Environment Websites

John Harris, Head of Geography, Radley College, Abingdon, Oxon, UK

mjh@radley.org.uk

Alltheweb || AskJeeves || Dogpile || Excite || Fast Multimedia || Google || Infind || Infoseek || ixquick || Metacrawler || MonkeySweat || UKMax || Webcrawler || Yahoo || Yahoo Science


Ecosystems || Environment || Global climatic change || Ozone layer || Pollution

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Ecosystem Sites
Bright Edges of the World drylands, maps, people, landuse, water, agriculture, photos
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Eden Project: Cornwall, UK with eco-domes
Infoseek:Planet Earth
One World - planetary issues articles from People and the Planet on agriculture, oceans
Rainforest Action Network news, recent articles, list of educational resources, good information
Rainforest Alliance news, conservation, agriculture, factsheets, activities, links
Woodland Trust, UK and Phenology Project
World Conservation - Forest Information world forest map, statistical analysis, sustainability
WRI Forest Frontiers Initiative information by country, maps , photos, news, logging in Burma
WWF Global Network living planet, climate change, news, country profiles

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Environment
Antarctic ice shelf crumbling
ARIC: Atmosphere,Climate & Environment Information (MMU): newsletters, teaching resources, air quality data
CNN - Earth comprehensive world news, photos
Condensation trails planes impact on environment
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
Disposable Planet BBC website on global population, evnvironment, resources, food, waste, tourism, energy
EE-Link: Environmental Education classroom projects, lesson plans, facts, data, links
English Nature country's biodiversity, news, position statements, map information
EnviroLink list of organisations, publications, educational resources, green marketplace
Environment Agency UK environmental issues, flood maps
Environmental Change Unit (Oxford)
Environment web directory
European Environment Agency
Friends of the Earth green energy, climate change, pollution, hot links, news

Global Climate Change Information Programme global warming, ozone depletion, news 1996
Global warming NOAA information pages
Greenpeace International campaigns, news, photos, Brent Spar, Arctic exploration, ocean dumping
Manchester Air Quality atmospheric research, list of factsheets/teaching resources, links


NASA Earth Observatory Atmosphere, Oceans, Land, Life, Energy
National Society for Clean Air & Environmental Protection
New Scientist - ask an expert questions on Environment & Geology
Organizations list of environmental organisations
Planet Earth information on N.Carolina, US state information, national flags
Science and the Environment - A Learning Tool news, maps, graphics, teaching ideas
Trees for Life managing environments
US Environmental Protection Database health, water, waste, recycling, air, conservation, links
Virtual Earth - Earth Science Web Index hydrology, maps GIS, mineralogy, petrology
Westminster City Council air quality
World Resources Institute (WRI) lots of information, news, photos, health & environment
World Wide Fund for Nature global warming

Global Climatic Change
CS Monitor - global warming, historical perspective
CSIRO greenhouse effect & global warming
Global Climate Change Information Programme global warming, ozone depletion, news 1996
Global warming NOAA information pages

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Ozone Layer depletion
Arctic Ozone depletion 2000 (lates news on northern hemisphere depletion)
Ozone layer depletion
Ozone layer guided tour (Cambridge Univ)
Ozone layer information (EPA)

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Pollution
Aral Sea
EMITS (Environmental Monitoring of Integrated Transport Policy - Oxford)
HMI Pollution
Ocean Planet - NASA pollution page
National Society for Clean Air & Environmental Protection
Ocean pollution
Sea Empress Oil Spill
UK National Air Quality Archive (Source: DETR)

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