| San Bernardino County Library Environmental Science Resources
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| Environmental Resources Pathfinder San Bernardino County Library. Last revised May 10, 2004. |
| Biodiversity and Conservation (http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm) |
| Created by Peter J. Bryant at the Univ. of Calif., Irvine. Excellent, comprehensive intro. to the topic of biological conservation for undergraduate students. |
| Biodiversity and Conservation: The Web of Life (http://www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/) |
| Sponsored by Chicago's Field Museum, in conjunction with its declaration of the 2003-2004 school year as "The Year of Conservation." (Required Macromedia Flash Player browser plugin) |
| California Digital Conservation Atlas (http://legacy.ca.gov/new-atlas.epl) |
| "California's comprehensive public website for conservation information. It is designed to provide easy-to-use, map views of California’s natural resources and working landscapes for people who may not be familiar with specialized geographic software." |
| California Environment (http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/) |
| From the California Public Interest Group, conducting research and advocacy activities to "win real results for California's environment." |
| California Wild Heritage Campaign (http://www.californiawild.org/) |
| A coalition with the goal "to preserve California's unprotected wilderness...for future generations to enjoy." Includes a Take Action Center. |
| California's Natural Resources (http://ceres.ca.gov/natural_resources/) |
| A variety of links concerning California local, state, and national parks, forests, and other recreation areas; plants, animals, environmental organizations, and recycling tips. |
| Documents from the Digital Library Project (http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/docs/) |
| UC Berkeley resource with access to over 2500 "documents, maps, articles, and reports on the California environment including Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), educational pamphlets, water usage bulletins, and county plans." |
| Earth Day Online (http://earthday.envirolink.org/) |
| "A comprehensive list of Earth Day events..., regardless of size, geographic location or organizational affiliation." |
| EarthDay.gov (http://www.earthday.gov/) |
| U.S. government agency cooperative site presenting actions appropriate for this April event. |
| Earth Island Institute (http://www.earthisland.org/) |
| Provides organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. |
| Earth Site (http://www.earthsite.org/) |
| Read Earth Day Founder John McConnell's "Earth Magna Carta" and find out to be an Earth trustee. |
| Earth Trends (http://earthtrends.wri.org/) |
| Environmental information portal for researching global topics. |
| EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet (http://eelink.net/) |
| Annotated directory from the North American Association for Environmental Education. |
| The Environlink Network (http://www.envirolink.org/) |
| Clearinghouse of environmental information available on the Internet. |
| Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia (http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic//index.html) |
| Created by National Park Service. Searchable encyclopedia of 118 environmental contaminants. In Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. |
| Environmental Defense (http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm) |
| Information on global warming, endangered species, green products and other environmental issues. |
| Environmental Media Services (http://www.ems.org/) |
| Nonprofit communications clearinghouse dedicated to expanding media coverage of critical environmental and public health issues. |
| Environment: Oceanography Index (http://www.poemsinc.org/) |
| Sponsored by Practical Ocean Energy Management Systems. Explores issues involved in the power from the ocean. Educational material covering dozens of topics to help students understand oceanography and the environment. |
| GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) (http://www.globe.gov/) |
| A network of students, teachers and scientists coming together to study the global environment. |
| Green Guide (http://www.thegreenguide.com/) |
| A "consumer source for practical everyday actions benefiting environmental and personal health...provides an intersection between mainstream consumer service...and environmental advocacy." |
| Household Products Database (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/) |
| From the National Institutes of Health. Potential health effects of more than 2000 ingredients contained in more that 4000 common household products. |
| Monthly Energy Review (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/contents.html) |
| Compiles aggregate energy statistics. From the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Dept. of Energy. |
| MSDS Collection - Vermont SIRI (http://hazard.com/msds/) |
| Searchable archive of over 100,000 Material Safety Data Sheets. |
| National Environmental Publications Information (http://www.epa.gov/clariton/) |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created this site as a one-stop-shop for over 9000 EPA documents. |
| Ocean Explorer (http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric site which "is an educational Internet offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean realm." |
| Ocean Planet Homepage (http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html) |
| The Smithsonian's first exhibition in cyberspace celebrates the spectacular diversity of the oceans while examining the environmental issues they now face. |
| Ocean World (http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/) |
| Many aspects of oceanography, including the textbook "Introduction to Physical Oceanography" by Robert H. Stewart. From Texas A&M University. |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (http://www.osha.gov/) |
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| Planet Ark (http://www.planetark.org/) |
| Australian site which "hosts over 17,000 pages of environmental news and information." Much of the content is from Reuters Daily World Environmental News. |
| Rainforestweb.org (http://rainforestweb.org/) |
| Wide-ranging portal from the Rainforest Action Network. |
| ReefBase: A Global Information System on Coral Reefs (http://www.reefbase.org/) |
| From the World Fish Center in Malaysia. Objective is "to facilitate better understanding of the inter-dependencies between humans and coral reefs, in order to benefit management and conservation efforts of these important resources." |
| Renewable Resource Data Center (http://rredc.nrel.gov/) |
| From the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Data on natural energy sources such as solar radiation, biomass, geothermal and wind power. |
| Resources for the Future (http://www.rff.org/) |
| An independent, nonprofit organization devoted to the economic aspects of environmental issues. |
| Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets (http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm) |
| In-depth information on hundreds of hazardous substances. From the State of New Jersey. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Scorecard (http://www.scorecard.org/) |
| Provided by the Environmental Defense Fund for easy access to the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory, a compilation of all self-reported releases of toxic substances into the environment. |
| SeaWeb (http://www.seaweb.org/) |
| Education on the fates of vanishing sea life. The organization states that their information is objective but not neutral, and that their bias is to protect the living ocean. |
| Tox Town: An Interactive Guide to Commonly Encountered Toxic Substances (http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/) |
| From the National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine. Requires the Macromedia Flash Player plugin. Basic information on common toxic chemicals and links to lay and professional resources. |
| USGS Water Resources Data of USA (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/) |
| Water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. |
| WasteLink (http://radwaste.org/) |
| More than 9000 links to radioactive waste, nuclear, and radiation sites. From Hern Data Systems. "Our attempt at non-biased coverage has earned us the respect of people and institutions on all sides of the issue, pro, anti, academic, governments, and professional societies." |
| WINDandSEA (http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html) |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Central Library. A meta-page for over 1000 science- and policy-related sites. |
| Window to My Environment (http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/) |
| "Powerful new web-based tool that provides a wide range of federal, state, and local information about environmental conditions and features in an area of your choice." From the Environmental Protection Agency. |
| World Conservation Monitoring Centre Conservation Databases (http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cis/index.html) |
| WCMC maintains a large and varied collection of databases concerning nature conservation, developed in collaboration with a range of partners. |
| World Environment Library (a/nz/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=envl) |
| "400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas and solutions in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management and Water." From the New Zealand Digital Library. |