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Changing Planet: Thawing Permafrost and Methane

Changing Planet: Thawing Permafrost and Methane

This video examines the thawing of permafrost due to changes in climate and shows examples of the impacts that warming temperatures have on permafrost in the Arctic, including the release of the greenhouse gas methane. Dramatic results are shown, including sink holes forming on the landscape and beneath buildings, roads, and other infrastructure, causing some communities to relocate....

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Keywords:
Social Sciences, Melting, Impacts of Climate Change, History/Policy/Law, Cryology, Ecology, Global Change and Climate, Physics, Earth Science, Climate Change, Chemistry, Astronomy, Space Science, Forestry and Agriculture, Physical Sciences, Thawing, Climatology, Geoscience, Methane, Environmental Science, Oceanography, Global Warming, Science, Meteorology, Space Sciences, Chemical Oceanography
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Authors:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:
Video
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Creative Commons:
Unknown

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