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Earth Day April 22, 2008 - Earth Day 2008 Events Worldwide
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Welcome to the International Water Management Institute (IMWI)- International Water Management Institute (IWMI) offers online resources such as findings, publications, links on water use in agriculture and integrated ... |
Good News From the South Pole? Does growing sea ice in Antarctica bode well for the future?
By Brendan I. Koerner - Posted Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at 7:04 AM ET
We've all heard that the Arctic ice is disappearing, surefire proof that global warming will kill us all. But isn't it also true that Antarctica's ice is growing by leaps and bounds? Doesn't that mean we're getting into a lather over nothing?
The area covered by Antarctica's sea ice has indeed expanded over the past two decades. So in the most literal sense, yes, you're right. But it's a fallacious leap of logic to argue that this trend bodes well for the planet's health. The increase in sea ice around the South Pole may actually be bad news—an indicator that steadily rising temperatures are already wreaking havoc. |
Paradise lost: climate change forces South Sea islanders to seek sanctuary abroad
By Kathy Marks, Asia-Pacific Correspondent - Friday, 6 June 2008
After years of fruitless appeals for decisive action on climate change, the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati has concluded that it is doomed. Yesterday its President, Anote Tong, used World Environment Day to request international help to evacuate his country before it disappears.
Water supplies are being contaminated by the encroaching salt water, Mr Tong said, and crops destroyed. Beachside communities have been moved inland. But Kiribati – 33 coral atolls sprinkled across two million square miles of ocean – has limited scope to adapt. Its highest land is barely 6 feet above sea level |
Human Development Report 2007/2008
Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world
Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. Failure to respond to that challenge will stall and then reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. The poorest countries and most vulnerable citizens will suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks, even though they have contributed least to the problem. Looking to the future, no country—however wealthy or powerful—will be immune to the impact of global warming.
The Human Development Report 2007/2008 shows that climate change is not just a future scenario. Increased exposure to droughts, floods and storms is already destroying opportunity and reinforcing inequality. Meanwhile, there is now overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is moving towards the point at which irreversible ecological catastrophe becomes unavoidable. Business-as-usual climate change points in a clear direction: unprecedented reversal in human development in our lifetime, and acute risks for our children and their grandchildren. |
The Climate Divide - Reports From Four Fronts in the War on Warming By ANDREW C. REVKIN - Published: April 3, 2007
Africa, India, The Netherlands and Australia will experience global warming in very different ways. There is a growing consensus that the first world owes the third world a climate debt. |
Earth Day Network is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world. Through Earth Day Network, activists connect, interact, and impact their communities, and create positive change in local, national, and global policies. EDN's international network reaches over 15,000 organizations in 174 countries, while the domestic program keeps over 5,000 groups and over 100,000 educators coordinating millions of community development and environmental protection activities throughout the year. As a result, Earth Day is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than a half billion people participate in our campaigns every year. |
The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info |
Our Earth HOME, http://www.dataoptions.com/ourearth.htm |
National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org |
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The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives. |
International Dark Sky Association (IDA)-Remember when the stars were bright? Light pollution spoils the night. Light the ground, not the sky! |
Arctic, Antarctic Melting may raise Sea Levels faster than - Bette Otto-Bliesner (NCAR) and Jonathan Overpeck (University of Arizona) report ... The National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR Office of Programs ... |
Google Earth - Explore, Search and Discover |
The Rainforest Site |
International Water Resources Association (IWRA) - WATER INTERNATIONAL printed quaterly. Non-profit organization,International WaterResources Association. |
International Glaciological Society (IGS), Welcome to the website of the International Glaciological Society. The IGS was founded in 1936 to provide a focus for individuals interested in practical ... |
About Geology -- The Complete Guide to Earth Science, Earth science encompasses everything from outer space to the Earth's fiery core, from the most ancient fossils to the landslides and earthquakes of today. |
Super Volcano Yellowstone - Other "supervolcanoes" would likely include the large caldera volcanoes of Japan, ... Such volcanoes may be termed super-volcanoes and their colossal ... |
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| Google Earth Home-Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches. earth.google.com/ |
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| Earth and Ocean Sciences-The university of Liverpool, http://www.liv.ac.uk/earth_sciences/dept/general.html |
Geosciences Resources on the Web- The Virtual Geosciences Professor. Earth -- (Home to most of us). Supported by Chevron. Copyright by John C. Butler, July 19, 1996. Last Updated : March 21, ... www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/anonfield.html |
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Welcome to the Globalism Project- "Globalism and Its Challengers" is a research project made-up of academics and ... Ralph Nader 1970 THE GLOBALISM PROJECT DRAWS TO A CLOSE ON APRIL 30, 2006 ... www.ualberta.ca/GLOBALISM/ |
GEsource- Search Results for... International GNSS Service Alternative Title: IGS This is the web site of the IGS global system of satellite tracking stations, data centres, and analysis ...
www.gesource.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/fullrecordsql.pl?handle=2004629-103851 |
IGS- International GNSS Service, formerly the International GPS... The International GNSS Service (IGS), formerly the International GPS Service, is a federation of over 200 worldwide agencies collaborating to form a global ...
igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/ |
The Gaia Hypothesis- Our Planet | The Gaia Hypothesis | Mother Earth is a Living Being and all life forms are her offspring; we humans could be said to be.
www.ozi.com/ourplanet/gaia.html |
| Deep Sea Exploration : Submarine Volcanoes and Hydrothermal Vents,Ocean Studies Information Directory with 1000's of links to ocean resources including deep sea exploration, diving and wrecks, education, organizations, ...
www.floridasmart.com/subjects/ocean/deepsea.htm |
| | www. OfSpiritandSoul.com Articles and personal writings, prophecies and channeled material, and general information regarding a variety of New Age and spiritual topics.
www.ofspiritandsoul.com/ |
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| Major Tectonic Plates of the World, MAJOR TECTONIC PLATES OF THE WORLD. Map taken from This Dynamic Earth. The earth's surface is broken into seven large and many small moving plates. ... geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.htm |
| Plate Tectonics- Wonderful animations of Plate Tectonics movement. Including gif, avi and mov formats. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html |
| Ocean & Climate Change Institute- Funded Projects, ... communities to anticipate the near-future trends in shoreline change and ... In some parts of the world, coastal residents find themselves caught ...
www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/research/funded_05buynevich.htm |
| About Geology-- The Complete Guide to Earth Science, Earth science encompasses everything from outer space to the Earth's fiery core, from the most ancient fossils to the landslides and earthquakes of today. geology.about.com/ |
| USGS- US Geological Survey -As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us. http://www.usgs.gov/ |
| Earth Information, Statistics,and Images at www.marsgraphics.com www.marsgraphics.com/earth/earth.html |
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| American Geophysical Union Earth - Oceans - Atmosphere - Space - Planets, http://www.agu.org/ |
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