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Welcome............................................................. 2
Table of Contents…………………….............…. 3
Environmental Science Matrix ......................... 4
Agriculture.......................................................... 5
Air Pollution……………………………………….. 6
Aquaculture......................................................... 7
Bayous................................................................. 8
Beaches............................................................... 9
Canyons............................................................... 10
Deserts................................................................. 11
Energy Generation.............................................. 12
Fields.................................................................... 13
Forests.................................................................. 14
Fossil Fuels & CO2.............................................. 15
Ozone, CO2 & Acid Rain...................................... 16
Lakes...................................................................... 17
Land Use – Preservation...................................... 18
Land Use – Revitalization...................................... 19
Marshes.................................................................. 20
Plains...................................................................... 21
Rivers...................................................................... 22
Toxic Rivers............................................................ 23
Sea Pollution.......................................................... 24
Shorelines............................................................... 25
Swamps................................................................... 26
Toxic Site Recovery............................................... 27
ToxNet..................................................................... 28
Waterfalls & Waterways......................................... 29
Woodlands.............................................................. 30
Light Pollution........................................................ 31 - 32
Ecology Terminology............................................. 33 - 34
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Major Environmental Agencies ............................. 36 - 37
Statewide Agencies (Sustainable Florida)............. 38
Environmental News Agencies............................... 39
Polar Bear & Sled Dogs........................................... 40 - 43
Media Gallery............................................................ 44 - 47
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Forests & Woodlands
Agriculture
http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=3
6-25-15-00
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/forests/
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/plantmaterial
s/technical/publications/?cid=stelprdb1044053
Aquaculture
Energy Generation
http://www.fao.org/fishery/legalframework/nalo_usa/en
http://www.energy.gov/energysources/solar.htm
http://www.energy.gov/energysources/bioenergy.htm
https://www.eia.gov/nuclear/generation/
Bayous, Swamps & Marshes
http://la.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/ecology.htm
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/th
elouisianawetlandsanintroduction/
Lakes, Rivers & Waterways
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/air-land/ecomanag.html
http://www.icpdr.org/icpdr-pages/dw0701_p_10.htm
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/srnf/home/?cid=STELPRDB5445
190&width=full
Beaches & Shorelines
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/20150429noaa-study-finds-marshes-reefs-beaches-can-enhancecoastal-resilience.html
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/
Mountains & Canyons
http://teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/mountains/year.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/publications/titles/rmrs_gtr.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canyons_and_gorges_
of_the_United_States
Deserts & Plains
Ozone , CO2, Fossil Fuel
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.p
hp
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stel
prdb5276909.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/
http://www.epa.gov/Ozone/desc.html
http://www.epa.gov/energy/fossil.html
https://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution/ozone-basics
Toxic Site Recovery
Fields & Streams
https://www.nal.usda.gov/field-crops-and-cropproduction
http://wqic.nal.usda.gov/sites/wqic.nal.usda.gov/files/upl
oads/CEAP07b-01section.pdf
http://technology.ksc.nasa.gov/successes/SS-EZVI.htm
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/
http://scorecard.goodguide.com/envhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_theorem
releases/def/land_gen.html#data
Light Pollution
http://www.darksky.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=640
Nitrate Radical http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11990737
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Environmental Science – Areas of Interest
Agriculture - Furrow Fields
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http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/pictures/irfurrow.jpg
Agricultural Water Management
Annual carbon and nitrogen loadings for a furrow-irrigated field
http://casi.ucanr.edu/About_us/
journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/agwat
Evaluations of agricultural management practices for soil C sequestration have largely focused on
practices, such as reduced tillage or compost/manure applications, that minimize soil respiration and/or
maximize C input, thereby enhancing soil C stabilization.
As part of a larger C sequestration project that focused on potential of C sequestration for standard and
minimum tillage systems of irrigated crops, the effects of furrow irrigation on the field C and N loading
were evaluated.
Experiments were conducted on a laser-leveled 30 ha grower’s field in the Sacramento valley near Winters,
CA. For the 2005 calendar year, water inflow and runoff was measured for all rainfall and irrigation events.
Samples were analyzed for C and N associated with both sediment and dissolved fractions.
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Air Pollution
Air Pollution: Threat to Human Heart | TopNews New Zealand
http://www.topnews.net.nz/content/212286-air-pollution-threat-human-heart
Air pollution can act as a catalyst for heart attacks. A recent study by Tim Nawrot of Hasselt University in
Belgium has unleashed another dimension of heart attack claiming that air pollution can be a potential
threat to human heart. With medical experts citing alcohol, coffee, and physical exertion as the potential
reasons of heart stroke, this study has sent alarming signals.
. Citing the concern over the newly unveiled factor, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reportedly
claimed that air pollution can be a serious threat for human health.
. There are serious risks to health from exposure to PM and O3 in many cities of developed and developing
countries. It is possible to derive a quantitative relationship between the pollution levels and specific
health outcomes (increased mortality or morbidity). This allows invaluable insights into the health
improvements that could be expected if air pollution is reduced.
