Science Surfing Earth

NOAA’s Virtual World

By Science News

Players of the virtual reality game Second Life can now soar through a virtual hurricane, experience rising through the atmosphere atop a weather balloon, and more at the National Atmospheric Administration’s new site.

Go to: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/outreach/sl/

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