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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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Honshu Mw=9 Earthquake 11 March 2011 part of Web Resource Collection

This web page, from CIRES, provides information, diagrams, and movies related to the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. These visualizations include mechanisms behind the earthquake and tsunami ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Coastal Hazards
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Maps

Revisiting Chernobyl 20 Years Later part of Web Resource Collection

This page by the International Atomic Energy Agency contains videos, a photo gallery, questions and answers, reports and a timeline of the Chernobyl accident.
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Nuclear Energy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work

Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident part of Web Resource Collection

This summary by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency describes how the sequence of certain events – equipment malfunctions, design-related problems and worker errors – led to a partial ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Nuclear Energy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake part of Web Resource Collection

News from the International Atomic Energy Agency on the 2011 Japan nuclear emergency stemming from damage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Nuclear Energy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Primer: Japan's Nuclear Crisis part of Web Resource Collection

This article, by NPR, details the nuclear crisis in Japan following damage to Japanese nuclear power plants following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Nuclear Energy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Floods/Fluvial Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Maps

Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick Images: Frequently Asked Questions part of Web Resource Collection

This page from the NASA Earth Observatory shows imagery of the 2010 Deep Water Horizon blowout and oil leak with information on NASA is able to provide information on the extent of oil slicks using ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Oil, Water and Climate: An Introduction part of Print Resource Collection
Global energy demand is increasing from population and economic development pressures and climate change, resulting in large part from the burning of fossil fuels, is exacerbating the impacts of the ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Geography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Sustainability
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Teachable Moments: Haiti Earthquake part of Web Resource Collection

This page from IRIS includes links to resources about the geology of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake. Included are animation/visualization links, USGS resources, and others.
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Audio/Visual:Collections, Pedagogic Resources

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