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Climate: A Gigaton of Ice

What is a gigaton and why are the ocean levels rising?

Aired 12/01/2020 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek

Climate: A Gigaton of Ice

Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

What is a gigaton and why are the ocean levels rising?

NASA’s GRACE mission studies the Earth’s gravity and mass. It also tracks how much ice has melted from the polar ice caps. Learn how much ice has melted since the start of the 20th century and what that means to coastal habitats.

Aired 12/01/2020 | Rating TV-G

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Climate: Climates Over Time

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How has the Earth’s climates changed over time? (1m 4s)

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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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