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Extreme Science: Atacama Desert
Does anything live in the driest place on earth? Evidently there is a town there! Here's a great resource on the Atacama desert in Chile that explains the reasons for this condition.
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Extreme Science: Systems of Time: Atomic Time
Resource provides an article which explains what atomic time is and how it is used.
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Extreme Science: Challenger Deep
A short description of the world's deepest ocean trench. Includes diagram and map.
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Extreme Science: Dead Sea
This resource takes an interesting look at the Dead Sea. It provides answers to questions such as: Why is it called the Dead Sea? and Why is the Dead Sea so salty?
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Extreme Science: Biggest Snake: Anaconda
Great information on this massive constrictor snake of the rain forest.
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Extreme Science: Tornadoes
Funnel clouds have been around for a long time. Check out the story of tornadoes and find out more about an outbreak of tornadoes in April of 1974.
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Extreme Science: Largest Mammal: Blue Whale
Read all about the blue whale, the largest living mammal. A two-minute video is presented, as well as the sound of a blue whale singing.
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Extreme Science: Largest Land Animal: African Elephant
The African elephant is the world's largest land animal. Facts about this amazing animal can be found here. Included are two audio files of an elephant's vocal sounds, as well as a video of an elephant swimming.
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Extreme Science: Biggest Freshwater Fish: Giant Mekong Catfish
The Giant Mekong catfish is the largest freshwater fish in the world. Watch a video of this fish and read fascinating facts about this extreme creature here. An amazing picture of a nine-foot long specimen is shown.
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Extreme Science: Biggest Spider
The Goliath tarantula is the largest known spider in the world, with the biggest recorded width being eleven inches. While people may fear it, the tarantula is in most cases harmless to humans. Read more facts about the Goliath here and...
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Extreme Science: Amazon River
This Extreme Science article looks at the Amazon River and it is called the world's greatest river.
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Find the biggest, baddest, most extreme of everything science all in one place. Includes wild topics in earth science, life science, space science, weather, oceanography, and technology.
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Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
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Extreme Science: A Lesson in Plate Tectonics
With its clickable map, this site provides text and graphics on spreading boundary, converging boundary, subduction zone, transverse boundaries and faults.
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Extreme Science: Coldest Place on Earth: Antarctica
A description of the extreme climate of the Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, as well as the windiest. It is also the highest continent, and considered to be a desert as it has little rainfall. Includes information about the...
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Extreme Science: The Moon
Read about the birth of Earth's moon, its composition, orbit, visible phases, and other interesting facts. Link to a virtual moon phase interactive which shows the current lunar phase and the phase on any date in the past or future.
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Extreme Science: Extreme Weather
Extreme Science takes a look at the "extreme weather" around the world. Look at cyclonic storms, blizzards, and other weather records.
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Extreme Science: Hurricanes
Whether you know it as hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, these dangerous storms are described in this article.
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Extreme Science: How Old Is the Earth?
We say Earth is 4.6 billion years old, but how do we know? How do we measure its age? This article focuses on these questions and how long life has been on Earth.
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Extreme Science: Largest Living Organism Fungus
Armillaria, also known as the 'honey' mushroom, is the world's largest fungus. It has been found to have killed whole groves of trees by spreading its rhizomorphs underground over thousands of acres of land. More about this fascinating...
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Extreme Science: All About the Sun
Read about the sun, the source of its energy, solar activity, sunrise/sunset times, solar flares, and other interesting facts.
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Extreme Science: World Records in Earth Science
What is the highest elevation on earth? How about the driest place on earth? Do you know where the greatest earthquake took place? Let Extreme Science take you to these places and other extreme places around the world.
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Extreme Science: Animal Kingdom: Creepy Crawlies: Goliath Beetle
How do scientists know that the goliath beetle is the largest beetle? What's stopping them from getting even bigger? Find the answers to these questions and other interesting facts from Extreme Science.
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Extreme Science: World Records of the Animal Kingdom
What is the oldest living creature? What is the fastest animal on land? What is the biggest bug? Find that answer to these question and more with this fun and interesting resource.