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Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Environmental Studies
Internet and Web Sources
General
- Conservation Information Services
This site provides access to numeric, statistical and textual databases dealing with biological diversity. It is a heavily used site, because it provides information on numerous topics. It is worth spending a little extra time at this site just to see what else they have to offer. It continues to expand its resources list.
- Emergency Response Service
This site provides immediate information on environmental disasters such as oil spills, earthquakes, huricanes. Status reports are updated often, clean-up projects and programs are displayed. Contact persons and organizations are also listed. It is a unique source.
- Envirofacts Warehouse
Includes data and search capabilities for five government databases. The data comes from Hazardous Waste, Superfund, Toxics Release Inventory, WaterDischarge Permits, Air Releases. The query mechanism allows one cross data base search, or querying the individual database. An important environmental resource.
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FLED: The Future of Long-Term Ecological Data Different sets of long-term data, collected by more than 50 agencies:government,NGO,education,and research institutes, contribute large data sets covering all areas of the evironment, e.g., rare species, pest species, agricultural production, toxin levels, pesticide levels, climate, hydrology, water and air quality. Funding agencies are also listed.
- New Jersey Environmental Digital Library
- Resources for the Future
RFF is a think tank located in Washington, DC that conducts independent
research on environmental and natural resource issues. Much of the
environmental literature has cost/benefit basis, lending itself to
implementation/ legislation. The material and links available on this site
are scholarly and extensive. All reaches of the environment are included in
their purview.
- UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
"provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the
world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own."
- World Heritage Information Network
The site is a clearinghouse for all world heritage sites. It is supported by the World Heritage Centre. Unfortunately, the WHIN (World Heritage Information Network) is not easy to search. It provides some explanation for 'poor retrieval results'.
Aquatic and Oceanographic
- The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
- Delta Marsh Home Page: Internet Links
The links to related marsh and wetland internet sites are extensive. The scope is international
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Columbia Unversity site (Climate ENSO) forecasts the annual changes noted in climatic data, in addition to other climate and environment resources.
- MSSL-WCMC-UNEP Lake and Catchment Area Conservation Database
This is a prototype lakes database sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme. It contributes data to the world-wide monitoring of large lake areas. The data covers both water resources and biological resources.
- Marine Geology & Geophysics - NOAA (World Data Center)
- NAWDEX: National Water Data Exchange
- OCEANIC: The Ocean Information Center
maintains data on large-scale circulation of the world oceans and climate. There is also a site which covers the schedules and characteristics for deep-water research vessels. There are also connections to many other oceanographic info sites.
- Universities Water Information Network
An excellent resource for all things water-related, especially dealing with people and publications. It does not have the data links that the USGS site provides.
- Virtual Library:Oceanography
Includes data from Biological,Chemical and Physical Oceanography. This site provides observations from remote sensing projects. Includes sea levels, temperatures, climate, tid al data, sea-ice modelling. The biological and chemical data banks are equally extensive.
- Water Resources of the United States
This is one of the best sites for all kinds of water and wetland information. The data is both real-time and historical. A map locator makes finding regional information very easy. Flooding, water quality, water use are just a few of the data categories. This site is a must for all levels of education and research.
- Wetlands of the World: spatial database
This is another cooperative effort between intergovernmental agencies and non-governmental environmental organizations. The backbone of the database is GIS software, interfaced via the Biodiversity Map Library. It covers all aspects of wetlands, both earth and acquatic.
Atmosphere - Climate - Weather and Global Warming
- Alfred Wegener Institute
- Climate Change Impacts on the United States: the potential consequences of climate variablility and change
This is the foundation and overview report as
madated by 1990 legislation. Controlling agency is the National Assessment
Synthesis Team which is part of the United States Global Change Research
Program.
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
This site also contains reports and compendiums of important data and statistical trends. The center researches the "general and technical aspects of issues related to carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gas emissions; the carbon cycle;and other climate-change topics. The center's eclectic data holdings are related to the issues of concern rather than the specific scientific disciplines."
- Climate of 1998
National Climatic Data Center (NOAA).
- EPA 's Global Warming Site
Historical and current temperatures, biblography and visuals of global warming.
- Global Change Data and Information System
- Global Change Data and Information System
- Global Change Master Directory
This directory serves as a comprehensive source of information about satellite and in situ earth science data and features a broad coverage of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, solid earth and biosphere.
- Global Change Research Information Office
This is an inter-institutional web site providing resources for all levels of study.
- Global Climate Change Information Programme
Manchester Metropolitan University. Factsheets and other data available.
- Global Historical Climatology Network
- Global Summary of the Day's Weather
- Global Warming and Climate Change
Tutorial prepared by Carnegie-Mellon global climate researchers.
