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External LinksAtmosphere's Structure, Composition and FeaturesThe Atmosphere in Geography4kids.com.Structure, pressure, circulation, greenhouse effect and more. Composition of clean air.Learn about ten gases present in the clean air. How air pressure affects you.Learn how much pressure are you under and other interesting things related to the atmospheric pressure. The mercurial barometer.Learn how to measure the atmospheric pressure using Torricelli's discovery. 10 of the best natural phenomena.Some optical phenomena, atmospheric phenomena, electrical phenomena and natural optical illusions. All incredible for one reason or another. WeatherWeather and climates in Geography4kids.com.Factors that condition weather, measuring weather devices, seasons, and more. The types of clouds in Geography4kids.com.Stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus and cumulus. Forecasting the weather.Website created by the Australian Government that explains in a clear language everything you may want to know about weather and its forecasting. JetStream - Online School for Weather.Simply everything you might want to know about the weather. Interactive weather map.Interactive animation to explain the main features of a typical weather map. Atmospheric ProblemsEPA - Climate Change - Kids site.US Environmental Protection Agency presents an easy-to-understand introduction to climate change. With diagrams and animations. BBC - Climate Change.BBC guide to Climate Change: lots of resources that include reviews, analysis, news and more. Special report: Climate Change.New Scientist extensive collection of resources to take you through a deep insight on climate change. To not to get lost, you may want to start with the "Expert guide", the "FAQ" or the "Timeline". Earth's Changing Climate.Two maps from NationalGeographic.com that show how temperatures are rising and how precipitations are dropping out. Climate scepticism: the top 10.What are some of the reasons why "climate sceptics" dispute the evidence that human activities are bringing potentially dangerous changes to the Earth's climate, ant their counter-arguments? Wildlife and global warming.Eight animal species to be dramatically impacted by global warming. Ozone hole watch.Where you can check on the latest status of the ozone layer over the South Pole. Movies, Animations and AudiosDownloadPreviousNextClose Please, Get the Flash Player to open this file. Air PressureJake's attic - Can implosion.Watch a soda can being crushed by air pressure. Jake's attic - Balloon in a bottle.See how atmospheric pressure pushes a ballon into a bottle. Atmospheric ProblemsThe truth about climate change.A simple and effective way to see how human activity relates to global warming. ImagesPrintPreviousNextClose  Atmosphere's Structure, Composition and FeaturesWeatherAtmospheric ProblemsThe flow of the Sun's radiation across the Earth (I) The flow of the Sun's radiation across the Earth (II) Variation of temperatures in the last 130 years Variation of temperatures and CO2 concentrations in the last 130 years Records of monthly temperatures in the last 130 years Links ListContact the webmaster The following form is provided for you to help on the development of this website by sending interesting links, ideas or telling about incidental problems when browsing the site. The message will be sent to the webmaster's mailbox who, eventually, will give you a reply. All fields are mandatory. Recommend this websiteThe following form is provided for you to tell your friends to come and visit Science Helpdesk. All fields are mandatory. |
Science Helpdesk
ESO 1 Science · 3 · The Atmosphere and the Weather
Topic 1
Last updated: 06 May 2008
Printed: 13 May 2008
Science Helpdesk is a website meant to help on developing the scientific contents for the Bilingual Project Integrated Curriculum designed by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia and the British Council.
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