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This page allows searching across the SERC catalogs: the set of resources from the web and in print that have been selected as relevant by SERC-supported projects. The catalog draws from collections created directly by our partners as well as those harvested from other digital library collections.



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Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development: Summary of Two Workshops (2014) part of Print Resource Collection
Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as 'fracking') is dramatically increasing ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Policy , Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

Environmental Health Perspectives Science Education Program part of Web Resource Collection

The Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Science Education Program promotes environmental health literacy, using the scientific literature to teach students the principles of environmental health ...
Subject: Geoscience, Biology, Geography, Health Sciences, Environmental Science, Chemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Research Results, Pedagogic Resources, Course Information

IPCC Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report part of Web Resource Collection

This report is a synthesis of work by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It focuses on the observed changes in climate, their causes, and their effects, as well as predicting probable ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Climate feedbacks, Recent climate data, Greenhouse gas emissions, Global change modeling, Public policy , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, History and evolution of Earth's climate, Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Climate feedbacks, Recent climate data, Environmental Science:Policy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse effect, Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change, Public policy, Global change modeling
Resource Type: Policy Resources, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results

Crustal structure and tectonics from the Los Angeles basin to the Mojave Desert, southern California part of Print Resource Collection
A seismic refraction and low-fold reflection survey, known as the Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE), was conducted along a transect extending from Seal Beach, California, to the Mojave ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic reflection, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

Rainfall-induced lahars in the Belham Valley, Montserrat, West Indies part of Print Resource Collection
Rain falling on loose volcanic debris over the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat generates hazardous floods in the Belham Valley. These rainfall-induced lahars vary greatly in discharge and ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Geomorphology as applied to other disciplines, Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

Aspiring Academics: A Resource Book for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty part of Print Resource Collection
Drawing on several years of research, this set of essays is designed to help graduate students and early career faculty start their careers in geography and related social and environmental sciences. ...

Subject: Geography, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

NASA Satellite Confirms Urban Heat Islands Increase Rainfall Around Cities part of Web Resource Collection

This press release from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center details new research on satellite data. The data collected by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission show that the extra heat retained ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Energy, heat and temperature, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

Groundwater Modeling of the Aberjona Basin part of Print Resource Collection
Master's thesis from MIT on the groundwater flow system of the entire Aberjona River watershed. The area near Woburn wells G and H is a small region within this computer model.

Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska part of Web Resource Collection

This collection of articles summarizes environmental geochemical studies of metallic mineral deposits in Alaska, including sulfide, gold, mercury, chromium, and uranium mines and deposits. The ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Mineralogy:Systematic Mineralogy:Native Elements, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals, Geoscience:Hydrology, Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes, Geochemical Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations

A Paleo Perspective on Global Warming part of Web Resource Collection

As part of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Paleoclimatology Program, information is collected from scientists across the globe to study past climate in hopes of ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work