Weather & Climate

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location at a particular time. Climate is the general weather conditions over a long period of time and is influenced by many factors.
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Severe Weather Safety
Severe Weather Safety

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Students will review severe weather and what these forecasts entail, as well as learn about how they can stay at school or at home during these storms.

Receding Glacier | Expeditions Shorts

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Here on the Kenai Peninsula, in Alaska, Patrick McMillan shows us evidence of a global interglacial period. On the Kenai Peninsula, we see a receding glacier, which has moved back hundreds of feet in...
Bulls Island (S.C.) Stop 1
Episode 3

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On the other side of the impoundment we see the effects of Hurricane Hugo. The area once dominated by canopy trees like tall pines, are no longer there.
Bulls Island (S.C.) Stop 3
Episode 6

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Hurricane Hugo damage revisited – Here we see further evidence of damage caused by Hurricane Hugo. The tall canopy trees like pines, oaks, and palmettos have been stripped bare. Nature is slowly...
Bulls Island (S.C.) Stop 5
Episode 12

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“Ghost Beach” - Rudy and Jim further assess the damage to the island by Hurricane Hugo. The pines and live oaks at the shore line are gone, but the Palmetto trees survived. The water is slowly eroding...
Ron Morales

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Ron Morales works for the National Weather Service in Beaufort, SC. This is his full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change." The following questions are addressed in the video: What is...
Mark Wilbert

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Mark Wilbert works in Emergency Management for the City of Charleston, SC. This is his full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change." The following questions are addressed in this video: What...
Joel Cadoff

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Joel Cadoff is Chief of Interpretation at Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah, GA. This is his full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change. The following questions are addresses in...
Emory Campbell

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Emory Campbell is a community leader on Saint Helena's Island, SC. This is his full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change." Questions addressed in this video include: What would the effect...
Mark Sanford, Part 1 | Sea Change

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Congressman Mark Sanford represents South Carolina's First District which includes the coastal cities of Charleston, Beaufort, Hilton Head and many smaller sea island communities. This is his full...