Environmental research and E Guide - Resources and Review

Collection of resources relating to the environment, including a library of online books, reports and maps, a list of environmental journals, newspapers and magazines online, organised research gateways and an Internet Reference Desk.
 
Organisation dedicated to research and education in the biological, medical, environmental, and agricultural sciences. Includes information about the organisation, its services, meetings, and publications, including tables of contents from the monthly journal BioScience from January 1999 onwards, freely available to members.
 
NERC is one of the seven research councils which fund and manage scientific research in the UK. NERC is the leading body in the UK for research, survey, monitoring and training in the environmental sciences.
 
Aims to demonstrate where the international community stands with regard to solving specific environment and development problems through international cooperation, what the main obstacles are to effective international solutions, and what must be done to overcome them. Sections include international agreements on environment and development, intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), non
governmental organisations (NGOs), selected Internet resources and country profiles. Key data and analysis available.
 
Provides information on the deformity and decline of amphibians, with reference to environmental changes such as disease, pollution, toxic chemicals, and radiation. Includes news releases, details of scientific research, and educational resources to suit a variety of age groups. General information on amphibians and additional sources are also given.
 
Scientific articles on Canadian environmental issues, including toxins, climate change, ozone depletion, acid rain and water pollution. Full text articles in PDF.
 
Set of links to journals relevant to environment, conservation and ecology. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text.
 
Tables of contents and abstracts of proceedings in Biology and Environment published by the Royal Irish Academy, the principal learned society in Ireland for promoting the 'study of science, polite literature and antiquities'.
 
The mission of the REC is, in part, to assist in solving environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe by promoting cooperation among non
governmental organisations, governments, businesses and other environmental stakeholders.
 
Online tool for browsing and searching of text, summaries, and status of treaties and other international agreements related to global environmental change and sustainable development.
 
An international research initiative lead by Brazil designed to create the new knowledge needed to understand the climatological, ecological, biogeochemical, and hydrological functioning of Amazonia, the impact of land use change on these functions, and the interactions between Amazonia and the Earth system.
 
Details from United Nations Earth Summit conference held in New York 23
27 June 1997. Documents include Agenda 21 success stories and country profiles.
 
NASA program that aims to capture the spirit of exploration and focus it back on the Earth. NASA and its partners are striving to discover patterns in climate that will allow prediction of environmental events such as floods and severe winters.
 
An annotated bibliography containing over 35000 citations.
 
Online publication offering peer reviewed articles, book reviews, news, and information on environmental topics of international concern. Provides access to full text papers from 1994 onwards, each of which is fully searchable.
 
Information about sustainable development. Headings include women and population, land tenure, extension and education and environmental policy, planning and management.
 
Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non
violent confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.
 
Collection of resources relevant to the Chihuahuan Desert region. Includes a bibliography, a searchable database of the Centennial Museum's Botanical collection, images and information on plant and animal life, and links to additional sources of relevance, which cover research, wildlife rescue, and biosphere reserves.
 
Research group focusing on atmospheric issues such as ambient and indoor air quality, sustainable aviation, environmental modelling, tobacco smoke, and acid deposition. Includes information about conferences, jobs, projects, and consultancy services.
 
Index of online resources covering topics including human and physical geography, cartography, planning and transportation, and remote sensing. Details of UK geography, geology and meteorology departments are given, and online field trips and tours are available.
 
Research group concerned with different aspects of the physical and biological environment.
 
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