- Hourly U.S. Weather Statistics Page
- Institute for Global Communication
The IGC contains all types of environmental information, with a good concentration of acid rain material.
- NOAA
Includes the National Climatic Data Center's information.
- National Atmospheric Deposition Program
provides access to data obtained from more than 200 monitoring sites across the U.S.
- Protected Areas Virtual Library
This site is a joint effort, developed by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), and the World Commission On Protected Areas. The web page is intended to be a seamless listing of all the programs,projects, information sources, conventions and other activities dealing with protected areas. There is a good section on air pollution and air monitoring. Directions are provided for those who would like to contribute information to the site. The links are uneven.
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNIDATA : University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- Weather: Local, National, and Global
Earth
- Agricultural Outlook Yearbook
- CEO-Desertification Information Network -
According to the introductory material, this pilot project database provides different kinds of data relating to desertification in Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. Data sources include: organizations involved in research,policy and co-ordination, projects, map data, news, and biodiversity data. This is an exemplary source both in style and content.
- Food and Agriculture Organization: Statistical Databases The collective databases (FAOSTAT) contain more than 1 million time series records of comparative international statistics on food production, trade balance sheets, aid shipments, and use and irrigation, forest products, fishery products, and population. There is a search engine for easy searching.
- Global Soil Moisture Data Bank -
From the Center for Environmental Protection at Rutgers University, this
databank provides global soil moisture data. Minimum observations are at
least 6 years with majority being greater than 15. Taken from over 600
international stations.
- North American Landscape Characterization Data Base
- U.S. Geological Survey
- USGS Global Land Information System This site provides map and satellite photograph information fed from NASA landsat satellites.
Ecology
Energy
Environmental Management, Business, Finances, and Eco-Tourism
Sustainable Development
- The Bellagio Principles
International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Provides the original principles (sustainability measures), case studies of their application.
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
the sustainability people. All links related to measurement of sustainability. This Canadian based institute has taken the lead on sustainability; a most comprehensive site.
- Redefining Progress
California based non-profit organization specializes in both the Ecological Footprint and Genuine Progress Indicators.
- Sustainable Measures
a site providing links to the development and application of sustainability indicators.
- World Bank Group, Environmental Economics and Indicators
In spite of the difficult web address, the site includes the complex web of indicators and the accounting required in measuring a project's sustainability. Additionally, there are links to publications, projects and policy as it relates to sustainable development.
Environmental Law
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The American Society of International Law: Environmental Law
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Canadian Environmental Law Association Strong site for NAFTA, Great Lakes and acid rain information. Media releases (full-text) available.
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Center for International Environmental Law Web guide to other sites. Organized by sub-categories of environmental law.
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CERES Environmental Law, Regulation and Policy Produced by the California Resources Agency. Includes many environmenal law links as well as connections to relevant law library online catalogs.
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EcoJustice Network An eclectic and important site for matters of environmental law.
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The Environmental Justice Database
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Environmental Law Produced by the Beverly Hills Bar Association with links to environmental law sites at the federal, state and local level.
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Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide A grass roots network with scientific and legal awarness links worldwide. Maximizes access by using internet and web for conferencing, data exchange etc.
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Environmental Law and Environmental Business Opportunities in Brasil In addition to the constitutional backbone of Brazil's environmental policies, the site is strong on rainforest information.
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Environmental Law Society of Loyala Law School Very usefull all-round web site for environmental law.
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Enviro$en$e A cross-departmental and governmental site focused on providing federal documents ( many are full-text) related to all legal and justice concerns in the environment.
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European Environmental Law Homepage Specializing in links to full-text treaties and convention proceedings. An important site for European and non-European searchers.
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National Environmental Justice Advisory Council This is a federal advisory committee to the EPA. The committee's web site includes the membership, mission, proposed scheduling, and synopses of the groups work.
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National Performance Review Environmental Justice Team The report of Vice President Al Gore on the justice team.
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Office of Environmental Justice An EPA office.
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U. S. EPA This site provides all aspects of environmental legal material. The site provides full-text documentation on the U.S. federal environmental programs.
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U. S. EPA Region 2, New Jersey and New York A digital map of New Jersey and its areas of legal concern in the environment.
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U. S. EPA Region 5 - Air and Radiation Division Site provides an environmental justice implementation plan for 1997.
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World Wide Web Virtual Library: Environmental Law An alphabetical listing of all the environmental law sites on the web, including journals and law offices. There is a good search engine available.
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Yahoo's Environment and Nature - Law Small but thorough. Combination of environmental law sites and web guide sites.
Flora and Fauna
- Bonnevill Power Authority The U.S. Dept of Energy's Bonneville site (Northwestern U.S.) has created a web site for the fish and wildlife of the area. Very sophiticated site, maps, datasets, GIS images and documentation.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Provides searching in the 3 official languages of the UN. This database provides a comprehensive listing of all the plants and animals affected by international traders in endangered species. The database is new (June 97), but seems to be running very well in spite of its newness.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Provides searching in the 3 official languages of the UN. This database provides
a comprehensive listing of all the plants and animals affected by international
traders in endangered species. The database is new (June æ97), but seems to be
running very well in spite of its newness.
- Center for Avian Biology at UC Davis
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
- DUCKDATA A bibliographic data base for North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats. As the database title infers, this bibliographic database includes "extensive literature concerning North American waterfowl..." Sources from scientific journals, books, graduate theses, and government documents, popular literature which relate to waterfowl and their habitat will be included in the database. The references are to English only documents. The database uses an excellent search engine which requires very little online search experience.
- Forestry: WWW Virtual Library
- Global Soil Moisture Data Bank -
From the Center for Environmental Protection at Rutgers University, this
databank provides global soil moisture data. Minimum observations are at
least 6 years with majority being greater than 15. Taken from over 600
international stations.
- National Museum of Natural History's Division of Birds
- National Plant Data Centre The NRCS provides plant information of the U.S. and territories, via the PLANTS database.
Items include plant growth data, references, crop information distributional data, among other data.
- Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Coordinates the Tribal Fisheries Management for the Northwest U.S.
- Northwest Power Planning Council The Council is responsible for the energy planning of the Columbia River Basin. Fish and Wildlife recovery are part of the council's domain.
- Ornithological Web Library
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Excellent site providing research data, the different bird counts, novice fact sheets on birds and much more. Included are the Audobon Christmas Birdcount, locations specific information and the North American Bird Breeding survey.
- Species Survival Commission This is an interactive database which allows you to search under several different databases
retrieving, for example, retrieving all the species under mild to severe threat. The mission of the commission "...is to conserve biological
diversity by developing and executing programs to study, save, restore, and manage wisely species and the habitats.
- Wings on the Web a virtual library of bird photographs.
- World Wildlife Fund 1998 Annual Report
Global Warming
U. S. Government Sites
Government Laboratories
International/ Intergovernmental Data
National
Multidisciplinary
Atmosphere
Aerosols
Climate
CO2 and other emissions
Carbon Sequestration
Ozone
Solar
Temperature
Weather
Cryosphere
Ice Caps / Ice Sheets / Glacial Data
Biosphere
Birds
Energy
Fisheries
Health
Land Cover / Land Cover Change
Soil
Vegetation / Forests
Oceans
Ocean Level
Historical
Historical and Proxy Data
Forecasting and Modeling Agencies
Policy Sites
Global Warming Policy - U.S.
International Federally based programs charged specifically with Climate Change with an emphasis on co-ordiantion of
research, development of policy.
Global Warming Policy - Global
Issue Sites
The following sites provide a good basic overview of Global Warming. They should be used for a non-science audience
regardless of level.
Climate
Ozone
Skeptics' Pages
Occupational and Environmental Health
- Agency for Toxic substances and Disease Registry
- Children's Environmental Health Network
Online guide to information about environmental hazards that affect
children in homes, schools, and communities. This is an educational tool
designed by the network. It includes an index to resources on
environmental health and children as well as a training manual designed
for pediatrics courses on environmental hazards that affect children.
- Compilation of Ozone Depletion Potentials and Global Warming Potentials
This database contains experimental Global Warming Potentials (GWP) and
Ozone Depletion Potentials (ODP).
- Environmental Fate Database
A database subdivided into 5 categories. It
includes data on environmental fate as well as basic physical and chemical
properties of >25,000 chemicals. Searched by CAS registry number. Also
included are bibliographic references.
- IRIS: Integrated Risk Information System Produced by the U.S. EPA, this prototype site provides excellent substance files. IRIS is a "data base of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment". It is a work in progress, and promises to be a standard and classic source for any and all environmental science students.
- MSDS's on the Internet Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available at a number of sites, again the one site (Cornell) should provide access to the varied MSDS resources.
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NTP (National Toxicology Program)
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OSHA Statistics and Data
- ToxFAQs Produced by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - ATSDR.
The fact sheets summarize the more lengthy (~130 p.) from the same agency.
The ToxFAQs substance sheets all include a brief overview, exporsure info,
health and tox info as well as directions to more detailed accounts of the
substance. Highly rated web site by agencies that deal with tox data.
- Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission Database (TSCATS)
Contains the data submitted to EPA by industry as required by the Toxic
Substance Control Act. This data is not available in the journal
literature.
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Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (TOXICS) This site is maintained and operated by the U. S. Geological Survey. The goal of this site is to provide toxicological information to those substances found in an hydrologic environment. It is intended for preventative and cleanup operations.
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