. Even relatively low concentrations of air pollutants have been related to a range of adverse health effects.
. Poor indoor air quality may pose a risk to the health of over half of the world’s population. In homes
where biomass fuels and coal are used for cooking and heating, PM levels may be 10–50 times higher than
the guideline values.
http://www.who.int/topics/air_pollution/en/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs313/en/index.html
http://www.envirolink.org/topics.html?topic=Air%20Pollution&topicsku=2002116191137&topictype=subto
pic&do=catsearch&catid=5
http://www.cdc.gov/air/
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/
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Aquaculture
Native Olympia oysters in natural habitat in Puget Sound. Restoration efforts are
aimed at re-establishing beds of Olmpia oysters, which provide habitat, filter particulate
matter, and promote biodiversity. (credit: Puget Sound Restoration Fund.)
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/retiredsites/docaqua/docresearch.html
Aquaculture in the United States of America (U.S.A.) is regulated at the federal and state level. The Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS), the Department of
Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency, are the leading federal agencies that
regulate aquaculture within the United States of America.
There are other agencies and programs at the federal level involved in aquaculture activities
such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Department of Commerce, the
Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA), the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (USDA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of the Department of the Interior.
The federal government regulates those aquaculture and food-related activities that involve the trade of
goods and services between the states, or with foreign countries.
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/Aquaculture/default.htm
http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t960522b.html
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=AQUACULTURE&navtype=RT&parentnav=AGRICULTURE
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/anaquidx.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa121
http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/aadap/home.htm
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/Aquaculture/default.htm
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Bayous
Bayou Barbary in Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Confluence of HCFCD ditch into Greens Bayou before remedial actions (when plug was present in ditch). Photo
courtesy of US FWS, taken by Tammy Ash on 9/21/2004.
Bayous are a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term is used mainly in Mississippi
and Louisiana). Origin - Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk.
Notable bayous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou
Bayou Bartholomew
Bayou Lafourche Bayou Teche
Bayou St. John
Big Bayou Canot
Buffalo Bayou
Cypress Bayou Bayou La Batre
Bayou Bartholomew is the longest bayou in the world meandering approximately 364 miles (586 km)
between two states.
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Beaches
The swash zone at Nanny Goat Beach.
Sapelo Island, GA - National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR)
is part of NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve system (NERR).
Integrated Ocean Observing System
IOOS
The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) serves as the nation’s eye on our oceans, coasts, and Great
Lakes.
IOOS is a federal, regional, private sector, and academic partnership that tracks, predicts, manages, and
adapts to changes in our marine environments. There are thousands of tools – from satellites above Earth to
sensors below the water – that continuously collect ocean and coastal data. IOOS is the link that connects all
these data. IOOS is expanding sources of data and increasing access to existing data to save users time and
money, and is adopting and adapting standards and protocols – such as whether temperature is recorded in
Celsius or Fahrenheit – in order to make data easier to use.
Integrated ocean information is now available in near real time, as well as retrospectively.
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/programs/ioos.html
Marshes, forested wetlands, oyster reefs, seagrass beds, beaches, and tidal streams are vital habitats for fish,
birds, and animals and humans, too!
When these areas are damaged by events like hurricanes or oil spills, NOAA scientists explore restoration
options to help return these fragile areas to how they were before the damage occurred.
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ecosystems/restoration/welcome.html
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Canyons - The Grand Canyon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/
Principal Investigator:
Kenneth L. Cole, USGS Colorado Plateau Research Station
Summary:
The ice age (Pleistocene) vegetation of the Grand Canyon has been determined through the analysis of plant
fossils preserved in caves and fossil packrat middens. The past zonation of vegetation along the Colorado
River from the Gulf of California to the state of Colorado has been reconstructed from these fossil deposits
During the ice ages, plants escaped colder climates by growing at then-wetter sites about 2500 feet lower
than they do today. Only the most extremly arid deserts, those now with less than 4 inches of rain per year,
supported deserts during the ice ages. Most North American deserts were occupied by woodlands of juniper
and/or pinyon pine.
http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/research/projects/global_change/grdcany.asp
About ten thousand year ago, the ice ages ended and the Holocene era began. The vegetation history and
development of modern plant communities during the Holocene are not yet well understood because of the
large changes occurring as the climate warmed and plant species migrated upward and northward toward
their modern distributions. This project is now reconstructing the Holocene history of vegetation in the
Grand Canyon and elsewhere on the southern Colorado Plateau. Knowledge of the past vegetational
response to major warming is required to estimate the future response of vegetation to global warming.
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Deserts
Petrified Forest National Park - Arizona
http://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm
With one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, multi-hued
badlands of the Painted Desert, historic structures, archeological sites, native grassland, and
displays of over 200-million-year-old fossils, this is a surprising land of scenic wonders and
fascinating science.
Petrified Forest is a Science Park! Best known for globally significant Late Triassic fossils, the park attracts
many researchers. Geologists study the multi-hued Chinle Formation. Archeologists research over 13,000
years of history. Biologists explore one of the best remnants of native Arizona grassland. Air quality is an
ongoing study in the park. Discover your own passion at Petrified Forest!
