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whose copyrights are retained by their originators. Please mail comments or
bug-reports to klaatu AT earthops dot org.
Always evolving, of course. All images are courtesy of
NASA.
Please see also the sites maintained by EnviroLink and
the Environmental Defense Fund. Also see,
if you want to help out, Heaven. We
also recommend EarthSystems,
providing environmental information.
The US Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babitt, has a very important Message on Global Climate
Change.
Family Planet promotes Family
Planning, particularly in underdeveloped nations.
There's an excellent listing of other Earth Science
Resources from the University of Ohio.
Earth
We Live Here.
Things you should know about the
Homeworld:
The Homeworld orbits the star
Sol, located in the spiral galaxy called the
Milky Way. For now, we live only on the Homeworld. Someday, we may outgrow
this
cradle of Mankind, and
live in
space.
Our
climate is changing. Here are the facts. Here is the data.
Much more data is available through the US National Climatic Data Center. Much
of that data is available for
graphic interpretation online. Please see the vast amount of data and imagery
available from the SeaWiFS Imaging Satellite.
As the climate changes, you will wish to access the resources at the
(US) National Drought Mitigation
Center, an excellent resource on drought information.
A lot of excellent geographic information is accessible through
The Geography Network.
And please see the Global
Rainforest Mapping Project.
Also please see the NOAA
Global Warming Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ).
For those interested in North America's climate, ecology and cultures, I
must highly recommend Land Use
History of North America, from the Biology Resources Discipline site of the
US Geological Survey. A personal favorite
sub-site is the Colorado Plateau Land
Use Historysite, covering Four Corners, USA.
The US Congress mandated the interdisciplinary study of global environmental
change: visit the pages of the CIESIN - the Consortium
for International Earth-Science Networks.
Please see the United States Global
Change Research Program Office which has a lot of information, including
the best predictions of the drastic changes in our future. Particularly see
the US National
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the United States. See also
their excellent Global Change InterNet
Links Page.
See the
World Species List,
getting shorter every day. Please see the
Forests Conservation Portal!
There are a lot more facts available through the
Earth Science Data and
Information System (ESDIS), or at the
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, a
superior resource. The
NOAA's Library
has a list of other libraries with
Earth Science Resources.
They also do
Environmental
Prediction. Also, please see the NOAA
Forecast Sciences Laboratories. Columbia
University has some excellent resources in the form of the
LDEO Climate
Group's Data Catalog, and the
Earth
Sciences Sentinels Page.
The Earth Systems
Science Office of NASA is developing quite a site relating to our
mission to the Homeworld. Be sure to stop by the High Performance Computing &
Communications for Earth & Space Sciences (HPCC/ESS) facility at the
Naval Research Laboratory. Also see ERIM.
Geophysical and Geological
databases are available from Cornell
University, and you can find out more about Earthquakes from the US Geological Survey..
Up-to-the-minute statistics regarding population, food-supply, and other
resources are available from the World Game
Institute.
A variety of documents relating to the "Carrying Capacity" of
Homeworld have thoughfully been made public by Bruce Sundquist. This is
quite a collection of high-quality information, especially with respect to
overpopulation.
Please see the excellent privately-maintained
EcoFuture (tm) site, "Dedicated to
sustainability and the ecological future of our planet. It is an invaluable
informational resource for civilian researchers.
Please also see the
Biology Page, the
Agriculture & Farming Page, and of course,
the
Sciences MetaIndex Page.
Helping Out
Active Measures |
Observation and
Study.
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Observation, Study,
Theory
Government
Sorted alphabetically, by country.
- Australia
- Bureau of Meteorology.
- Queensland Department of
Primary Industries.
- A rural economic development agency for Queensland's agriculture,
forestry and fisheries industries.
- Argentina
- CONABIA.
- Argentinian National Committee on Agricultural Biosafety. Part of a
regional effort dealing with consequences of genetically-altered
agriculture intergrading with the natural environment.
- Canada
- Department of Fisheries and
Oceans.
- Environment Canada.
- Pacific and Yukon Green
Lane. Please take a closer look at Canada's Green Lane concept!
- Natural Resources Canada.
- Pacific Forestry Centre.
- WinterNet, the
Winter-Cities Network.
- This is a unique resource, which specializes
in the technologies of extreme cold-temperature environments and the
maintainance of cities therein.
Croatia
Institut za oceanografiju i
ribarstvo
(Institute of Oceanography and ?) - Split Croatia. Also many
links to Dubrovnik and the
Croatian academic community.
Japan
Agriculture, Forestry &
Fisheries Research Council.
New Zealand
New Zealand's Crown
Research Institutes.
A great place to check out technical and
environmental interests in New Zealand.
United States of America
Environmental Policy -
US Army Environmental Policy
Institute.
US Environmental Protection
Agency.
Atmospheric and Oceanographic -
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration.
National Ocean Services (NOAA).
If it's about the oceans around the United States and its territories and
possessions, it's probably referenced here. Now with a new Map-Finder
service.
National Resources
Conservation Service.
The federal agency that works with landowners on private lands to
conserve natural resources. This site is a must-see - it's loaded
with resources.
Naval Oceanographic Office.
Naval Research Laboratory
Monterey.
The only US Navy scientific center dedicated fully to study of
the atmosphere.
University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research.
Ecological Zone or Niche -
Alaska Fisheries Science
Center.
Arctic Research Consortium of the
US.
Arkansas - Red River Basin
Forecast Center. Loaded with regional information!
Coastal Services Center (NOAA).
Addresses critical coastal resource issues.
Basin-wide Information Online
Service (BIOS).
This is an exemplary site, with a primary focus
on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This, folks, is how it's done.
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Active Measures
Please see the United States Bureau of
Reclamation - managing water in the American West, which is, believe it
or not, quite a job.
Please see The Native Forest
Network - they have an extensive site dedicated to preserving the native
forests of the Homeworld.
Help save GEOWARN,
the Global Observation, Warning and Relief Network. See the page, and decide
who you'd like to write about it.
The Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research has as its mission to contribute,
through its research, the promotion of sustainable agriculture for food
security in the developing countries.
Helping Educate, Activate, Volunteer and Empower via the Net: HEAVEN.
Alternative/Appropriate Power Generation and Storage: Also see
the Energy Page. If you're involved in
Alternative/Appropriate Power Generation and would like to be listed, send
me mail with your homepage listings
and any related pages of which you're fond! And don't forget to link to
this page. It's all one big happy planet, and even if you don't make a buck
off of a listing, the Homeworld thanks you for your concern and for your
efforts.
Please see the National Center for
Appropriate Technology Page, and of course, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
This native-owned corporation owns about 5 million acres on Alaska's
North Slope. "ASRC is committed to developing these resources and bringing
them to market, in a manner that respects Inupiat subsistence values while
ensuring proper care of the environment, habitat and wildlife."
- Babcock & Wilcox. I'm of a
divided mind on this listing. One of the oldest and largest commercial power
generation equipment, operations, and management companies, B & W are
into all aspects of power generation. This includes nuclear, steam,
co-generation, and superconductive power-storage research and development.
Transnational.
- Bonneville Power Authority, a
government public corporation which produces reasonably eco-friendly
hydroelectric power on a very large scale.
- BP Solar is one of
the largest and most advanced solar-cell manufacturers and researchers, with
some 10 offices and 6 manufacturing centers. They're also taking the
development lead on thin-film photovoltaic.
- Center for Renewable Energy and
Sustainable Technology (CREST). Lots of links to renewable and
sustainable technologies, of course.
- Coso Geothermal
Development. Surprised to find the United States Navy exploring
potential uses of geothermal energy? Don't be; alternatives to reliance on
foreign-controlled petrochemicals is an essential of a strong American
military. Besides, this all-American energy resource was sitting under the
base anyway, and the cost savings in electrical generation alone could save
the taxpayers a bundle. This page also has a great chronology of geothermal
development, and useful contacts and references.
- Delta Controls makes a
range of control-systems products for automating buildings. Proper control
of such utilities as lighting, HVAC and heating, etc, makes for a more
efficient and eco-friendly building.
- HDR, Inc. has
a variety of environmentally-oriented services such as mitigation, impact
assessments, etc., waste and wastewater management, and facility and design
engineering, among other things.
- Partnership for a New
Generation of Vehicles from the Ames
Laboratory.
- Salt River Project (Arizona).
Provides a lot of fresh water and electricity to Arizona, and they have a
great little Electric
Vehicle Program.
- Sanford Cohen & Associates
does risk-assessment, data fusion for environmental assessments, strategic
planning and regulatory support.
- Solar Design Associates is
an architectural firm specializing in solar-friendly buildings.
- Solarex makes photovoltaic
products, and has an excellent list of renewable/solar resource links.
- Solar
Two, PacifiCorp's advanced
commercial solar-power electrical-generation facility.
- Unocal Geothermal
& Power Operations is the world's leading geothermal energy
producer. They have some very informative pages on the subject.
- Temco Controls.
- With a wide variety of high-volume air-conditioning controls and
sensors, your large facility can make much more intelligent use of energy,
more appropriately directing heat and cooling flow to the places where it
is most required.
- US Army Corp of
Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. The US Army Corp of Engineers is
one of the worlds largest and most-experienced designer of dams, levee
systems, and inland and coastal canals and waterways. Please see their Environmental Laboratory Page! Also,
their Rocky Flats Environmental Technology
Site. Rocky Flats used to be a production and assembly center for the
plutonium triggers used in nuclear weapons. Now it's not longer a production
facility, but it is certainly one of the hottest wastes sites on Earth. Few
places are more contaminated, other than Chernobyl.
- Savannah River
Site Environmental Remediation Page.
- The Yucca Mountain Project. A big
mountain full of radiactive waste? Maybe not a bad idea. Better than putting
it in my back yard.
Erosion Remediation -
- BonTerra America has a
very nice line of erosion control products! Very green-friendly.
- US Office of Surface Mining
(Department of the Interior). Very interesting links to Wetlands
Remediation of coal-mines.
Corporations with Environmental concerns, or concerned about the
Environment -
- Air Products
Responsible Care Page.
- ARCO Green
Concerns Page.
- British Petroleum (BP) has
an environmental concerns page.
- Landis & Gyr. This
100-year-old Swiss transnational is primarily concerned with architectural
ecologies, conserving resources and energy through innovative building
designs and methods.
- Woodward-Clyde " is
a leading multinational professional services firm specializing in
environmental management, waste management, pollution control, water
resources, occupational safety and health, geotechnical engineering and
geo-civil construction." Denver-based. They have a fairly
immense page detailing what they
do.
Other General Lists of Earth-Ecological Resources - EcoFriendly
Products
- Crawford Equipment &
Engineering "Achieving Global Environmental Compliance With Superior
Engineered Combustion Systems" - a line of products dealing with clean burning.
- Earth Conservation Corp.
This non-profit strives to simultaneously remediate damaged ecologies, and
to aid disadvantaged youth.
- The Green
Page. This privately-maintained page has a lot of links that aren't
listed here.
- Earth Friendly Products.
Aromatherapy and cleaning products. Not animal tested, eco-friendly.
- Maryland
Directory of Environmental Business
