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Melting Ice, Rising Seas

Thumbnail for Melting Ice, Rising Seas, showing ice and title text
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Climate, Human Impact, Floods
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
oceans, climate change, global warming, glaciers
Summary: 
Using satellites, lasers, and radar in space, and dedicated researchers on the ground, NASA is studying the Earth's ice and water to better understand how sea level rise might affect us all.

The Ocean's Green Machines

"The Oceans Green Machines" title text with plankton in background
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water & Life, Climate
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
oceans, climate change, phytoplankton
Summary: 
Earths climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as our home planet warms, so does the ocean. Warming waters have big consequences for phytoplankton and for the planet.

GCPEx Snow Campaign Wrap-Up

GCPEx logo on a snowy background
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
snowfall, field campaigns, algorithms, GCPEx, ground validation, Ontario
Summary: 
A summary of the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment, which took place in January and February 2012 in Ontario, Canada.

NASA Earth Science: Water and Energy Cycle

Polar sea ice
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Energy Cycle
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Keywords: 
hydrologic cycle, energy cycle, polar caps
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.C
Summary: 
The Water and Energy Cycle Focus Area studies the distribution, transport and transformation of water and energy within the Earth System.

GPM Constellation of Satellites

Diagram of the satellites that make up the GPM constellation
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Type: 
Image
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, GPM Constellation, NPP, GCOM-W1, Megha-Tropiques
Summary: 
Diagram of the multiple precipitation measurement satellites which comprise the GPM constellation.

Science for a Hungry World: Agriculture and Climate Change

Fields in a farm
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Climate, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
climate, agriculture, crops, food production, farms
Summary: 
Video that explores how climate change will impact agriculture.

Global Precipitation Measurement Constellation

Thumbnail for GPM Constellation vidoe
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
GPM Constellation, GPM Core Observatory, orbits, NPP, JAXA, CNES, GCOM-W1, Megha-Tropiques
Summary: 
Animation that demonstrates the global coverage of the GPM Constellation of satellites.

The Shape of a Raindrop

Basic illustration of air pressure on a raindrop
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
raindrops, precipitation microphysics, drop size
Summary: 
This article teaches how a drop of rain changes shape as it falls through the atmosphere.

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