Students will investigate how different surfaces of the Earth reflect and absorb heat and apply this knowledge to real-world situations.
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Teleconnections: Changes in Weather Linked Together
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Learn more about a field trip to NSF NCAR with our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Earth’s climate is warming due to human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - not because of the Sun. The Sun does influence Earth’s climate over longe scales of time, but not enough to account for the rapid warming of recent decades.
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Space weather is storms of electromagnetic and particle radiation from the Sun that are hurtling through space at close to the speed of light. Predicting space weather can help us prepare for potential damage or disruptions that may occur to infrastructure here on Earth, or to satellites orbiting above Earth.
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Tim Scheitlin grew up in southeast Iowa, where gigantic thunderstorms unfold across the open landscape. "I would sit in front of the picture window facing west, watching these storms roll through. My mom and dad were always telling me to get away from that window," he recalls.
Layers of Earth's atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.
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