Check out the monthly 2018 images featuring two science variables related to Ocean Circulation:
- Surface Ocean Current Velocity Vectors (m/s)
- Monthly Near-Surface Wind Vectors (m/s)
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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
Background information on ocean circulation.
What is El Nino or ENSO?
The Geosphere is associated with solid portions of the Earth. It includes the continental and oceanic crust and all other layers of the Earth's interior. This includes all rocks, sediments and soils, surface landforms and the processes that shape the Earth's surface.
Remember to never look directly at the Sun without proper safety equipment.
What is a solar eclipse?
The world's surface air temperature is getting warmer. Whether the cause is human activity or natural changes in the Earth System—and the enormous body of evidence says it’s humans—thermometer readings all around the world have risen steadily since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
Earth is a system of systems.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
Phytoplankton distribution background information.
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