Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nation

Explore the science and impact of climate change, and discover how individuals and nations

Rainstorms help sustain life by bringing much-needed water. But they’re different from intense downpours that causes floods and landslides.
Island Nations Niue, South Pacific: Small island nations would be particularly vulnerable

This exhibit was curated by Edmond A. Mathez (Curator of Earth and Planetary Sciences) and Michael Oppenheimer (Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University).
handful of other scientists organized two workshops under the auspices of the United Nations

Why does the Arctic respond so quickly to climate change? For one thing, warming decreases snow and ice cover, which reduces reflectivity and exposes the ocean.
And nations with Arctic borders are scrambling to map the seafloor, in hopes of discovering

Use the educator’s guide and related activities to explore major themes in the ¡Cuba! exhibition.
Share This exhibition explores the island nation’s extraordinary biodiversity,

 Explore what color tells us about the natural world–and ourselves.
[Flags of many nations wave in the wind outside of the United Nations building in

Some frogs live in dry savannahs and scorching deserts. They survive long dry periods by limiting water loss and hiding from heat. During this aestivation, many cover themselves in a cocoon of dead sk
First Nations people sometimes harvest this water by sticking the back end of a frog

Find out about the three figures depicted in the monument and the multiple ways in which the statue is interpreted today.
But he did not distinguish among the many Plains nations when designing the statue

Oil—when refined into gasoline and diesel fuel—powers more than 90 percent of the world’s cars and trucks and provides all the energy for air travel.
more, U.S. gas consumption per car is two to four times that in other developed nations

Hidden from view, shielded from the elements, caves harbor tantalizing traces of Cuba’s past.
Wall paintings, graves and artifacts record the lives of the earliest First Nations