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Earth Climates Major Biomes
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NASA Goddard | NASA SDO 5 YEAR | 2015 | YouTube | 4:36 Minutes
Description: “February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010. The imagery is also captivating, allowing one to watch the constant ballet of solar material through the sun’s atmosphere, the corona.”
flyfifer | 2006 | The Coriolis Force | YouTube | 0:20 Minutes
Description: “The Force which is exerted on mass due to rotation of the Earth. Neat stuff to dispel the myth that water runs away one way in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere!”
Our Universe Visualized | NASA: The Thermohaline Circulation (The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt) | 2009 | NASA | YouTube | 1:23 Minutes
Description: “The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don’t mix except in certain special areas. The ocean currents, the movement of the ocean in the surface layer, are driven mostly by the wind. In certain areas near the polar oceans, the colder surface water also gets saltier due to evaporation or sea ice formation. In these regions, the surface water becomes dense enough to sink to the ocean depths. This pumping of surface water into the deep ocean forces the deep water to move horizontally until it can find an area on the world where it can rise back to the surface and close the current loop. This usually occurs in the equatorial ocean, mostly in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This very large, slow current is called the thermohaline circulation because it is caused by temperature and salinity (haline) variations.”
Robert Krulwich | April 8, 2011 | The World’s Tallest Tree is Hiding Somewhere in California | National Public Radio (NPR)
Description: The world’s tallest trees are located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California.
Claire O’Neill | September 29, 2009 | Biggest, Tallest Tree Photo Ever | National Public Radio (NPR)
Description: “National Geographic sent Michael Nichols to spend an entire year in California’s redwood forest. His mission was to capture the majesty of some of the tallest trees on Earth, some of which date back before Christ.