Sand dunes in Death Valley National Monument, California
Desert biomes can be classified according to several characteristics.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php#hot#hot
There are four major types of deserts:
Semiarid Coastal Cold
Hot and dry
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php#hot
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php#semi
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php#coast
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php#cold
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Energy Generation
Hydropower is our largest renewable electricity source.
The importance of hydropower as a source of electricity generation varies by geographic region.
While hydropower accounted for 6% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2010, it provided over
half of the electricity in the Pacific Northwest. Because hydroelectric generation relies on
precipitation, it varies widely from month to month and year to year. http://www.eia.gov/ US Energy
Info.Admin.
Bakken Oil Production
Bakken formation oil and gas drilling activity mirrors development in the Barnett Drilling and production activity in
the Bakken shale play built up gradually and eventually led to rapid growth. North Dakota is now the Nation's fourth
largest oil-producing State, due mainly to Bakken production gains. According to the State's Department of Mineral
Resources, total North Dakota oil production averaged 445 thousand barrels per day (bbl/d) in August 2011, up from
an average of 344 thousand bbl/d at the end of 2010. Source: EIA, based on data from HPDI, LLC.
Natural Gas Production
New Northeast natural gas pipeline capacity comes on line.
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=4750
Four interstate natural gas pipeline projects in the Northeast U.S. began commercial service in 2011, adding
nearly 1.5 billion cubic feet per day of capacity (see map) and over 181 miles of new pipe.
Average daily natural gas demand last winter in the Northeast was about 16 billion cubic feet per day.
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Fields - Unprotected
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Unprotected farm fields yield topsoil as well as farm fertilizers and other potential
pollutants when heavy rains occur.
http://www.cornucopia.org/2016/03/fertilizer-applied-to-fields-today-will-pollute-water-for-decades/
https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/fertilizer-applied-fields-today-will-pollute-water-decades
Fields - Tulip
NRCSOR02008.JPG
The visual beauty of all flower fields.
Tulip fields at the Wooden Shoe Bulb Company outside of Woodburn, Oregon.
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Forests
IMAGE SOURCE PAGE: photo by Dan Sperduto
http://www.nhdfl.org/about-forests-and-lands/bureaus/natural-heritage-bureau/about-us/otherclassifications.aspx
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2011 – Recreational activities on national forests and grasslands continue to make
large economic impacts on America's rural communities, contributing $14.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy.
According to the National Visitor Use Monitoring report released today by Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell,
national forests attracted 170.8 million recreational visitors and sustained approximately 223,000 jobs in rural
communities this past year.
National forests also provide economic relief for vacationers. Fewer than half of the U.S. Forest Service's 17,000
developed sites charge any fees for visitors. The report reveals that 94 percent of visitors were satisfied with
their experience on the national forests.
"Our national forests are some of the most beautiful and adventure-filled places in the world," said Tidwell. "The
national forests give Americans a chance to build life-long memories for the price of food and gas. You'd be hard
pressed to find any vacation destinations that offer better value."
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/08/0342.xml&contentidonly=true
WHAT IS THE BOREAL FOREST?
The boreal forest is the largest and northern most forest ecosystem in the world. The boreal forest is the
predominant ecosystem in interior Alaska. Viewed from the air, this forest looks like a giant patchwork quilt or
mosaic. Large patches of scraggly black spruce trees on poorly drained and permafrost soils, contrast with
hillsides of light green birch, aspen and tall white spruce.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=boreal.ecology
http://www.akforest.org/facts.htm
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Fossil Fuels and CO2
Human-Related Sources and Sinks of Carbon Dioxide
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report : 1990-2014 Report
https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html
A variety of human activities lead to the emission (sources) and removal (sinks) of carbon dioxide (CO 2):
The largest source of CO2 emissions globally is the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas in power plants, automobiles,
industrial facilities and other sources. Fossils fuels - Nutrient Pollution https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/sources-and-
solutions-fossil-fuels
A number of specialized industrial production processes and product uses such as mineral production, metal production and the use
of petroleum-based products can also lead to CO2 emissions.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) is a set of technologies that can greatly reduce CO2 emissions from new and
existing coal- and gas-fired power plants and large industrial sources. CCS is a three-step process that includes:
. Capture of CO2 from power plants or industrial processes
. Transport of the captured and compressed CO2 (usually in pipelines).
. Underground injection and geological sequestration (aka - storage) of the CO2 into deep underground rock formations.
Carbon sequestration is the process by which growing trees and plants absorb or remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into
biomass (e.g., wood, leaves, etc.). Deforestation, conversely, can lead to significant levels of CO 2 emissions in some countries.
Carbon dioxide can be captured from power plants and industrial facilities before it is released into the atmosphere, and then
injected deep underground.
