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Did you know that water goes around and around between the clouds to the earth to the ground and then back to the clouds again? That’s why it’s called the water cycle. The good news: it has been...
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Environmental Ed introduces the idea that rocks and minerals are the backbone of our planet and addresses how they are made and how we can use them to make a better Earth.
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“Environmental Ed” explores the meaning of an Ecological Footprint and considers the size of his own Ecofootprint while guiding students to consider the demands they place on the Footprints measure...
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“Environmental Ed” informs us that biodiesel is among the most diverse fuels imaginable and that it is nontoxic and biodegradable. It can be produced from any fat or oil such as soybean and vegetable...
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From the Appalachian Mountains, the Catawba River south through the Carolina Piedmont, where it becomes the Wateree River and eventually flows out to the Atlantic Ocean as the Santee River. From the...
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At a lateral plate boundary, plates slide past each other. The San Andreas fault in California is an example of a transform plate boundary, where the Pacific Plate slides past the North American Plate...
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At a convergent plate boundary, lithospheric plates move toward each other. The west margin of the South American continent, where the oceanic Nazca Plate is pushed toward and beneath the continental...
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At a divergent plate boundary lithospheric plates move away from each other. As the two sides move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is...
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Because hurricane movements can be unpredictable, NASA has launched various efforts to improve hurricane tracking. NASA research aircraft equipped with sensors and other instruments have take to the...
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Move your mouse over the hurricane parts in the simulation for a description.