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Earth Science Modules from the Concord Consortium part of Web Resource Collection
These free online curriculum lessons were developed for five days of classroom instruction and include one or more Earth systems models plus assessment items. Topics include plate tectonics, ...Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population, Energy, Air Quality, Water Quality and Quantity, Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Earthquakes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Course Module
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Course Module
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 ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population, Sustainability
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems part of 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 ...Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Economics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Air quality, Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy, US National Policy, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Ecosystems:Habitats, Environmental Science:Policy:Global Policy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality:Dust and Particulates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Public policy , Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Geoscience:Soils, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Anthropogenic causes, History and evolution of Earth's climate, Paleoclimate records, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Industrialization, Environmental Science:Human Population:Overpopulation, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources:Fisheries, Environmental Science:Air Quality:Dust and Particulates, Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Drought, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Ozone depletion, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Public policy, Climate feedbacks, Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Paleoclimate records, Recent climate data
Resource Type: Policy Resources, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
Resource Type: Policy Resources, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
ATTACK OF THE SUPERBUGS: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE part of Web Resource Collection
This page contains an article from The Science Creative Quarterly on acquired antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Topics covered include the discovery of antibiotics, the history and scope of ...Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population, Human Population:Epidemics, Pandemics, Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Ecology, Evolution:Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Evolution from a virus's view part of Web Resource Collection
This page is a brief tutorial on viral evolution. The text focuses on the evolutionary pressures that balance transmission and virulence. There are additional sections with further recommended ...Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population:Epidemics, Pandemics, Biology:Evolution:Processes, Environmental Science:Human Population, Biology:Evolution, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Bibliography, Pedagogic Resources, Activities:Classroom Activity, Assessments, Activities
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Bibliography, Pedagogic Resources, Activities:Classroom Activity, Assessments, Activities
The Gapminder World 2006 part of Web Resource Collection
Gapminder is a non-profit venture developing information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. Goal: enable you to make sense of the world by having fun with ...Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation:Multivariate Quantitative Relationships:Correlation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation, Data Presentation:Multivariate Categorical Relationships:Graphical Displays, Mathematics:Statistics, Environmental Science:Human Population:Developing/Developed Countries, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
GLOBIO: Modelling Human Impacts on the Biosphere part of Web Resource Collection
The Global Methodology for Modelling Human Impacts on the Biosphere (GLOBIO) relates thousands of scientific studies on environmental impacts to risk on ecosystems by the use of different buffer ...Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Human Population, Geography:Human/Cultural, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Maps
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Maps
CIPEC Biocomplexity Project Overview part of Web Resource Collection
The Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC) is involved in a variety of demographic, geographic, and land use research efforts. The biocomplexity project ...Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Human Population, Biology, Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Collection
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Collection
Centre for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences part of Web Resource Collection
This website is the homepage for the CRESS center at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. This center is dedicated to using computer models for monitoring and predicting distribution of ...Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Population of the U.S. by age and sex 1950-2050 part of Web Resource Collection
This site is an animated pyramid graph depicting the population of the US by age and sex from 1950 to 2050. The animation runs continuously. Links to other animations and a homepage are also ...Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video