In this activity, students use satellite images from the NASA Landsat team to quantify changes in glacier cover over time from 1986 to 2018.
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Explore and connect to the GLOBE Water Quality protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Mosquito protocol bundle.
Students categorize causes, effects, and responses to volcanic hazards through an Earth system perspective. They use remotely sensed images to examine the visible effects of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and identify a buffer zone for safer locations for development.
This resource helps to identify and access GLOBE protocols and hands-on learning activities that complement the Phytoplankton Distribution phenomenon.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Rivers and Lakes protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Oceans protocol bundle.
NASA Worldview is a free online visualization tool that is a great launchpad for learners who are new (or veteran) users of satellite data.
Explore and connect to hydrosphere protocols in GLOBE. Each protocol has related Earth System Data Explorer datasets identified as well.
This activity is one of a series in the collection, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change activities.