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Environmental Data/Facts/Statistics
This page is for data that might provide raw material for the development
of instructional resources or student projects. We will add links here
as we discover sources on the Internet, or obtain permission to upload
files from other sources. If you know of resources that you think belong
here, please let us know at eelink@eelink.umich.edu
Table of Contents
Collected Information on
Many Topics
Air Quality and Climate Change
Water Quality
Ecosystems
Energy
Ecology and Wildlife
Environmental Toxins
Waste Management
General Reference
Collected Information on Many Topics
- Environment Main Page
- Major news stories on environmental issues from Cable News Network
(CNN). Articles are supported with photos, sound clips, quick time video,
and links to related information on the Internet.
- Earthwatch
Radio Scripts (Sea Grant Institute and IES)
- Hundreds of brief reports on a broad spectrum of environmental issues,
from the Sea Grant program at the University of Wisconsin.
- Global
Environment Education Center from CREST,
the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology.
- Illustrated presentations on climate change, energy, biodiversity,
ozone depletion, resource use, and water.
- New Federal Envirtonmental
Education Legislation Introduced
- A Bill to amend the National Environmental Education Act of 1990 has
been introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate. Click above to see information
on this important legislation.
- Title 40, the 1995 Code of Federal
Regulations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- A fully searchable database of the US EPA's rules and regulations.
- The Toll-Free Environmental
Directory
- Comprehensive listing of over 4,500 Environmental Organizations Phone
Numbers.
- The Union of Concerned Scientists
- Common threads of global sustainability and global security weave the
Union of Concerned Scientists's work on agriculture, arms control, energy,
global resources, and transportation into a unified vision: achieving a
secure and sustainable world today without sacrificing the environment
of tomorrow.
- USDA Data Sets
- Data on agricultural production, farm economics, ozone, acid rain,
and other disparate issues. Available as lotus 1-2-3 files.
- The Why Files
- A project of the National Institute for Science Education, is an electronic
exploration of the science behind the news. Twice a month, a new feature
on the science (and math, engineering, and technology) of everyday life
is presented.
Air Quality and Climate Change
- Earth
Observing System Educator's Visual Materials
- A series of extensively annotated space-based images of the earth and
sea, from NASA. Covers global climate change, ozone depletion, deforestation,
and land use.
- Greenhouse Effect Visualizer
- An interactive form that allows the visitor to choose parameters and
then enerate a global map that displays various measures of the greenhouse
effect.
- Index to Climate
Change Factsheets
- "The 90-plus fact sheets in this section are organised into three
series: Causes, Impacts, and International Response."
Water Quality
- Groundwater Education
- A site maintained by scientists from the Groundwater Remediation Project.
A "gateway to educational resources that focus on groundwater issues"
is under development. The site currently has a groundwater fact sheet,
a quiz, and an interactive groundwater modeling program for predicting
leaching rates (interesting, though technical).
- Ground Water,
and Drinking Water,
fact sheets from the state of Florida.
- WorldWide
Water
- A compilation of links to water as it relates to agriculture, politics,
and the environment. Organized by geographic area.
Ecosystems
- Arctic
Circle Homepage
- Extensively researched articles investigating the Arctic from three
perspectives: natural resources, history and culture; social equity and
environmental justice.
- Critical Ecoregions
Program of the Sierra Club.
- An illustrated overview of each of the 21 major land and water systems
in the United States and Canada, including links to addtional information
at many other sites.
- Forest Ecosystems
- Rain Forest Action Network,
information including:
- The
Vanishing Rainforest
- A research project at Highland Park Elementary in Austin Texas. Includes
maps of rainforest regions, photos and descriptions of rainforest animals,
and original
art and poetry.
- Organic Tree Web Site
- By Keslick & Son, Modern Arboriculture & Landscape Maintenance
is an excellent resource to better understand how to care for and maintain
our trees.
Energy and Transportation
- Energy
Directory from the California Energy Commission
- Fact sheets, reports, and programs on energy consumption, production,
and conservation in California.
