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Niwa: El Nino and La Nina

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage discussing the global climate systems of El Nino and La Nina. Learn that these weather patterns are "ocean warming" events that are global climate fluctuations that cause major changes in the Pacific atmospheric and ocean...
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Noaa: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: What Is El Nino?

For Students 9th - 10th
This page tells you what El Nino is, provides links to animations and videos on El Nino, explains how to recognize El Nino, and discusses the history of significant El Nino events.
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NASA

Nasa: Ocean Motion: Wind Driven Surface Currents: Upwelling and Downwelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what upwelling and downwelling of ocean currents are, and the impact of Ekman transport and the Coriolis effect on current movement as well as where they occur. The effects of upwelling and downwelling on water temperature and...
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History.com: Why the Watershed 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival Was Overshadowed for 50 Years

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival brought over 300,000 people to Harlem's 20-acre Mount Morris Park from June 29 to August 24, 1969 against a backdrop of enormous political, cultural and social change in the United States. The summer...
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Nasa Earth Observatory: El Nino's Extended Family Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses cycle of global weather patterns and its relation to El Nino. Learn how global weather patterns are being tracked by satellites and how scientists are predicting weather patterns up to a year in advance.

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