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Ice Sheets
Provided by: NASA |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- NASA's Vital Signs resource on ice sheets displays interactive graphs of ice sheet mass variation for Antarctica and Greenland since 2002.
- The data and graphs can be downloaded and there are links to other NASA satellite missions.
Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: NASA
Region: Polar Regions, Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The data are very clear, showing students the observable and verifiable facts.
Prerequisites
- Students should know how to read a graph.
- Teachers may need to create an Earthdata account to access the information.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Advanced students could investigate the positive feedback loop created when large ice sheets melt.
- Any class could use this resource for fact-checking, research, or data analysis related to climate change and sea level rise.
- Other resources about this topic include this table of solutions to climate change and this interactive data resource about the causes of greenhouse gas emissions.
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