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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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- Air Quality 52 matches
- Ecosystems 153 matches
- Energy 90 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 17 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 86 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 84 matches
- Waste 74 matches
- Mineral Resources 56 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 17 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 21 matches
- Land Use and Planning 32 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 16 matches
- Sustainability 36 matches
- Natural Hazards 72 matches
- Policy 144 matches
Environmental Science
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- Research Results 76 matches
- Overview/Reference Work 318 matches
- Bibliography 7 matches
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- Opinion 20 matches
Scientific Resources
23 matches General/Other
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Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium part of Web Resource Collection
The link is for the Mote Marine Laboratory, an academic research facility and aquarium in Florida that monitors Atlantic sealife, has a large pool of teaching resources, and maintains a network of ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources
Geoethics training in the Earth and environmental sciences part of Print Resource Collection
Ethical dilemmas are regularly encountered by Earth and environmental scientists. Explicit training is required to allow the community to recognize such dilemmas, and to prevent and mitigate ethical ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Geoethics, Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences part of 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 ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Engineering Geology for Society and Territory part of 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, ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
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 ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
California Burning: A multimedia project part of 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 ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual
Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?: Summary of a Workshop part of Print Resource Collection
This 112-page report summarizes outcomes from a 2014 workshop focused on sustainability and meeting the needs of a growing population. It addresses the questions how do we prepare for a future ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Geoengineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? part of Web Resource Collection
This commentary discusses the ethical and technical aspects of geoengineering in the context of engaging in geoengineering to mitigate global warming.Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Opinion
Biomedical Ethics for Engineers part of 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 ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
Expanding boundaries of exploration part of 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 ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work