Internet Collection
This is a collection of useful web sites for teaching public policy in the earth sciences. If you know of web sites, journal articles or other references that are useful for teaching and learning about public policy issues, let us know about them.Subject: Environmental Science
- 9 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 17 matches
- Ecosystems 36 matches
- Energy 36 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 9 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 45 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 30 matches
- Waste 37 matches
- Mineral Resources 19 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 13 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 12 matches
- Land Use and Planning 18 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 6 matches
- Sustainability 25 matches
- Natural Hazards 6 matches
- Policy 153 matches
Subject: Environmental Science
- 9 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 17 matches
- Ecosystems 36 matches
- Energy 36 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 9 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 45 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 30 matches
- Waste 37 matches
- Mineral Resources 19 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 13 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 12 matches
- Land Use and Planning 18 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 6 matches
- Sustainability 25 matches
- Natural Hazards 6 matches
- Policy 153 matches
Results 1 - 20 of 154 matches
Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters part of CLEAN Collection
This set of interactive data visualizations show the weather and climate events that have had the greatest economic impact on the US from 1980 to present (updated annually).Learn more about this review process.
The Big Melt part of CLEAN Collection
This is a collection of five short videos that show how climate change is affecting fishing, native populations and access for the oil and gas industry in the Arctic. The videos include personal ...Learn more about this review process.
Climate Change at the Doorstep part of CLEAN Collection
This PBS video focuses on sea level rise in Norfolk, Virginia and how the residents are managing the logistical, financial and political implications. Science journalists who have been studying ...Learn more about this review process.
Changing Planet: Ocean Acidification part of CLEAN Collection
This video addresses acidification of the ocean and the ecological and economic implications of the resulting pH change on marine life. It includes information about how ocean acidification resulting ...Learn more about this review process.
Inuit Observations of Climate Change part of CLEAN Collection
This video features changes in the land, sea, and animals that are being observed by the residents of Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada — many of whom hunt, trap, and fish—because of ...Learn more about this review process.
Northwest Passage part of CLEAN Collection
In this activity, students use Google Earth and information from several websites to investigate some of the consequences of climate change in polar regions, including the shrinking of the ice cap at ...Learn more about this review process.
Melting Ice part of CLEAN Collection
This activity uses a mix of multimedia resources and hands-on activities to support a storyline of investigation into melting sea and land ice.Learn more about this review process.
Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This report, by an NSF advisory committee, details many of the environmental challenges facing our planet and our society, and issues a call to action for NSF, for researchers, and for educators, to ...
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) homepage contains sections on environmental initiatives such as community preservation, open space protection, biodiversity, ...
Principles, Structure, & Implementation of International Environmental Law part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This module introduces the fundamental norms and institutions that comprise international environmental law and then focuses on six specific topics: air pollution and protection of the atmosphere, ...
The Fishing Game part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In The Fishing Game, students compete with 2 virtual fishing companies to maximize their bank balance by fishing. A population model informs the results of each year's fishing. The game is ...
The Sierra Club Homepage part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest environmental organization that works to protect our communities and the planet. From their homepage, users can access Sierra Club headlines, information on ...
Environmental Quality Statistics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Hosted by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), this site contains updated monthly tables with statistics about United States environmental quality. The major topics covered in these tables are ...
Spatial Land Use Change and Ecological Effects at the Rural-Urban Interface: Project SLUCE 2 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Project SLUCE 2 seeks to understand the individual decision-making that drives land use decisions and to formulate and test alternative policies and interventions that could reduce environmental ...
Cormas - Natural Resource and Multi-Agent Simulations part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Cormas is a programming environment dedicated to the creation of multi-agent systems, with specificity in the domain of natural-resources management. This site is devoted to the applied modelling of ...
USGS National Landslide Information Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are working to reduce long-term losses and casualties from landslide hazards through better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of ground ...
Geoethics, Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This 450-page book explores ethics in geoscience. It focuses on professional ethics and includes a discussion on improving communication between scientists and the public. The book was written by a ...
Engineering Geology for Society and Territory part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This 274-page book focuses on education and the professional ethics that are dealt with by scientists, regulators, and practitioners of engineering geology related to the purposes, methods, ...
California Burning: A multimedia project part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This multimedia resource provides an overview of wildfire risk and response to the risk in California. Text, video, images, and data are used to discuss how drought and overgrowth of forests play a ...
Biomedical Ethics for Engineers part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Biomedical Ethics for Engineers provides biomedical engineers with a new set of tools and an understanding that the application of ethical measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow ...
