The model you see here doesn’t predict the future—but it does illustrate one possible outcome of polar ice sheet meltdown.
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During heavy storms, water can flood city streets and surge over riverbanks. Safety measures will become more important if climate change causes more intense storms.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
As populations grow, demand for water increases. The expected increase in droughts would reduce supply.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
Beginning in 1882, commercial production of electricity from coal started what has come to be known as the „Second Industrial Revolution“—a revolution that continues today.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
Scientist Jason Box from Byrd Polar Research Centre, Ohio State University, drills a long hole in the ice to extract ice core samples.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
An energy-efficient home helps lower a household’s environmental impact–and the utility bill.
Climate Intense Storms Have Become More Common Air Temperatures Are Rising
Use the educator’s guide and related activities to explore major themes in the ¡Cuba! exhibition.
exhibition, and use what they have learned to complete a CCSS-aligned writing task
What are these unusual body parts good for? What purpose, we wonder, could they serve?
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No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks. This Apatosaurus louisae is steel and fiberglass, not 150-million-year-old bone.
The Horned Dinosaurs Humble Origins My, What A Big Skull You Have Herd Mentality
Deserts are places that get less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of rain a year. Why do such rain-free areas exist? For a variety of reasons, but mostly because of the wind patterns in the tropics.
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