Topic: Land Use
West Africa gets most of its rain in one season — summer. If the rains don’t come, crops fail and people go hungry. Scientists are trying to help by making better long range weather forecasts — today on Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
What will New Orleans look like in the future?
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- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
Crossing Over
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- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
The state of Florida gets less wild every day. It’s not just swamps and natural beaches that are disappearing — but also a unique habitat of scrub oaks growing on sand deposits from ancient seashores. The Florida scrub — today on Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
Many forests look pristine. But an expert can see how human disturbances of the past leave behind legacies for modern landscapes. Land use legacies — today on Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
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