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Antarctica Reaches a New Low

ENVIRONMENT Using new satellite data from Antarctica’s eastern highlands, scientists have measured the most frigid temperature ever recorded: about -93°Celsius (-136°Fahrenheit). (National Geographic News) Use our resources to learn about Earth’s extremes, from highest and lowest, to hottest and (new) coldest! Discussion Ideas The coldest temperatures in the world have been consistently recorded in the interior of Antarctica, although the Arctic is also pretty chilly. Why … Continue reading Antarctica Reaches a New Low

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Red Sea-Dead Sea Pipeline Planned

WORLD Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement on an ambitious and contested project to replenish the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea by transferring in water from the Red Sea along a 177-kilometer (110-mile) pipeline. (Guardian) Use our resources to better understand the Two-Seas Canal. Discussion Ideas The Two Seas Canal—the “Red-Dead Conduit” described in the video above—would replenish the rapidly shrinking Dead … Continue reading Red Sea-Dead Sea Pipeline Planned

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Ukraine Protesters Maintain Blockade

WORLD Thousands of protesters have spent the night in freezing cold in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, after Sunday’s huge anti-government rally. (BBC) Use our resources to better understand the conflict in Ukraine—protesters supporting closer ties with the European Union, and government backers supporting closer ties with Russia. Discussion Ideas The protests in Kiev are both political and economic. What are some of … Continue reading Ukraine Protesters Maintain Blockade

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Congressman Recalls ‘Date of Infamy’

POLITICS Seventy-two years ago, Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, heard the news of the Pearl Harbor bombing on a Washington, D.C. street. The following day, Dingell, then a 15-year-old senior House page, was assigned to help record President Franklin Roosevelt’s now-iconic “date which will live in infamy” speech. (National Journal) Use our  resources to better understand Roosevelt’s speech and the debate that followed. Discussion Ideas The … Continue reading Congressman Recalls ‘Date of Infamy’

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Saturn’s Strange Storm

SCIENCE NASA has released this week the best views yet of a bizarre hexagon-shaped cloud that blankets Saturn’s north polar region. (National Geographic Newswatch) Use our resources to better understand Saturn’s storms and other wild weather in the solar system. Discussion Ideas Read through our terrific activity “Extreme Weather in Our Solar System,” and apply its critical thinking to the Nat Geo blog post about … Continue reading Saturn’s Strange Storm

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