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The National Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration has presented a new system for analyzing the earth called Earth Observing System. More than 60 countries, the European Commission and more than 40 international organizations are supporting the development of a global Earth Observation System that, over the next decade, will revolutionize the understanding of Earth and how it works.


NOAA Podcast: 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season and Global Earth Observing System of Systems, or GEOSS [Dec. 6, 2005]

Questions derived from this podcast include:

1.) Why are there warmer than average sea temperatures this year?

2.) What are the benefits of linking weather and local climate observations?

3.) What does GEOSS stand for?

4.) El Nino is the most highly researched weather cycle. Why?

5.) Why will GEOSS help pinpoint the length of climate cycles and how long they last?


Another interesting piece of this website is the NOAA's Ocean Explorer. On this site, students can use the education section to research various topics related to water quality.

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/