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COASTing
to the Next Level in Oceanographic Education:
The "Consortium for Oceanographic Activities for Students and
Teachers," or COAST, is a working collaborative designed to effectively
deliver oceanographic and coastal processes education to pre- and
in-service teachers from kindergarten through the twelfth grade.
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Via Satellite: RANET Climate
Information Pages:
Climate and weather play a vital role in many human activities
such as agriculture, energy production, wildlife management, disaster
mitigation, health, and a host of other areas.
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Loihi Submarine Volcano:
A unique, natural extremophile laboratory:
Loihi submarine volcano is the most recent expression of the
hotspot that produces the Hawaiian Island chain.
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Set Sail to Learn About
the Sea and Sky:
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's newest Eagle class ship provides
both scientists and passengers with unprecedented opportunities
to learn about the ocean and atmosphere.
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Water on the Web: Using Real-time,
Real-world Data:
As teachers and scientists, the Water on the Web development
team is committed to encouraging students to learn real science
through inquiry and hands-on experiences.
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New Findings Highlight the
Significance of Aerosols in the Earth’s Climate System:
Aerosols, which are minute airborne particles, have a profound
effect on the Earth’s climate system, influencing the amount of
sunlight that impinges on the surface, altering the properties of
clouds, and impacting the hydrological system.
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Marine Reserve Research to
Protect Fisheries in the Caribbean:
Coral reef ecosystems, including the surrounding habitats,
are among the most productive ecosystems in the world.
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FSL'S High Performance Supercomputer:
It looks like stacks of never ending metal boxes, or maybe like
storage lockers at an airport. But in reality, it's JET, one of
the fastest weather research supercomputers in the world and an
exciting step forward for NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL)
in Boulder, Colo.
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Dredging Harbors and Disposing
of Contaminated Sediments:
Bustling harbors are integral to the commerce of cities throughout
the world. And dredging - or digging out material from the seafloor
- is integral to keeping many harbors navigable to increasingly
large ships.
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Climate Change Data & Detection
(CCDD) Program Element Overview:
The Climate Change Data and Detection Program Element focuses on
the development, analysis, and stewardship of high-quality data
sets to further our understanding of climate variability and change
on time scales from days to centuries.
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