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
- 7 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 15 matches
- Ecosystems 31 matches
- Energy 30 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 11 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 45 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 18 matches
- Waste 34 matches
- Mineral Resources 15 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 8 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 12 matches
- Land Use and Planning 16 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 3 matches
- Sustainability 21 matches
- Natural Hazards 3 matches
- Policy 136 matches
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Subject: Environmental Science
- 7 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 15 matches
- Ecosystems 31 matches
- Energy 30 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 11 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 45 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 18 matches
- Waste 34 matches
- Mineral Resources 15 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 8 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 12 matches
- Land Use and Planning 16 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 3 matches
- Sustainability 21 matches
- Natural Hazards 3 matches
- Policy 136 matches
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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 ...
Expanding boundaries of exploration part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The appetite for mining beyond the confines of the land does not end with the deep ocean: celestial bodies, too, have stirred commercial interest. The prospect of mining the ocean floors and bodies ...
Georgia Environmental Protection part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This homepage of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) presents information on how GEPD helps provide citizens of Georgia with clean air, clean water, healthy lives and productive land ...
Georgia Environmental Protection part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This homepage of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) presents information on how GEPD helps provide citizens of Georgia with clean air, clean water, healthy lives and productive land ...
Sustainable Development on Campus: Tools for Campus Decision Makers part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These tools will help decision makers at universities to learn more about sustainable development and "green" campuses. There are learning modules, case studies, action plans, environmental ...
Sustainable Development on Campus: Tools for Campus Decision Makers part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These tools will help decision makers at universities to learn more about sustainable development and "green" campuses. There are learning modules, case studies, action plans, environmental ...
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The GREEN program provides ideas and information related to creating a watershed-based educational project and is geared toward taking action to protect watersheds. There are exercises and action ...
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The GREEN program provides ideas and information related to creating a watershed-based educational project and is geared toward taking action to protect watersheds. There are exercises and action ...
Environmental Ethics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides access to Internet resources throughout the world which pertain to or focus on environmental ethics and environmental philosophy. It includes links to publications, associations, ...
Environmental Ethics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides access to Internet resources throughout the world which pertain to or focus on environmental ethics and environmental philosophy. It includes links to publications, associations, ...
Ecoregions part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website for the Critical Ecoregions Program of the Sierra Club aims to offer a practical, long-term strategy to buttress the "web of life" on Earth. Region by region, the Sierra Club ...
Ecoregions part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website for the Critical Ecoregions Program of the Sierra Club aims to offer a practical, long-term strategy to buttress the "web of life" on Earth. Region by region, the Sierra Club ...
State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the homepage of the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). It provides access to general information about the DEP, including news and events, programs and ...
State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the homepage of the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). It provides access to general information about the DEP, including news and events, programs and ...
PRISM: Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model part of SERC Web Resource Collection
PRISM is a cross-disciplinary scientific model that creates a collaborative forum where scientists, students, decision makers and community members can share Puget Sound area earth science data, ...
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) is a joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Chartered to ...
EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a large website that provides searchable databases, data tables, maps, country profiles and written reports on a variety of environmental issues. Topics include coastal and marine ecosystems, ...