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http://www.epa.gov/energy/
Ecosystems Science
Eco Systems Research https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/
Climate Change Science https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/science/
Climate Change Research https://www.epa.gov/climate-research
Water & Climate Change Research https://www.epa.gov/water-research/water-and-climate-change-research
Economics of Biofuels
https://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/3cdbd09d7c867d9785256c9200548b12/6aea5b22e5dd813785257bf6008170cd!opendocument
Reduce your Methane Emissions https://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/methaneemissions/index.html
Coal Bed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP) https://www3.epa.gov/cmop/
Natural Gas STAR (Methane Challenge Program) https://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/
Dreg & Fill Wetlands https://www.epa.gov/cwa-404/section-404-permit-program
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CO2
The figure below displays a breakdown of sources of CO 2 emissions in the U.S. in 2006. By far the largest source is fossil fuel
combustion:
Source: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (y-axis units are teragrams of CO2 equivalent)
For additional information on CO2 emission sources and trends in the U.S.,
https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/sources.html
Acid Rain Program
https://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acid-rain-program
https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations
Basic Information
SO2 Reductions and Allowance Trading
NOx Reductions Laws and Regulations
Guidance and Fact Sheets
Program Forms
Program Results
The overall goal of the Acid Rain Program is to achieve significant environmental and public health benefits through
reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) -- the primary causes of acid rain.
To achieve this goal at the lowest cost to society, the program employs both traditional and innovative, market-based
approaches for controlling air pollution. In addition, the program encourages energy efficiency and pollution
prevention.
https://www.epa.gov/airmarkets
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Lakes
Title: Hidden Lake
Description: This picture was taken while recovering passive atmospheric deposition samplers used to evaluate
the nutrient loading of alpine lakes in Washington's National Parks.
Location: North Cascade National Park, WA, USA
Photographer: Richard W Sheibley III , U.S. Geological Survey Overview Oct. 10 2008
An ecosystem approach to management recognizes the interrelated nature of air, land, water and all living beings.
Rather than geopolitical boundaries and departmental divisions, this approach calls for creative partnerships that look
at natural boundaries, such as watersheds, as the unit of management.
An ecosystem approach involves the following principles:
It includes the whole system, and not just parts of it
. Focuses on interrelationships among the components of the environment and between
living and non-living things’
. Includes consideration of the natural environment, society and economy.
. Is based on natural geographic units such as watersheds.
. Incorporates the concepts of sustainability.
. Respects species other than humans and generations other than the present.
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Land Use - Preservation / Revitalization
Midwestern Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project
State of Indiana
Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR)
Mid-Continent Regional Award and Peoples Choice Award
Prior to reclamation site conditions included exposed coal refuse, unreclaimed mine spoil, exposed high walls, old
slurry ponds, ponded acid water adjacent to high walls, acid water seepage from old underground mines, and acid
drainage into Midwestern Creek a tributary of the Patoka River.
Before
After
http://www.in.gov/dnr/reclamation/3509.htm
This overview of the wetland treatment area shows the anaerobic treatment cell in the foreground with
aerobic cells in the center. The results of study of the site by Indiana Geological Survey showed that this
reclamation approach has favorably altered both the hydrological and hydrochemical conditions on site in
such away that rain water has a shorter residence time and is less exposed to acid-generating conditions.
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Land Use - Preservation / Revitalization
Land Use
http://landcovertrends.usgs.gov/
Land Cover Trends is a research project focused on understanding the rates, trends, causes, and
consequences of contemporary U.S. land use and land cover change.
News and Highlights
Land Cover Trends Research Gets an Enthusiastic Review
A peer review panel of university scholars and other experts recently praised the USGS Land Cover Trends
research project as having the potential to be "very useful, indeed essential, to various research
communities. Such as climate change, biodiversity, resource management and planning, resource security,
and disaster planning." This complex, long term project, the first comprehensive analysis of national land
cover change ever conducted, has the ambitious goal of establishing the extent, nature, and causes of change
to the Nation's land surface. Scheduled to complete the initial 30-year assessment in 2010, the project is
intended to provide a foundation for predicting the impacts of land change, as well as modeling future land
changes.
Click on the links to access the complete peer review panel report or for more information about the
Land Cover Trends project.
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Project Status
Ecoregion Summaries
Click map for larger version
availablity shown in red
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Marshes
Salt Marshes and Mangrove Forests
Mangroves forming a wall along Florida inlets
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mangroves.html
Salt marshes are a mosaic of snaking channels called tidal creeks that fill with seawater during high
tides and drain during low tides. Fish species including flounder and mullet live most of their lives
in marsh creeks.
Salt marshes are salty because they are flooded by seawater every day. They are marshy because
their ground is composed of peat. Peat is made of decomposing plant matter that is often several
feet thick. Peat is waterlogged, root-filled, and very spongy. Because salt marshes are waterlogged
and contain lots of decomposing plant material, oxygen levels in the peat are extremely low—a
condition called hypoxia. Hypoxia promotes the growth of bacteria which produce the rotten-egg
smell that is attributed to marshes and mud flats.
Salt marshes are covered with salt-tolerant plants, or halophytes, like salt hay, black rush, and
smooth cordgrass.
