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How Permanent is Permafrost?

How Permanent is Permafrost?

In this activity, students use Google Earth and team up with fictional students in Chersky, Russia to investigate possible causes of thawing permafrost in Siberia and other Arctic regions. Students explore the nature of permafrost and what the effects of thawing permafrost mean both locally and globally. Next, students use a spreadsheet to explore soil temperature data from permafrost boreholes and surface air temperature datasets from in and...

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Keywords:
Impacts of Climate Change, Soil Temperature, Boreholes, Climatology, Geoscience, Cryology, Ecology, Science, Physics, Meteorology, Datasets, Earth Science, Climate Change, Chemistry, Space Sciences, Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Space Science, Forestry and Agriculture, Physical Sciences
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
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No
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Unknown

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