This site is guided and moderated by a large editorial board consisting
largely of Columbia University faculty. The primary goal is to provide current
information and teaching tools concerning the environmental aspects of earth
sciences.
The site states that it is a gateway to development/environment
information focusing on countries to the South. It is jointly funded
by the Danish Development Agency, the UNEP, and the British Library for Development.
A turn-key interface for students and others associated with chemical
handling and environmental regulation. The site links suers to 5 comprehensive
checmical information search engines: Datalog, Biolg, Chemfate, Biodeg, and
Biodeg Summary. Searches may be initiated by using CAS Registry Number, forumla,
or name of a chemical.
Site maintained by the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm,
Sweden; presents a comprehensive array of environmental science information
available on the Internet.
Each notebook runs about 80 to 150 pages in length. No search engine
is available, so sometimes it is necessary to read 15-20 pages to find relevant
information.
"highly user-friendly" site; contains a wealth of information about
current agricultural pest control methods, nutritional studies, and so on.
Site has its own search engine.
Sites is a linking institue for research, education and training
for the 11 universities within the State Univ. System of Florida; overall
purpose is to address the issues of water-dominated ecosystems.
Society is affiliated with Duke Univ.; identifies, collects, preserves,
interprets, and disseminates information on the history of interactions between
people, forests, and related resources with a focus on North America
A web site portal for accessing a "manual" of global climate change
written by Joe Buchdahl of Manchester Metropolitian University (UK). Well
written and informative, the manual is available in its entirety in a PDF
file, or users can "surf" the manual via a number of links. The manual's scope
is very similar to that in a book by John Houghton "Global Warming: The Complete
Briefing (2nd edition, 1998). A highly functional site for student researchers.
The site is the product of the Data & Information Working Group,
a 17-year collaboration of eight US government agencies [DOD, DOC, DOE, DOI,
EPA, NSF, NASA, and USDA] that address global change issues. The main goal
of the site is to enable interagency data management and sharing. By following
the "full and open policy," government-funded, high-quality data directly
related to global change is made available to participating government agences
as well as to nongovernment researchers, educators, and the public. Though
most databases are US-centered, many have a global focus; links to 31 international
global change sites provide additional avenues for locating international
information.
GrayLIT is a portal to more than 1 million full-text technical
reports from the DOE, DOD, EPA, NASA and other government funded research
agencies. This site offers an unusual amount of information and easy, seamless
searching.
a partnership between the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia
University and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of
California; engaged in research and public education in the fields of climate
change and variability
from the UN Environment Programme's Island Directory, the site is
more than a directory it also assembles geographic, ecological, and human
impact data concerning the nearly 2,000 islands of the world; only oceanic
islands are represented; the directory's primary purpose is to help explain
the special environmental problems of islands
an easily navigated Web site, sponsored by a number of MIT programs;
the principal free online information describes MIT's Integrated Global System
Model, whose components (anthropogenic emissions, climate, terrestrial ecosystems,
natural emissions) are described and illustrated in several files. The illustrations
are both complex and understandable. All pages have many embedded links to
journal articles (called "reprints") available from external sources. The
reports may be downloaded at no cost as PDF files; however the links to journal
articles may take users to pay-for-view sites.
UN sponsored site; deals with the Montreal Protocol which is a set
of policies, procedures, and guidelines for phasing out ozone depleting substances.
See also: ELDIS
set up to meet the requirements of the 1990 US Global Change Research
ACt by collecting and disseminating US government-supported research information
that is deemed helpful in preventing, mitigating, or adapting to the effects
of global climate change.
provides an up-to-date assessment of US water quality and supply;
the USGS has been tracking river basins and officially compiling data for
this project since 1991. The home page loads quickly and is easy to understand
with quick and easy access to each of the 50 states and their respective river
basins and aquifers. An interesting web site to visit for both specific technical
data and facts as well as general information and trends in the US national
water quality and supplies.
This sites central feature is an indexed system of links to other
Web resources. Main headings include Global Sustainability, History of
Life, Endangered Species, Captive Breeding, Exotic Introductions, Pollution,
Human Population, Habitats, Protected Areas, Values of Biodiversity, National
Issues, International Treaties, Conservation Education.
sponsored by UNESCO's The World Heritage Committee the Committe
& site are dedicated to the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage
of the Earth for future generations. Navigation around the Web site is easy
and consistent from page to page.
Dedicated to "providing up-to-date water information and data and
web connections to organizations, institutions, and invidiuals working on
a wide range of global freshwater problems and solutions."