Many mangrove forests can be recognized by their dense tangle of prop roots that make the trees
appear to be standing on stilts above the water. This tangle of roots allows the trees to handle the
daily rise and fall of tides, which means that most mangroves get flooded at least twice per day. The
roots also slow the movement of tidal waters, causing sediments to settle out of the water and build
up the muddy bottom.
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/media/supp_estuar06a_saltmarsh.html
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Plains
USGS photo of typical prairie grassland
The Interior Plains is a vast region that spreads across the stable core (craton) of North America. This area had formed
when several small continents collided and welded together well over a billion years ago, during the Precambrian.
Precambrian metamorphic and igneous rocks now form the basement of the Interior Plains and make up the stable
nucleus of North America. With the exception of the Black Hills of South Dakota, the entire region has low relief,
reflecting more than 500 million years of relative tectonic stability.
The Interior Plains continued to receive deposits from the eroding Rocky Mountains to the west and Appalachian and
Ozark/Ouachita Mountains to the east and south throughout the most recent Era, the Cenozoic. The flatness of the
Interior Plains is a reflection of the platform of mostly flat-lying marine and stream deposits layed down in the
Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras.
http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/province/intplain.html
Plains
High Plains Water-Level Monitoring Study (HPWLMS)
http://ne.water.usgs.gov/ogw/hpwlms/
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United Kingdom Environmental Studies Masters Degree Programs
http://www.masterstudies.com/Masters-Degree/Environmental-Studies/UK/
IMAGE SOURCE PAGE:
http://www.dukenorfolk.derbyshire.sch.uk/welcome/ks2geog.htm
Danube River Watch - IPCDR
http://www.icpdr.org/icpdr-pages/dw0701_p_10.htm
Can ecology and waterway transport coexist ?
https://www.icpdr.org/main/publications/can-ecology-and-waterway-transport-coexist
Ecosystem Management in the Great Lakes Region
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/air-land/ecomanag.html
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Gulch, Colo., (Upper Arkansas River Watershed) the location of USGS
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IMAGE SOURCE PAGE: http://toxics.usgs.gov/photo_gallery/aml_page4.html
The occurrence of toxic substances in surface and ground waters is a threat to human health and aquatic life.
Contaminants from gasoline, pesticides, sewage, cleaning solvents, and trace metals are harmful to humans
in very low concentrations. For example, 1 gallon of trichloroethylene (a cleaning solvent) can contaminate
290 million gallons of water beyond safe drinking-water limits. The General Accounting Office has stated,
"the dimensions and potential costs of cleaning up our environment are so great that, without innovative
technologies, we may find the solution cost prohibitive and impacting on our ability to address other national
needs." By using current technologies, the costs of remediating Superfund and Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act sites, Federal facilities, and other known hazardous waste sites may total $750 billion over the
next 30 years (Russel and others, 1991).
The Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Toxics Program) provides the unbiased earth science
information on the behavior of toxic substances in the Nation's surface and ground waters that is needed to
avoid human exposure, to develop effective remedial strategies, and to prevent further contamination.
The program has three major components:
. Intensive Site Investigations of specific types of toxic substances.
. Regional Investigations of the toxic substances related to typical land uses.
. Development of Methods for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data related
to toxic substances.
http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/toxic.html
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IMAGE SOURCE PAGE: http://kaiwendejournal.blogspot.com/2009/07/water-pollution-effects.html
Primary factors in water pollution.
. Chemical Pollution
(Arsenic, Contaminated Sediment, Disinfection Byproducts, Dredged Material)
. Lead
. Mercury
. Nutrient Pollution
. Microbial Pathogens (MDBP)
. Pesticides
. Oil and Petroleum Chemicals
. Thermal Pollution
Per NOAA - Nutrient pollution now represents the largest pollution problem facing U.S. coastal waters .
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nutpollution.html
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/media/supp_estuar09b_eutro.html
EPA divides water pollution sources into two categories: point and non-point. Point sources of
water pollution are stationary locations such as sewage treatment plants, factories and ships.
Non-point sources are more diffuse and include agricultural runoff, mining activities and paved
roads. Under the Clean Water Act, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit program controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants
into waters of the United States.
EPA works with state and local authorities to monitor pollution levels in the nations water and
provide status and trend information on a representative variety of ecosystems.
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/watewaterpollution.html
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Columbus Iselin Reef Restoration site - 1999
Overview of boulders at repair site "E" from the contractor's barge.
Click here to see the most recent images from the restoration site.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/special/columbus/columbus.html
Welcome to the Columbus Iselin Reef Restoration site-- here you'll find up-to-date information about
the restoration and learn about what's involved with the restoration of one of America's most significant
coastal barrier coral reefs. Reef restoration after a large vessel grounding within a unique marine protected
area like the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is one of the many significant management challenges
faced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rebar lattice and boulders at repair site prior
to concrete pour.
Repair site "F" after final surface dressing.
Note some filamentous algal covering surface
dressing, and returning fish.
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/threats/pollution/
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Oscar
Okefenokee Swamp - Georgia
He was the Okefenokee Swamp's most popular resident until he died in the summer of 2007.
