WWW.Skoool.ie
Notes and support from
this fledgling, Irish, educational, site are specifically
designed for the needs of the Irish syllabus at both Leaving
and Junior Certificate level. Teachers
and Students are further advised that there are resources
on all subjects available at Leaving
Cert.net
and at ScoilNet.
These are terrific and totally free sites.
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Beaches
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California's
Beaches. Beaches are dynamic landforms altered by wind
and waves in a continual process of creation and erosion
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Coastal
Erosion and Beach Loss in Hawaii
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Geology
and Geography of New York Bight Beaches Lots of links
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Deserts
On our planet of extremes, perhaps the most frightening
and yet fascinating environments are the deserts.
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Diversity
and Cultural Richness of the World's Deserts Terrific
graphics. Unless you have ISDN, you will pay the download-time-price
because of the graphics. Great content and wonderful links
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Learn
about the desert environment and the unique characteristics
that define the beautiful arid and semi-arid landscapes
of the American SouthwestLots of info, graphics and links
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Sonoran
Desert Learn why there are efforts to preserve this
natural resource for generations to come. Terrific graphics
and links
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The
Sahara
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Combat
Desertification and Drought at the Dryland Web
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Climate
Change and the Mediterranean Region. An executive summary
from greenpeace. Click on bottom left of page if you want
the full report
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Desertification
means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid
areas resulting from various factors, including climatic
variations and human activities. Great links
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Desertification.
The world's great deserts were formed by natural processes
interacting over long intervals of time
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Desertification:
Serious Threat or Global Myth?
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Desertification
and Drought. UN Convention to Combat Desertification
and great related sites
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Desertification
in Iceland. The extremely active soil erosion in Iceland
often surprises visitors
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Desertification
of Arid Lands A major historical and descriptive essay
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Desertification,
Monitoring and Forecasting. Follow the links on the
left for terrific resources or scroll the page to read the
complete text of Greg Okin's Doctoral Dissertation on Desertification.
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Italian
Clearinghouse mechanism on Desertification click on
Indicators for assessing desertification in the Mediterranean
and the other links for terrific resources on desertification
El
Niño and La Niña
1. El
Niño and Climate Prediction. Great information and graphics
on El Niño as well as hundreds of links to related site
2. Real-time
data from moored ocean buoys for improved detection, understanding
and prediction of El Niño and La Niña.
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Impacts
of El Niño and benefits of El Niño prediction
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El Niño Theme Page with information and links to La Niña
and other relevant sites
5.
Hot
Air over water
Estuaries
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An
Introduction to Estuaries. National Estuarine Research
Reserve System. Great graphics
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Click
on the Links to get specific information on over 20
National Estuarine Research Reserves.
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Visit Mobile bay Estuary for specific information and
graphics
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Estuaries
in North Carolina. Includes photos, an estuary cam,
and a long Real Player video all about these gems of nature.
Meteorology
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Activities
designed for students and teachers. Subject-specific
experiments
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Glossary
of Meteorological Terms, an alphabetical index
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Climate
Change Info on meteorology, graphics and more links
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Climate
Information . Link from previous site
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Meteorological
Links National Meteorological Library. Hundreds of both
Australian and International links
Wetlands
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Wetlands.
Wetlands go by many names including swamps, marshes, and
coastal estuaries. Great info. and graphics.
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Photographs
of Wetlands from diverse world locations
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Wetland
Ecology and Conservation programme with lots of links
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