Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations. 

Students consider the impact of changing conditions on the remote island of Little Diomede, Alaska after they investigate the relationship between seasonal trends in sea ice extent with shortwave and longwave radiation flux described in Earth’s energy budget.

In this interactive you will create space weather forecast maps for solar minimum and solar maximum.

This mini lesson helps students visualize how the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere interact to produce changes in land and sea ice.