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7. Natural Regions of the World

CO2 symbol in front of a school

Carbon Dioxide: Outdoors and Indoors

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Learn about the importance of carbon dioxide, its sources and how people control it indoors.

MOXIE unit

Carbon Dioxide and Space Missions

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Learn about how people control carbon dioxide levels in spacecraft such as the ISS.

Air conditioner and plant

Humidity: Outdoors and Indoors

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Learn about the importance of humidity, its sources and how people control it indoors.

Earth with thermometer

Let's Talk Climate Change: Resources

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Discover a set of resources to give you background knowledge on climate change.

A biodiesel filling station

Introduction to Biofuels

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Learn about biofuels and what makes them a promising alternative to fossil fuels.

Cars driving through thick smog

How Vehicles Pollute the Air

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Learn how vehicles affect air quality, including their contribution to smog.

Flood water with traffic sign submerged.

Earth Month: Climate Change

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Discover the probable causes, likely effects, and potential ways to mitigate climate change.

The three RADARSAT Constellation Mission spacecraft

7 ways Satellites Help Fight Climate Change

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Discover 7 ways satellite Earth observation helps fight climate change.

Illustration of the Earth

Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources

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A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

Our climate is changing

Introduction to Climate Change

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Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.

Jean Paquin outside

Jean Paquin

Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto

Jean Paquin is a Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto.
Hands holding soil and a small plant

The Dirt on Soil Conservation

STEM Explained

If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.

Why is rain not salty?

Why is rain not salty?

Hands-on Activities

Make a model of the water cycle and find out how water moves around on planet Earth.

What makes soil hard and compacted?

What makes soil hard and compacted?

Hands-on Activities

Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.

Solar panel project in Dakar, Senegal

What are Carbon Offsets?

STEM Explained

Can carbon offsets help you reduce your environmental footprint, practice sustainable living and fight climate change?