Explore the stratospheric ozone layer that absorbs harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation, protecting life on Earth. Understand how chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from aerosols and refrigerants catalytically destroy ozone molecules, creating the ozone hole over Antarctica. Learn about the Montreal Protocol (1987), the most successful international environmental agreement, which phased out ozone-depleting substances and enabled ozone layer recovery.
Operate a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). Control the fission chain reaction using control rods and monitor core temperatures to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
Examine tectonic plate interactions. Select Divergent, Convergent, or Transform boundaries to visualize mantle convection driving lithospheric drift.
Analyze the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Toggle between Normal, El Niño, and La Niña phases to observe shifting trade winds, ocean temperatures, and upwelling.
Observe global wind patterns across the Earth's cross-section. Toggle the Coriolis effect to see how the Earth's rotation deflects the Trade Winds and Westerlies within the Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells.