Internet Resources for Geology and Human Health
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Visible Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a searchable collection of NASA Earth science images, animations and data visualizations. Most images are available at multiple resolutions, with a description of the image and ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Maps
Periodic Table of Toxic Elements part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This interactive periodic table provides information about elements and radionuclides that are potentially toxic to human health. Click on a highlighted element to read about its properties, ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Air Pollution and Health part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides an overview of the human health effects of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxides, volatile organic compounds and ground-level ozone.Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Children's Environmental Health part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site explores why and how children are more sensitive and susceptible to environmental pollutants than adults. It features information about causes of asthma and birth defects, the effects of ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
ENVIROHEALTHACTION.ORG part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site presents an overview of the components of air pollution, their sources, environmental impacts, health impacts, and pollution regulation. Special focus topics include health effects of the ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
National Analysis of Trace Elements part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These United States Geological Survey (USGS) publications cover issues surrounding trace elements found in streams, ground water, reservoir bed sediment, fish tissue, and clam tissue across the US. ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Center for International Earth Science Information Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection
CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Datasets with Teaching Activities, Datasets, Policy Resources, Audio/Visual:Maps
Climate Impact of Quadrupling Atmospheric CO2: An overview of GFDL Climate Model Results part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this report, the Global Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Research Group examines the possible climate impacts of quadrupling atmospheric CO2. Several impacts are discussed, surface air ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Volcanic Emissions and Global Cooling part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides information about the effects of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide volcanic emissions on global climate. Helpful diagrams depict the chemical processes involved in atmospheric ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA website documents the detection, tracking and measurement of volcanic eruption plumes from space. The site features an image archive of satellite data that has been used to create maps and ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
