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Activity 3:How can salt and mud flats be used to predict the future of Earth’s climate?

Submitted by cindy.kern on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 21:25
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Death Valley Virtual Field Trip

Submitted by cindy.kern on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:21

http://www.palomar.edu/geology/DVWeb.htm

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Salt Flat Formation

Submitted by cindy.kern on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:08
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Salt Flat Core/Ice Core Data

Submitted by cindy.kern on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 14:11

Data set for:

Vostok, Antartica

Greenland

Death Valley

Atacama, Chile

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/sedimentary/activities/13695.html

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Introduction to Salt Flats

Submitted by cindy.kern on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 11:38

Intro to salt flats.

http://www.nps.gov/deva/naturescience/salt-flats.htm

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LV + 30, 1.3, and 2.4

Submitted by cindy.kern on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 14:25

Hey All,

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Nat Geo Article

Submitted by cindy.kern on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:54

Here is an article from Nat Geo that is interesting. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100907-food-crisis-water...

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Just Zero

Submitted by cindy.kern on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 08:36

zero

Ring 1

BQ: What does it take to survive and thrive in LV+30?

Scenario

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SEPUP Recommended Websites

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Interesting Website

Submitted by cindy.kern on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 19:56

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html This is a fascinating site that has a whole bunch of information about every country.  It is a CIA website.

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