AACPS Earth and Space Systems Science Academy

Earth / Space Systems Science

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As we continue to update content, messages are posted to the ESSS teacher listserv. The following is an archive of the documents teachers and students may find useful as they continue to be engaged in the study of Earth/Space Systems Science. We will continue to archive content-related messages and pedagogy-related messages that will be of use to teachers.

Atmosphere	Aerosols Cool The Surface But Warm The Atmosphere Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts NASA Scientist Predicts Less Climate Cooling From Clouds El Niño and La Niña: Tracing the Dance of Ocean and Atmosphere (link to homepage) North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective NASA Index Uses Plants to Shed New Light on Droughts Largest-ever Ozone Hole Observed Over Antarctica The Ups and Downs of Ozone (link to homepage) Recovery of Arctic Ozone Layer May Take Longer Than Expected Does A Monsoon Climate Exist Over North America Reefs Plagued by African Dust DISASTER MANAGEMENT: U.S. Policies Pertaining to Weather and Climate Extremes Weather Safety for Kids (link to homepage) Remote Sensing: Satellite Detection of Smoke Aerosols Over a Snow/Ice Surface by TOMS Remote Sensing: Los Alamos Fire Imaged by NASA Satellite More El Niños and La Niñas May Lead to More Global Rainfall Extremes The Eastern US Keeps its Cool While the World Warms Rainfall Change May Give Earlier Signal of El Nino Droughts Aggravated by Dust in the Wind
Biosphere	Canopy Height Models and Airborne Lasers to Estimate Forest Biomass Global Diagnosis Completed of Ocean Regions Most Sensitive to an Iron-rich diet NASA Index Uses Plants to Shed New Light on Droughts EVOLUTION: When Did Photosynthesis Emerge on Earth? Reefs Plagued by African Dust
Cryosphere	West Antarctic Ice Sheet May be a Smaller Source of Current Sea-level Rise Remote Sensing: SeaWiFS Captures Lake Effect Snow Antarctic Ice Shelf Collaps is Triggered by Warmer Summers, Melt Water
Geosphere	Scientists See Earth Move in Antarctica Virtual Geological Field Trips
Hydrosphere	Surface Heat Budgets and Sea Surface Temperature in the Pacific Warm Pool During Toga Coare West Antarctic Ice Sheet May be a Smaller Source of Current Sea-level Rise El Niño and La Niña: Tracing the Dance of Ocean and Atmosphere (link to homepage) Global Diagnosis Completed of Ocean Regions Most Sensitive to an Iron-rich diet Remote Sensing: New Results Show Which Way the Wind Blows Over the Oceans More El Niños and La Niñas May Lead to More Global Rainfall Extremes Rainfall Change May Give Earlier Signal of El Nino Africa's Lake Chad Shrinks due to Irrigation and Climate Change Droughts Aggravated by Dust in the Wind
Space	AstroWeb: Astronomy on the Web (link to homepage) How was the first radio telescope developed? Asteroid Eros Yeilds Secrets From Time Before Earth was Born NEAR Begins Looking Closely at Eros NEAR Poised for Historic Valentine's Day Eros Asteroid Encounter Onset of Titanic Collision Lights Up Supernova Ring Newfound Quasar Wins Title "MOST DISTANT IN THE UNIVERSE" Hubble Movies Show the Changing Faces of Young Stars An Expanding Bubble in Space 'Spiders' Channel Mars Polar Ice Cap Surprise on Mars! [Water on Mars] Mars Surprise: Images Reveal Water Features A Dripping Wet Early Mars Emerging From New Pictures Solar Eclipse: Rare Christmas Gift Viewable in Many Parts of North America Fountains of Fire Illuminate Solar Mystery Shuttle Mission Carries First Ham Radio for International Space Station Expedition One Launch and Docking Tiny Stowaways on Space Station CHANDRA Links Pulsar to Historic Supernova 15th Anniversary of the Challenger Disaster Apollo Moon Landings Hoax

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