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Ucar: Solar Filaments
Solar filaments are dark lines or curves that sometimes appear in pictures of the Sun. Here you can learn all about them.
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Ucar: Thermosphere Overview
Provides an overview of the thermosphere, a layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Ucar: Sunspots
Read all about sunspots, dark, planet-sized regions that appear on the "surface" of the Sun.
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Ucar: The Sun's Chromosphere (Lower Atmosphere)
Discover interesting facts about the lower region of the Sun's atmosphere called the chromosphere.
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Ucar: The Carbon Cycle
A comprehensive introduction to the carbon cycle. The cycle of atoms between living and non-living things is known as a biogeochemical cycle. The most common of these are the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
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Ucar: Coronal Loops in the Sun's Atmosphere
A general review of coronal loops found in the solar atmosphere.
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Ucar: Oxygen
Article provides an overview of the chemical element, Oxygen.
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Ucar: Solar Prominences
A brief explanation of solar prominences.
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Ucar: Acid Rain
Brief article explores acid rain, a general term used to describe different kinds of acidic air pollution.
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Ucar: Nitrogen
Facts about the chemical element, nitrogen found in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Ucar: Methane
Brief article explores methane, a flammable gas found in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Ucar: Plasma
Article explores plasma, an electrically charged gas found in electrical lights and nature.
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Ucar: Exosphere Overview
Overview of the Exosphere, the uppermost region of Earth's atmosphere.
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Ucar: The Mesosphere Overview
Overview of the Mesosphere, a layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Ucar: The Troposphere Overview
Overview of the Troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
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Ucar: Aerosols: Tiny Particulates in the Air
There are billions of tiny bits of solid and liquid floating in the atmosphere. Learn about those tiny floating particles called aerosols or particulates.
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Ucar: Sort the Sun by Temperature
Sort features of the sun based on temperature or solar minimum and maximum.
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Ucar: Sea Ice and Heat: A Vicious Cycle
Melting sea ice doesn't cause sea level to rise because the ice is already in the ocean, but it does cause other changes to the planet. When sea ice melts, more sunlight is absorbed by the Earth, which causes more warming. It's a vicious...
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Ucar: The Photosphere: The "Surface" of the Sun
The photosphere is the visible "surface" of the Sun. View pictures and read a description of the photosphere in this article.
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Ucar: Coronal Holes in the Sun's Atmosphere
Coronal holes are areas in the Sun's atmosphere that appear dark in X-ray and ultraviolet images of the Sun. View a picture and read a description of coronal holes in this article.
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Ucar: Coronal Mass Ejection (Cme)
A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is a powerful, explosive "storm" from the Sun. CMEs hurl millions of tons of particle radiation outward into space.
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Ucar: Weather in the News
In this activity, students will compare stories about a weather event from different media sources and different perspectives.
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Ucar: Little Ice Age: Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?
In this lesson, learners examine images of alpine glaciers to develop an under-standing of how glaciers respond to climate change.
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Ucar: Compare Solar Eclipse Photos
Compares photos of different solar eclipses side-by-side.