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Understanding Climate Part 2: Volcanoes, Oceans, and Internal Variability
After learning about how orbital variations and the sun affect Earth's climate, let's get a little closer to home and see how things like volcanoes and oceans can also affect the climate. There are very elaborate currents in the ocean,...
Visual Learning Systems
Volcanic Eruptions
This video discusses the different factors that can affect the nature of volcanic eruptions. It provides examples of explosive and calmer eruptions, such as the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines and the eruption of Mount...
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Pbs Learning Media: Mount Pinatubo: Predicting a Volcanic Eruption
This video segment adapted from NOVA relates the dramatic story of vulcanologists trying to predict the timing of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. Essay and discussion questions as well as related links follow.
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Pbs Learning Media: Mount Pinatubo: The Aftermath of a Volcanic Eruption
This video segment adapted from NOVA features footage of the aftermath of the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines. The largest volcanic eruption in 80 years deposited tons of ash on the towns, which caused devastating mudflows.