Chapter 9 - Earth's Weather

Educator Materials Amazing Albedo There's a good reason why your summer attire is lighter and brighter than your winter wardrobe. This easy experiment illustra... Interactive Seasonal Cycle If the Earth turns all the way around every 24 hours, then why are some days longer than others? And why do we have winter an... Article Studying Ice Flows for Clues to Climate Change What's better than watching ice melt? Building a computer model to simulate the melting! Ice flow plays an important role in... Educator Materials Studying Tree Rings to Learn About Global Climate By taking biopsy-like samples from centuries-old Siberian pines, scientists have reconstructed a 300-year record of temperatu... Image Antarctic Weather Reports