Presentation on Power Plants
Videos: Columbia Generating Station (nuclear power plant)
Vocabulary Items:
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gases
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/summary.htm
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/Venus.htmhttp://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/carbon_cycle/carbon_cycle_new.html
http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/lectures/venus.htm
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/co2.htm
Listen to this podcast, from NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, about a large solar-thermal power plant planned for California. (Hit the play button at the top left corner of the page.)
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