But now, Oscar the alligator will be immortalized in the swamp he called home for nearly a century. Bone by
bone, the aged star has been brought back to life, thanks to Don Berryhill, who, along with Jim Brewer
pieced the bones together like a massive puzzle. Oscar was estimated to be about 100 years old.
I've put together a lot of skeletons, but nothing like this," said Berryhill. He says Oscar the alligator had
more than 500 bones in his body. They're very old bones, since he lived here long before the park was built
in 1945. Today the vast majority of the Swamp Park's alligator population are directly linked to Oscar as
offspring....a part of Oscar lives on through them. http://www.okeswamp.com/about-the-park/oscar
Swamps are forested wetlands. They may border a river with moving water, or occupy a pond of still water.
They may even be dry in some parts of the year. The plants that live in swamps have special adaptions that
enable them to tolerate high water levels. Approximately 10% of the land area in Florida is covered by
forested wetlands. Visit cypress swamps at Highlands Hammock State Park, Blue Cypress Water
Management Area, Tosohatchee State Reserve, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve,
Collier-Seminole State Park, and Big Cypress National Park.
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/okefenokee.html
https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/cypress-swamps/about/
https://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/wetlandextension/types/cypress.htm
Swamps around the World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp
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http://www.epa.gov/superfund/
http://scorecard.goodguide.com/env-releases/def/land_gen.html#data
Superfund is the federal government's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous
waste sites. We're committed to ensuring that remaining National Priorities List hazardous waste
sites are cleaned up to protect the environment and the health of all Americans.
This Web site provides topical information for the general public and for those
involved in the Superfund program. On this site, you’ll find information about
Superfund sites in your area, the health effects of common contaminants, cleanup
efforts, and how you can become involved in cleanup activities in your community.
Emergency link is live.
National Service Center for Environmental Publications
https://www.epa.gov/nscep
https://www.epa.gov/newsroom
https://www.epa.gov/energy/electricity-system
…
Photograph by Richard Olsenius http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/toxic-waste-overview/
Solar Panels to Power Cleanup at one of the Most Toxic Sites in U.S.
http://www.epa.gov/region9/mediacenter/solarpanels/photos.html
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TOXNET Flow Diagram
Chemicals
Gene
Ontology
Pathways
Genes
Diseases
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
http://ctdbase.org/
CTD - Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
CTD contains
5,579,298
toxicogenomic relationships.
Connect. Compare.
Chemical–gene interactions
http://ctdbase.org/query.go;jsessionid=8B1DA73CA1CCB571F69A29C591B9F6C8?type=ixn
Chemicals
http://ctdbase.org/query.go;jsessionid=8B1DA73CA1CCB571F69A29C591B9F6C8?type=ixn
Gene Ontology
http://ctdbase.org/voc.go;jsessionid=8B1DA73CA1CCB571F69A29C591B9F6C8?type=go
Pathways
http://ctdbase.org/voc.go;jsessionid=8B1DA73CA1CCB571F69A29C591B9F6C8?type=pathway
Genes
http://ctdbase.org/query.go;jsessionid=8B1DA73CA1CCB571F69A29C591B9F6C8?type=gene
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Hayden_Run_Waterfall.jpg
gallery.usgs.gov
500 × 400 - Waterfall at Hayden Run.... Location: Dublin, OH, USA
USGS Multimedia Gallery
https://www.usgs.gov/products/multimedia-gallery/overview
Waterways & Marshes
Waterways and airboats are the roadways of the marsh.
DLBorden-Billiot/USFWS
http://www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex/cleanup/images/airboat-highways.jpg
http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_7/NWRS/Zone_1/Arctic/PDF/airboatinfo.pdf
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Dynamics of Utah-Juniper Woodlands in Wyoming
http://wwwpaztcn.wr.usgs.gov/wyoming/
Woodlands dominated by Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) have been expanding into
grassland and steppe vegetation during the past century in central and southwestern
Wyoming. This expansion has occurred during a period of intensive grazing and climate
change, and is superimposed on a longer-term range expansion of the species that has
been occurring for several thousand years. Juniper woodland expansion has important
ecological consequences and management implications.
Juniperus Osteosperma http://wwwpaztcn.wr.usgs.gov/wyoming/
Lakes
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Blackfish Lake
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
This image: Landscape of Blackfish lake in the Arctic national refuge (landscape-of-blackfish-lake-in-the-arcticnational-wildlife.jpg) is one of free public domain pictures / images, (copyright free - safe images / photographs).
http://www.iowalakes.edu/academic_programs/career_and_technical_education_programs_of_study/technology/environmental
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Light Pollution
Nitrate Radical
- Video – City Limits http://www.darksky.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=640
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD024375/full
Bright city lights exacerbate air pollution, according to a study by US scientists.
Their research indicates that the glare thrown up into the sky interferes with chemical reactions.
These reactions would normally help clean the air during the night of the fumes emitted by motor
cars and factories during the day.
The study was presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
All the people going about their business in a city put a complex cocktail of chemicals into the air.
