General
Earth & Ocean Sciences - Science.gov links for land, maps, natural disasters, oceans, weather, ...
Environment & Environmental Quality - Science.gov links for air, water, noise, cleanup, climate change, ...
Natural Resources & Conservation - Science.gov links for ecosystems, energy resources, forestry, mining, ...
Environmental Literacy Council - features labs, projects, & activities for studying the air & climate, land, water, ecosystems, energy, food, & environment & society. Learn about the carbon cycle, forests, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, renewable energy, photosynthesis, soils, thermodynamics, waste management, water quality, weather, & more. Find out about legislation & treaties, resources in your state, & science in the news.
Earth and Environmental Science: Research Overview - examines questions that scientists are pursuing: What part do we play in earth's changing climate? What can rock layers tell us about earth's history? How can we understand the forces that lead to earthquakes and volcanoes? How can organisms live without sunlight? How do long-term changes affect earth's ecosystems?
Federal Departments and Agencies
Bureau of Land Management - administers 262 million acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States
Bureau of Reclamation - managing water in the West:
U.S. Geological Survey - accessing information and understanding to help resolve complex natural resource problems across the Nation and around the world
National Forest Service - established in 1905, it manages public lands in national forests and grasslands encompassing 191 million acres
National Library for the Environment
Energy Information
Environmental Protection Agency
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun
National Park Service - this system comprises almost 400 areas in nearly every state and U.S. possession, managing and preserving natural and historic places, and promoting outdoor recreation
National Transportation Library - transportation-related information needed by Federal, state, and local decision-makers
Rocky Mountain Research Station
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Map
- Atlas of Changing Environment - United Nations Environment Programme of changes to our planet in the last 30-40 years with help from the USGS, NASA, and University of Maryland.
Clean up & Monitoring
National Response Center - serves as "the sole national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological, and etiological discharges into the environment anywhere in the US and its territories;" background on the response system, summaries of significant environmental and terrorist incidents reported to the center (back to 2004), incident statistics (including by type and by cause, back to 1991), and related documents and data. {U.S. Coast Guard}
ToxSeek - toxic substance and environmental health information metasearch engine of 47 databases(National Library of Medicine}
FAQs about Oil and Chemical Spills - oil spills in history, methods of cleanup, and the effects of oil spills on wildlife {NOAA}
Right-to-Know Network - to provide public access to federally mandated Toxic Release Inventory, includes 11 EPA agencies
National Center for Appropriate Technology - sustainable future issues, tips, advice, programs - non-government works closing with government agencies
Colorado Organizations
Colorado Environmental Coalition
Colorado Environmental Business Alliance (CEBA)
Data and References
Environmental Treaties & Resource Indicators -provides a fast, comprehensive, and convenient way to find information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators. The ENTRI database is made available through a cooperative effort of many U.S. and International government agencies and organizations.
Environmental Health Information Service - access to the Environmental Health Perspectives, the National Toxicology Technical Reports, and the Historical Control Database. (Please contact Reference desk at x6662 for username and password for Environmental Health Perspectives.)
American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936 - Ameritech Collections on American Memory from the Library of Congress
National Environmental Policy Institute Publications
Environmental Information on the Internet - links to environmental resources (Government Publications Library @ UC Boulder)
National Geophysical Data Center - environmental data on marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth, geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice).
International
Global Environment Outlook-1(UNEP) - extensive report on population growth and the status of forestry, fisheries, land, agriculture, air pollution, water supplies, and urban waste; complete report provides text, graphs, and data; historical data and projections available by continent with some information also by country
UN Environmental Programme - use technologies to influence policy decisions, atlas highlights worldwide site that have experienced dramatic changes
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - searhable world list of over 11,000 endangered or extinct plants and animals
Help
Ask-a-Scientist - Environment archives 1991+
Ask-a-Scientist - Botany archives 1991+
Other
NSF Science & Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes - provides activities for exploring carbon dioxide and polymers: learn how much carbon dioxide is in a soda; make carbon dioxide and observe its effects; create silly putty and oobleck to learn about polymers; test how much water can be absorbed by polyacrylate (the absorbent polymer in disposable diapers).
Exploring the Environment - features 25 online modules that put students in problem-based learning scenarios: students predict the impact of increased carbon dioxide on the wheat yield in Kansas; predict weather 48 hours in advance; etc.; topics include coral reefs, climate change, the Everglades, mountain gorillas, rainforests, volcanoes, water quality, and ozone depletion.
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