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What is El Nino or ENSO?
Hurricanes are the most powerful weather event on Earth. NASA’s expertise in space and scientific exploration contributes to essential services provided to the American people by other federal agencies, such as hurricane weather forecasting.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Background information on the El Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
An urban heat island is a phenomenon that is best described when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than in nearby rural areas. The sun’s heat and light reach the city and the country in the same way. The difference in temperature between urban and less-developed rural areas has to do with how well the surfaces in each environment absorb and hold heat.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
Earth is a system of systems.
Explore the energy and matter cycles found within the Earth System.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
Phytoplankton distribution background information.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
The electromagnetic spectrum is comprised of all frequencies of electromagnetic radiation that propagate energy and travel through space in the form of waves.
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