From the tailpipes of cars to the chimneys of factories, it makes for a heady mix of molecules that
nature then has to try to clean up. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL067745/pdf
Nature uses a special form of nitrogen oxide, called the nitrate radical, to break down
chemicals that would otherwise go on to form the smog and ozone that can make city air such an
irritant on the chest. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD024121/full
This cleansing normally occurs in the hours of darkness because the radical is destroyed
by sunlight; it only shows up at night.
AGU - https://sites.agu.org/
Light pollution from Space: Europe, Middle East and the U.S.
http://guaix.fis.ucm.es/
GUAIX
The Universidad Complutense de Madrid group of Extragalactic Astrophysics and Astronomical
Instrumentation (GUAIX), member of the cluster of Global Change and New Energies in the
International Excellence Campus Moncloa have combined night images of the Earth obtained from
the International Space Station (ISS) with the objective of make mosaics to study the light
pollution in large areas. Light pollution is evident in these images and they have great impact on
human health.
https://guaix.fis.ucm.es/node/1557
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The research was conducted in Los Angeles but could apply to any bright city.
City lighting 'boosts pollution'
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco
The research was conducted in Los Angeles but could apply to any bright city
(A medical issue of interest.)
Related Stories
City air pollution 'shortens life'
BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7946838.stm
Pollution 'hinders heart pacing'
Air pollution 'can thicken blood'
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Environmental Science – Ecology Terminology
Ecology Terminology
Behavioral ecology
- Motility http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/5/447.full
Biogeochemical / nutrient cycles
Biogeochemistry
- Biogeochemistry http://www.biogeo.cornell.edu/
atmosphere
carbon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle
biosphere
nitrogen www.webelements.com/nitrogen
hydrosphere oxygen
www.webelements.com/oxygen
lithosphere
phosphorus www.webelements.com/phosphorus
pedosphere
sulfur http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/s.html
General Chemistry ref.
Biogeography
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Biogeochemical_cycle
NIST Chemistry WebBook - http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
http://wn.com/biogeography (Excellent Audio-Video selections)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1650-e/wwf/graphical_displays/WWFV127.PDF
Biomes
tropical rainforest http://rainforests.mongabay.com/
temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0402_full.html
temperate deciduous forest
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/stcroix/deciduou.htm
taiga http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1650-e/wwf/graphical_displays/WWFV127.PDF
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1650-e/wwf_maps.html
tundra (biome) http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/
(Artic Biological Communities and Habitats)
hot desert (BWh) http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/
(^^ 1/3 of Earth’s land surface)
polar desert
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/types/
(e.g. Dry Valleys of Antartica)
Biosphere
Gaia hypothesis http://www.gaiatheory.org/overview/
http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/~wxcheng/envs23/lecture2/gaia.htm
Gaia Links http://www.gaia.org/gaia/education/ EDE and GEDS
Biophysical feedback
Coevolution
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22834384
mutualisms
symbiosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012710/
http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/program/rd2.htm
http://www.nist.gov/mml/mmsd/nanomechanical_properties/coevolved-experimentation-and-computation.cfm
http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/2000/proceedings/papers/019.pdf
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Environmental Science – Ecology Terminology
Ecology Terminology
Entomology
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Entomology
Evolutionary Ecology
phylogenetics
phylogenetic systematics
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad4.html
Linnaean system of taxonomy http://www.palaeos.org/Linnaean_taxonomy
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) http://nimbios.org/
Metabolism & the early Atmosphere
http://eesc.columbia.edu/courses/ees/climate/lectures/earth.html
Microbiomes
Human
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2577302/
Oceanic
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492807/
Molecular Ecology
(ref. Evolutionary ecology)
DNA microarrays http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2005_0616.htm
PCR – http://www.pcrlinks.com/glossary/M.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_polymerase_chain_reaction
http://www.pcrlinks.com/glossary/M.htm
NIST - Material Measurement Laboratory http://www.nist.gov/mml/
http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/training/01%20Vallone%20AAFS%20qPCR%20Workshop%20Feb
%2018%202008.pdf
Natural History
(ecology’s source)
Ref. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/museum/nat_hist.htm
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/emxphi/2011/01/two-forms-of-natural-history/
Social Ecology
Enviromentalism
Disaster Studies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism
http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/about.cfm
Radiation: Heat, Temperature and Light
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Poikilotherms & Homeotherms
Poikilotherms
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/17/4/386.full.pdf+html?sid=2cf35fb2-75d1-40e9-b111-0bc14b72b514
Homeotherms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeotherms
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The very first Federal bird reservation in the United States of America.
Signed by Executive Order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903.
