August
8
July
18
There’s been an earthquake!
May
9
A New Cloud type – Undulatus Asperitas
Visit the Cloud Appreciation Society website to find out about the new cloud type that the Royal Meteorological Society has lobbied to have added to The International Cloud Atlas.
Looks a bit like….
Visit the National Gallery of Victoria now to see a Vincent Van Gogh exhibiiton.
June
9
Coral & Climate Change
February
3
Zika Virus
Read about the Zika virus on the Cosmos site HERE, or pick up the mag in the library.
Find out about the program in the Brazilian city of Piracicaba that is using genetically engineered mosquitos to control the Aedes aegypti mosquitoe population, the main carrier of zika, dengue fever and chikungunya, in this Cosmos article.
Visit the World Health Organization (WHO) for Fact Sheets, the infographic below and all the latest bulletins on the outbreak.
July
31
Are all polar bears left-handed?
Find the answer in the World Book.
Click the image below to access the World Book site.
User Id: whsp2015
For the password pick up a bookmark from the library.
Oh… and by the way. We were watching cockatoos on a veranda a few weeks ago and everyone of them was holding food in its left claw…..so are all cockatoos left clawed then??
February
19
What Climate Change Means for Us
Read this report by the Climate Council on heat wave statistics over the last 100 years.
New ground-breaking scientific research in 2014 can now tell us just how much of an influence climate change has on a single heatwave or heat records.
August
28
How has climate change affected the world?
This is a fascinating gadget that illustrates the changes that have occurred to the sea levels, temperature, carbon emissions and sea ice since the 1880’s. If you’ve only got a minute choose Average Global Temperature to see how the earth’s temperature has changed from 1884 to the present day.
Launch Climate Time Machine Interactive
The NASA – Climate Resources page has many more gadgets you can use to find out about our world and our climate.
June
18
Are you really at the centre of the universe?
June
11
Noctilucent clouds
NASA TV presents a video about noctilucent clouds. What are they, how are they formed? This YouTube clip provides all the answers to these and other questions. Noctilucent clouds have appeared in the northern hemisphere earlier this year than ever before, giving scientists a longer time to study them. Global warming could be the cause of the early arrival.