for concern? After all, our world has witnessed extreme warm periods before, such as during the time of the dinosaurs. Earth ……
NASA | Earth Science Week | The Future Of The Earth System
Want more? Subscribe to NASA on iTunes! phobos.apple.com Goddard’s Dr. Sushel Unninayar discusses the future of earth systems and in particular the potential human health implications associated with global warming. For more info:
