Home Page - The Woods Hole Research Center Addresses the great issues of environment through scientific research and education and through applications of science in public affairs. Focus is on climate change and the warming of the earth, as well as global forests because of their controlling influence on climate. http://www.whrc.org
Extractions: SiteMap Contact Information Our Mission Who's Who ... WHRC in the News The Gilman Ordway Campus of the Woods Hole Research Center has won top honors for Green Building Design in 2004. Research New Program, Central Africa Forests The Research Center expands its program in landcover and land use analysis to the forests of Central Africa. Green Building Monitoring System The Center's building monitoring system tracks the efficiency of a high-performance building New Program, Mid-Atlantic states NASA-funded WHRC researchers use SLEUTH computer model to predict Baltimore/Washington urban growth, water quality changes. March, 2004. Innocence in Brazil Newly published and illustrated episodes in I. Foster Brown's traveler's diary of life on the Brazilian frontier.
Extractions: The Department of Energy's decision to drop early credits from its proposed rule to revise the voluntary reporting of greenhouse gases program was a policy breakthrough as significant as the Senate's defeat of the McCain-Lieberman bill and EPA's disavowal of authority to regulate carbon dioxide. In this comment to DOE, CEI and ten other pro-market groups explain why DOE made the right decision and should resist lobbying pressures to reinstate Kyoto credits.
WELCOME TO ACT A research group at Indiana University, Bloomington that focuses on the human dimensions of global environment change. Features information on training, an online newsletter, and provides a list of publications. http://www.indiana.edu/~act/
Nat'l Academies Press, Reconciling Observations Of Global Temperature Change (20 A detailed investigation into the relationship and differences between the surface temperature record (provided by weather stations) and that of the lower troposphere (provided by satellites and weather balloons). http://www.nap.edu/books/0309068916/html/
Extractions: Openbook Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-xiv Contents, pp. xv-xvi Executive Summary, pp. 1-4 Part I: Overview and Conclusions , pp. 5-6 1 Introduction, pp. 7-8 2 Background, pp. 9-20 3 Findings, pp. 21-23 4 Recommendations, pp. 24-26 Part II: Technical Background , pp. 27-28 5 Introduction, pp. 29-31 6 Surface Temperature Observations, pp. 32-40 7 MSU Observations, pp. 41-49 8 Radiosonde Observations, pp. 50-57 9 Trend Comparisons, pp. 58-71 References, pp. 72-80 Appendix A: Biographical Information on Panel Members, pp. 81-84 Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations, pp. 85-86 GO TO PAGE:
GLOBEC aims to advance our understanding of the global ocean ecosystem and how it responds to global climate change. GLOBEC investigates the links between climate and marine ecosystems. http://www.globec.org/
API - Global Climate A detailed examination of global climate change and related economic and science issues from the American Petroleum Institute web site. http://www.api.org/globalclimate/starta.htm
Extractions: (related websites and research materials) For the past 140 years, U.S. oil and gas companies have been helping to improve the quality of life in the United States by making it possible for people to live in harmony with our nation's variable and, sometimes, not-so-friendly climate. Our products keep homes warm in winter and cool in summer. They help parents get their children to school and themselves to work. We supply the fuels that help farmers sow and reap their crops and transport them to market. Oil and natural gas are ingredients in medicines, crop fertilizers, fabrics, and plastics. Airplanes fly, trains roll down the tracks, and buses speed along the highway powered by our products. In short, the energy born of oil and natural gas products enables all of us to live our lives with relative ease and comfort, year-round, through all kinds of weather. Recently, scientists have been debating whether the burning of oil and natural gas products and coal are affecting the climate of our globe and
Interaction Associates A global provider of collaborative change consulting and workplace learning solutions. http://www.interactionassociates.com/
Climate Change, Government Of Canada What the Government of Canada is doing to address climate change and how all Canadians can take action to help protect our environment. http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/
Extractions: Contact Us Help Search Canada Site ... Technology Early Action Measures Resources For Teachers For Students Newsroom Publications ... Links Directory Welcome to the Government of Canada Climate Change web site. Learn about the science, impacts and adaptation to climate change and how individuals, governments, businesses, industry and communities take action by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Visit the One-Tonne Challenge web pages to find out what you can do to reduce your GHG emissions and learn how to use less energy, save money, improve air quality and protect our environment. Speaking Notes for the Honourable David Anderson, P.C., M.P. Minister of the Environment On the occasion of the Canadian Environmental Awards Gala, Calgary [May 31, 2004] Environment Week (May 30-June 5) is a great time to kick start your One-Tonne Challenge [May 30, 2004] Governments of Ontario and Canada agree to cooperate on Climate Change [May 21, 2004] Government of Canada project gives boost to natural gas vehicles [May 21, 2004] Moving on sustainable transportation projects announced [May 21, 2004]
Extractions: Welcome The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University . CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment. see: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/eidata/ This new resource provides a sortable table of data sets produced by CIESIN and the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD) of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. These include data sets produced by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, and Will Masters, Director of the CGSD. A description of each data set and links to download the data can be obtained by clicking on the data set titles.
Trends Online Contents Methane Emissions; Carbon Flux from LandCover change Related dataon carbon flux from changes in land use and land cover. Climate http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/trends.htm
INDUSTRIAL HEMP At the forefront of the drive for fair and equal treatment of Industrial Hemp and the installation of a level playing field on which to compete with other natural resources and synthetics. The HIA seeks changes in government policies to encourage global production of hemp as a raw material for industry. http://www.thehia.org/index.html
Extractions: Few commercial interests ever make the kind of dramatic and ongoing progress achieved by the Hemp Industry. In spite of difficult and unique obstacles, this industry has positioned itself over the past decade to once again become a major global economic force in the 21st century. The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) is at the forefront of the drive for fair and equal treatment of Industrial Hemp and the instigation of a level playing field on which to compete with other natural resources and synthetics. The HIA seeks changes in government policies to encourage global production of Hemp as a raw material for industry. The HIA has been dedicated to education, industry development and accelerating expansion in the Hemp supply and the world market demand since 1992. Our members believe that hemp is one of our planet's most important natural resources and we advocate using it to its full potential.
San Francisco People's Assembly We are a local group of the larger global People s Assembly Movement. Coauthorwith Richard Falk the Foreign Affairsarticle Toward global Parliament. http://acgc.org/
Extractions: San Francisco State University Being held in the birthplace of the United Nations, this historic "People's Conference" is a direct response to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call for UN reform and his establishment of a sixteen-member international committee towards this end. The purpose of this conference is to prepare an Action Plan and an international media campaign for UN reform. Recent multiple crises "force us to ask ourselves whether the institutions and methods we are accustomed to... are in need of radical reform."
Extractions: The following ecosystems maps, compiled by Jonathan Adams, are still under development and as-yet unpublished. Their presentation here is intended to provoke comment and criticism which can lead to them being improved. They are based on simple compilations of the available information in the literature, relying heavily on the conclusions given by review papers for each subregion. Dates are given in radiocarbon years; the actual chronology in terms of 'real' years is still being worked out in the literature. Blocks of text are given here to accompany the map for each time slice. The cited references are listed in a separate document. References cited on the QEN pages, including those cited here
GTOS :: Global Terrestrial Observing System : Welcome GTOS mission is to provide policy makers, resource managers and researchers with the data they need to detect, quantify, locate and understand changes (especially reductions) in the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development. http://www.fao.org/gtos/
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change IPCC Third Assessment Report Climate change 2001. Integrating SustainableDevelopment and Climate change in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. http://www.ipcc.ch/
Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone (LOICZ) The LOICZ Project focuses on the area of the earth's surface where land, ocean and atmosphere meet and interact. The overall goal of this project is to determine at regional and global scales the nature of that dynamic interaction; how changes in various components of the Earth system are affecting coastal zones and altering their role in global cycles; to assess how future changes in these areas will affect their use by people; to provide a sound scientific basis for future integrated management of coastal areas on a sustainable basis. http://www.nioz.nl/loicz/
SeaWiFS Project - Homepage Provides quantitative data on global ocean biooptical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html
Extractions: Visit the OceanColor Web. This new site is intended to serve as the entry point into all of NASA's ocean color-related activities as part of the evolution of the individual ocean mission-based activities into an integrated ocean measurement-based program. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this website are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE Global Ocean Color
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