- Energy
Cost of Household Appliances
- Simple table of power consumption of various appliances and tools,
could be used to calculate and examine student's energy use
- Energy
Efficiency & Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC) Fact Sheets
- A collection of articles prepared for the US Department of Energy.
Consumer information on efficient home design and weatherization.
- Energy
Solutions for Cities and Counties Fact Sheets
- Another collection of articles prepared for the US Department of Energy.
Written in plain english, with local case studies, and numerous references.
- Automobiles,
a fact sheet on the environmental impact of cars in Florida.
Ecology and Wildlife
- Endangered Species
- A collection of information about endangered species including the
full text of the Endangered Species Act, Factsheets on many Endangered
Species, databases sorted by region and by species group, and a clickable
map.
- Fish
and Game's Virtual Gallery
- A Collection of images from Alaska's Department of Fish and Game.
- Welcome to The Fish and Wildlife
Information Exchange (FWIE) at Virginia Tech!
- The FWIE is a technical assistance center and information clearinghouse
for fish, wildlife, and land management agencies and organizations.
- California Department
of Pesticide Regulation's Endangered Species Project
- This site provides valuable information in the protection of endangered
species during the application of pesticides.
- Animal
Information Database
- Life history information and fun facts about animals (with an emphasis
on marine mammals).
- Animals
and Biological Science
- Articles published by the Smithsonian, on the WWW site of the National
Zoo.
- Ask a Curator
- From the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, a page with mail
links to specialists in invertebrate and vertebrate zoology.
- WILDFLOWERS
- A non-commercial site on wildflowers, includes an extensive state-by-state
directory of gardens, parks, and information resources.
- Exotic Plants
- Fact sheet on exotic plants in Florida.
- Plants for
a Future: A Resource and Information Centre for Edible and Other
Useful Plants.
- "A project based in Cornwall (England) which seeks to gather together
and disseminate information on the many useful properties of plants, particularly
those plants which are less common in today's society."
- Wildlife Art
Gallery On-Line
- Dedicated to all who enjoy the wonders of the natural world and for
those who share a deep concern for the health and well-being of the environment.
Environmental Toxins
- 1996 Baseline Environmental
Management Report
- The U.S. Department of Energy Office
of Environmental Management, has released an updated, considerably
lower life-cycle cost and schedule estimate for the cleanup of the former
nuclear weapons complex.
- The
Right-to-Know Computer Network (RTK NET)
- RTK NET provides access to environmental databases, including the Toxic
Release Inventory. RTK NET is NOT a WWW site, but this homepage at the
Insitute for Global Communications explains how to access RTK NET, and
offers summary information about toxic wastes in the U.S.
- Toxic
Chemical Profiles
- Fact sheets summarizing chemical properties, health effects, environmental
impacts, and safe use of several hundred compounds. ToxFAQs
are short, easy-to-read summaries about hazardous substances compiled by
the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Pesticide
Information Service (PESTIS)
- PESTIS is a searchable database of over 400 news items, action alerts,
newsletter articles and fact sheets, made available through Econet.
More technical (but still readable) information on pesticide toxicology
is available in Toxicology
Information Briefs maintained at Oregon State University.
- Mercury
- A fact sheet on the problem of mercury contamination in Florida.
- Toxic Waste Near
You
- A searchable data base of toxic waste sites by state.
- The
Microbe Zoo
- Reaches across the World Wide Web to bring active learning about science
to K-12 teachers and students.
Waste Management
- The Consumer Recycling
Resources Guide
- A starting point for consumers searching the net for information on
recycling in the USA
General Reference
- Galaxy (EINet) Home
Page
- EINet provides Internet directories to many subject areas, from architecture
to biology to tax law.
- Kathy SchrockΥs
guide for Educators
- Information for 18 subjects compiled by a Massachusetts middle school
library media specialist for K-12 educators.
- Internet Public Library
Reference Center
- Includes options for asking questions via email, or at the live Real-Time
Reference Desk.
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