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NI: "Beam Me Down, Scotty" article and factivity. In this article, scientists use both new and old technology to calculate the amount of carbon stored by plants in a large area. |
GLOBE: Getting to Know Your Satellite Imagery and GLOBE Study Site |
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NI: "The GLAS is Half Full" article and factivity. In this article, scientists use information gathered by satellites to identify the age of a tropical forest. |
GLOBE: Land Cover Change Detection |
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NI: "Inquiry 1" article and factivity. In this article, explore different kinds of forests and their different precipitations, elevations, latitudes, and ecosystems. |
GLOBE: Precipitation |
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NI: "FACELook" Monograph, Factivity, and Template. In this monograph, scientists explore how much carbon is stored in a tree's roots versus its leaves while discussing photosynthesis. |
GLOBE: A beginning Look at Photosynthesis |
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NI: "Timed Travel" article and factivity. In this article, scientists explore how different water temperature affects Chinook salmon development. |
GLOBE: How Do Seasonal Temperature Patterns Vary Among Different Regions of the World? |
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NI: "Leaf Me Alone!" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are exploring how different trees provide different nutrients in the soil. |
GLOBE: Investigating Leaf Pigments |
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NI: "Sediment-al Journey" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are researching the chemical content in riparian sediments and what that content can tell us about how urban land is being used. |
GLOBE: Just Passing Through |
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NI: "It's a Gas" article and factivity. In this monograph, scientists explore the nitrogen cycle and how greenhouse gas exchange in soils differed between old forests, new forests, and pastures. |
GLOBE: Land, Water, and Air |
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NI: "Inquiry 1" article and factivity. In this article, explore the influence of latitude, rainfall, elevation, and human activity on forests around the world. |
GLOBE: Learning to Use Visualizations - An Example with Elevation and Temperature |
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NI: "Caribbean Cruise" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are researching the movement of organic matter through watersheds and how the matter affects ecosystems and food webs. |
GLOBE: Model a Catchment Basin |
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NI: "Under Where?" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are studying how soil water from snowfall affects streamflow compared to other sources of water. |
GLOBE: Modeling Your Water Balance |
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NI: "Did They Make the Gradient?" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are researching how the shape of a stream affects water temperature and how air temperature may be affecting stream temperature. |
GLOBE: What are some Factors that Affect Seasonal Patterns? |
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NI: "Time Will Tell" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are exploring how wildfires change prairies, how long it takes for prairies to recover, and how wildfires affect a prairie's ecosystem as a whole. |
GLOBE: Fire Fuel Protocol |
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NI: "Timed Travel" article and factivity. In this article, scientists explore how changing water temperature affects ecosystems |
GLOBE: Global Patterns in Green-up and Green-down |
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NI: "It's a Small World" article and factivity. In this article, scientists are researching how changes in sea surface temperatures, known as oscillations, are affecting wildland fires. |
GLOBE: How to Measure Trees |
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NI: "Logjams and Beaver Dams" monograph and factivity. In this monograph, scientists explore the carbon cycle and how carbon is stored in mountainous areas. |
GLOBE: Carbon Travels Game |
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NI: "Everything but the Carbon Sink" article and factivity. Scientists in this article were interested in understanding how increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing ozone, increasing nitrogen, climate change, and changes in land use affect the carbon cycle.
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GLOBE: Getting to Know the Carbon Cycle |