What's New

The following pages have been added to the site or revised since August 4, 2008:

Earth

      Clouds
      Aerosols and Cloud Formation
      Cloud Formation
      Fog
      Cloud Formation and Convergence
      Cloud Formation and Weather Fronts
      Cloud Formation and Mountains
      Cloud Formation from Surface Heating
      Pockets of Open Cells
      Stratocumulus Clouds
      Stratus Clouds
      Earth's Radiation Budget
      Precipitation
      Drizzle
      Precipitation
      Sea Salt Aerosols
      Sulfate Aerosols from Plankton
      Teleconnections: Changes in Weather Linked Together
      Winds in the Southeast Pacific
      Atacama Desert - Life
      Extremophiles
      Plant Genomes
      Plant Genomes
      Currents at the Coast
      How the Surface Ocean Moves: Ekman Transport
      Picturing the Gulf Stream Current
      Earth's Ocean
      Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
      Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling
      Ocean Chemistry
      Surface Ocean Currents
      The Swirling Water of Ocean Eddies
      Motions of the Ocean
      Tides of the Ocean
      Ocean Upwelling
      Ocean Waves
      Rivers
      Atacama Desert
      El Niño and Other Climate Events
      Climate Games and Activities
      The Very, Very Simple Climate Model
      Notes about the Very, Very Simple Climate Model
      Modeling the Future of Climate Change
      Earth's Climate and Global Change
      The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
      Forcings and Feedback Loops
      Tackling the Global Warming Challenge
      The North Atlantic Oscillation
      **What Are Systems?**
      Extreme Environments
      Extreme Environments - Acid, Radiation, and More!
      Extreme Environments - Temperature and Moisture
      What Is a Geologic Fault?

Games

      Fun & Games

Geography

      The Andes Mountains
      Easter Island

Headline Universe

      Outflow from World's Largest River – The Amazon – Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon “Sink”
      Scientists to Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts
      From Sugar to Gasoline
      Cold and Ice, and Heat, Episodically Gripped Tropical Regions 300 Million Years Ago
      Water Refineries?
      Newly-Found Rock May Prove Antarctica and North America Were Connected
      Scientists Discover Fish that Talk
      Scientists Test System to Forecast Flash Floods along Colorado's Front Range
      Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion
      News from the National Science Foundation
      Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Rock on Earth

Newsletters

      Windows to the Universe Newsletter
      Windows to the Universe Newsletter

Olpa

      National Science Foundation Podcast Zone
      Videos from the National Science Foundation

Our Solar System

      Haumea Statistics

People

      Vagn Walfrid Ekman
      Postcards from the Field Annapurna
      Brad Clement
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Tonya Riggs
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcards from the Poles: Solving Polar Fossil Mysteries
      Dr. Sally E. Walker
      Postcards from the Field
      Dr. Boris Dewitte
      Brigitte Baeuerle
      Dr. Chris Fairall
      Dr. Chris Zappa
      Dr. Cynthia Twohy
      David Painemal
      Dione Rossiter
      Postcard from the Field
      Jacqueline Lim
      Jake Crouch
      Dr. Jeff Snider
      Katie Beem
      Lelia Hawkins
      Dr. Paquita Zuidema
      Dr. Patrick Chuang
      Rhea George
      Dr. Robert Wood
      Dr. Taehyoung Lee
      VOCALS Postcards by Date
      VOCALS Postcards by Name
      Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific: Postcards from the Field
      Wiesje Mooiweer Bryan

Physical Science

      Starting Points for Science
      Tools for Math and Science
      Atomic Physics & Particle Physics
      Mechanics
      Thermal Physics

Space Weather

      Space Weather: Quiet vs. Active Times
      The Sun and the Solar Atmosphere
      Space Weather throughout the Solar System
      Earth Weather vs. Space Weather
      How Scientists Study Space Weather
      Space Weather Mysteries & Unanswered Questions
      Instruments & Techniques for Space Weather Measurements
      Metrics & Indices that Describe Space Weather
      Modeling Space Weather
      The Sun Today

Spaceweather

      Space Weather

Teacher Resources

      Teacher Resources - Activities
      Ducks in the Flow: Resources about Surface Ocean Currents for the Upper Elementary Classroom

The Universe

      Magnitude - a measure of brightness

Vocals

      Research Aircraft Used in the VOCALS Campaign
      Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific - Educators' Page
      Extreme Weather in the Southeast Pacific
      Fisheries in the Southeast Pacific Region
      VOCALS Image Gallery
      The Southeast Pacific Region
      Human Impacts in the Southeast Pacific Region
      Industry in the Southeastern Pacific region
      Instruments in the VOCALS Field Campaign
      Kids' Fun and Games - Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific
      Other VOCALS Sites
      Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in the Southeast Pacific
      People involved in VOCALS
      VOCALS scientific questions
      Results from VOCALS
      Satellites in the VOCALS Field Campaign
      Introduction to VOCALS Science
      Clouds and Precipitation in the Southeast Pacific
      Global Climate Models and the Southeast Pacific
      Southeast Pacific Climate
      Research Ships Used in the VOCALS Campaign
      What is VOCALS?
      Finding Water in the Sky
      The Motions of the Ocean Word Search


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