Cryosphere Glossary part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Cryosphere
ablation processes (melting, evaporation, sublimation) by which snow and ice are added to a glacier. accumulation processes by which snow and ice are added to a glacier. albedo a measure of the reflectivity of a ...

Climate, Weather, and Trees part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Biosphere
Introduction New England, a region located in the northeastern corner of the United States, is well-known for gently rolling hills and mountains, small stone walls ringing green meadows, and beautiful deciduous ...

Climate History & the Cryosphere part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Cryosphere
Part B: Ice Cores Ice Core Climate Records In order to fully understand the implications of how climate is changing today, it is important to look at historical records to see how climate has changed in the past. ...

Trees and Paleoclimate part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Biosphere
Part C: Pollen and Paleoclimate Lab This lab activity was adapted from: Windows to the Universe and NSTA Climate Change Symposium, March 2011. In this activity, you will take on the role of a paleobotanist, a ...

Climate Glossary part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Biosphere
absorb to enter a body. For example, radiation from the sun is absorbed by the surface of the earth, water or the atmosphere. absorption the process in which something takes in a substance or energy. albedo a ...

Climate Detective Glossary part of EarthLabs:Climate Detectives
biochemical sediments form from the gradual accumulation of biologic material such as shells or dead plant material. calving the process by which an iceberg breaks off from an ice shelf or glacier. chemical ...

Climate and Earth's Energy Balance part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Biosphere
Part C: Explore the Greenhouse Effect Once incoming solar energy reaches Earth's atmosphere, what parts of the Earth system absorb and hold the energy, warming the planet? In this lab, you will explore some ...

Gone Fishing part of EarthLabs:Fisheries
Part C: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow? Stock Assessment Fishery management's job of stock assessment is difficult in part because fish aren't stationary creatures, like trees, but because they also live ...