|
Numerous
challenges exist in the effort to reclaim the Everglades and
the entire South Florida (click on the picture for a larger
image). This true-color MODIS image from February 17, 2002,
shows the area encompassed by the south Florida, also called
the greater Everglades, ecosystem. Photo
courtesy of NASA.
The Internet has
created a revolution in the distribution of Earth science
data. The type of data that is available includes data on
earthquake, volcanic
eruptions, tsunamis,
stream flow, water quality, satellite images, and ecological
data.
Below are link
to online scientific databases in earth sciences, environmental
sciences and ecology.
|
- Air
Releases Overview - Emissions and compliance data for
point source industries
- Environmental
Databases - from the Geneva Environment Network
- National
Library for the Environment Researcher's Bookmarks -
Collection of Environmental Databases
- EPA
- Superfund Home Page
- National
Superfund Priorities List
- Energy
Topics - From A to Z
- Environmental
Fate Databases (EFDB) - Includes Datalog, Biolog, Chemfate,
BioDeg and BioDeg Summary
- EPA
Transportation Air Quality (TRAQ) Center - Programs,
opportunities, sources and contacts
- DOE
Environmental Data and Reports
- NOAA
Global Change Data
- Regional
Environmental Center for Eastern and Central Europe
- Directories, publications, etc.
- Right
to Know (RTK Net) Network Environmental Databases -
TRI, BRS. CERCLIS, DOCKET. ERNS, RCRIS. TSCATS, ARIP. FINDS,
PCS. ...
- Oil
and Chemical Spill Database - from the US National Response
Center
- Toxic
Release Inventory
- Environmental
Health Watch - Chemical, environmental and health databases
- Health-Track
- Toxicology
Databases - from the National Library of Medicine
-
Material Safety Data Sheets - Internet Access to many
MSDS
- National
Environmental Data Index - NEDI provides access to numerous
U.S. Goverment databases
- Environmental
Databases - Pollutants, Chemicals & Toxicological Data
- US
Stream Gaging Stations by State: - NWIS-W Data Retrieval
- National
Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) of Environment Canada
- Provides access to pollutant release information
- CIESN
- Archive
of Census Related Products
- CIESN
- China Dimensions
Data Collection
- CIESN
- Environmental
Treaty Texts - texts of more than 169 environmental
agreements
- CIESN
- Gridded
Population of the World - Population by area rather
than political boundaries
- CIESN
- Global
Population Database - Population by rectangular grids
and density circles
- CIESN
- Georeferenced
Population Data Sets of Mexico - Populations based on
various GIS coverages
- CIESN
- Monitoring
Environmental Progress - Indicators for environmentally
sustainable development (World Bank)
- CIESN
- Public
Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) - Census information based
on housing units (1970 and 1990)
|
