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This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 12.800, Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean.  Topics covered include: concepts of fluid dynamics to atmospheric and ocean processes, implications of fluid dynamics for atmosphere and ocean, and physical...

This video, published by the Wisconsin Energy Institute, is part of a monthly forum series on clean energy. In these videos, panelists discuss the global transition to clean energy. The forum's goal is to "encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue to explore the important technical, social, political,...

This paper, from Roger Bohn at the University of California, San Diego, "models knowledge about manufacturing methods as a directed graph of cause-effect relationships." The paper covers changes in knowledge over time, including the shift from art to science in technical and manufacturing knowledge.

This 41-page .pdf report, published by the United States Department of Energy, highlights the findings from the Future of Water Infrastructure and Innovation Summit. This virtual summit was held on October 27 and 28, 2020. The organizers gathered information from a diverse group of relevant water...

This 11-page article, from Nature Communications, discusses probabilistic neural networks (PNNs) that can improve computing power through energy scaling, size scaling, and complexity scaling. The authors highlight how 2D materials enable aggressive size scaling, analog Gaussian synapses support...

This 7-page paper, from Naomi C. Chesler and Mark A. Chesler, discusses a strategy to improve mentorship for female engineering scholars. The pair "explore the sociological literature on interpersonally- and institutionally- generated gender roles and dynamics that make the construction and...

This video, from the 2021 Esri Education Summit, provides two presentations that explore new perspectives on digital humanities through the use of data visualizations. In the first presentation, Caitlin Dickinson explores creative uses of GIS in the digital humanities. Dickinson provides examples of...

National Geographic and ESRI have created a new program to inspire educators and community members to work together to improve student learning.The GeoMentor program is designed to inspire volunteers to work with a teacher or youth club leader to help kids see, use, and do more geography in and out...

This website, provided by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University, provides information regarding the economic, science, technology, and issues surrounding environmental policy and development.  Users can access teaching modules for economics instruction....

Established in 1992, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the environment. The organization is active in the areas of biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, ozone protection, persistent organic...