Digital Explorations Project

Ice Melting

Mathematicians and scientists, in addition to everyone who reads almost any account of the events of nature or the economy encounter units of measure. One of the primary challenges of chemistry and physics is to become comfortable with such terms as joule, hertz, mole, watt, and so on. Such terms represent units of measure. This application explores units of measure by simulating one of the most important findings of current environmental science: climate changes. NASA has confirmed that the ice caps are melting. What will this mean in terms of the level of seawater in the oceans?