Forerunner of the entire National Wildlife Refuge System.
http://www.fws.gov/pelicanisland/history.html
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Environmental Science - Matrix
Major Nationwide Partners
Environmental Sustainability Organizations
Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/
Sierra Club Programs
‘The Dirt about Dirt’
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/michaelbrune/2011/05/outings-hiking.html
Northeast Ecological Corridor
http://www.sierraclub.org/
Speak Up for Leatherback Sea Turtles
National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/
Education
http://education.audubon.org/
Conservation http://conservation.audubon.org/
http://www.5min.com/Video/Visit-The-Burung-Bird-Park-in-Bali-Indonesia-237249425
Walt Disney World
Environment and Conservation
http://corporate.disney.go.com/citizenship/environment.html
USGBC - U.S. Green Building Council
USGBC – The Center for Green Schools
www.centerforgreenschools.org/
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LEED
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=51
U.S. Department of Education
Green Ribbon Program
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-starts-award-green-schools
Friends of the Earth Union of Concerned Scientists International Dark-Sky Association -
www.foe.org
http://ucsusa.org/action/
www.darksky.org
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - www.birds.cornell.edu/ www.allaboutbirds.org/
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Major Governmental Environmental Agencies
Environmental Agencies
Earth System Governance Project (ESG) http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/
European Environment Agency (EEA)
http://www.eea.europa.eu/
ICLEI Global – Local Governments for Sustainability http://iclei.org/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
http://ipcc.ch/
NOAA – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration www.noaa.gov
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
http://beta.pemsea.org/
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
http://www.unep.org/
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM – DOI)
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
www.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC)
www.commerce.gov
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
www.doe.gov
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)
www.doi.gov
U.S. Environmental Management Office (EM)
http://www.em.doe.gov/Pages/EMHome.aspx
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
www.epa.gov
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)
www.fws.gov
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
www.usgs.gov
U.S. Inter-Tribal Council (ITEC)
http://itec.cherokee.org/Terms.aspx
U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation & Enforcement (OSM – DOI) www.osmre.gov
Major United States Government Agencies Listing (Ref. only)
http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml
DOE
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State Oriented Environmental Agencies
Sustainable Florida
http://sustainableflorida.org/
Promoting Sustainable Best Practices
Through Collaborative and Educational Efforts
Sustainable Florida is a unique alliance of business, government, higher education and citizen leaders
committed to conserving Florida’s vast natural and economic resources. In partnership with the
FL Department of Environmental Protection, it encourage Florida’s colleges and universities to incorporate
sustainability issues into their curricula.
Our quality of life is in jeopardy with reports of global warming, water rationing, degradation of natural
habitat, an increasing economic divide, a lack of high quality jobs, a diversified economy and affordable
workforce housing, continued vulnerability to natural disasters, overcrowded roads and highways,
increasing energy costs and concerns about affordable healthcare.
Sustainable Florida advances the vision of sustainability by identifying, supporting and communicating best
management practices — those which protect and preserve Florida’s environment while building markets
for Florida’s businesses by enhancing their competitive advantages today.
The 2012 Best Practice Awards were presented on Sept. 13, 2012 in Palm Beach Gardens.
(The event also commemorated Rachel Carlson’s ‘Silent Spring’ warning in 1962.)
http://sustainableflorida.org/best-practice-awards/2012-awards/
Commitment to Nature Preservation
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Land Bridge thru Florida Forest
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Environmental News Organizations
National Geographic Daily News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/archives/environment/
EHN – Environmental Health News
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
World Green - Leonardo Academy
http://worldgreen.org/
High Country News
http://www.hcn.org/?gclid=CL7KzMK5grMCFQsGnQodq1YA8A
American Forests - Protecting and Restoring Forests
http://www.americanforests.org/
Conservation International
www.conservation.org
http://www.conservation.org/FMG/Pages/Articles.aspx?gclid=CL7J76C7grMCFQoFnQodYEIAtg
World Environmental Organization
www.world.org
100 Top Environment Sites
http://www.world.org/weo/environment
EnviroLink
http://www.envirolink.org/
SCN - Science Communication Network
http://www.sciencecommunicationnetwork.org/
Dedicated to encouraging environmental public health scientists and medical practitioners.
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Science
Matrix
Wonders of the World
Media Gallery – World – Pg. 1
Wonders from Around the World
View Power Point full screen – Click on ‘F’ key or four arrow key
Alert - accessing ‘youtube.’ or nasa– click on far right hand of URL address .
Media
Gallery
. el Carvenoso
(fotos: National Geographic)
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Pg. 1
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/140174/Barlang-Cavernoso
. The Pulpit in Norway
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Please
forgive
language
errors..
Had
to
translate
it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiDbQaSvNE
Living Above the Artic Circle
..
Welcome to the
World of Science
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, Photograph by Frank E. Kleinschmidt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hmSofw5SKk
. Harbin Ice Festival
..
http://www.slideshare.net/coltich/snow-ice-festival-harbin-chine-presentation
. Caverns of Hang Son Doong
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World’s
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Largest
Largest Cavern
Cavern Discovered
Discovered
In
In Viet
Viet Nam
Nam in1991
in1991
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Andy's web site...
Mountain
River
Cave
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http://www.slideshare.net/SphericalXS/hang-son-doong-cavern-8334151
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Alert - accessing ‘youtube.’ or nasa– click on far right hand of URL address .
. The Natural Beauty of Pollination
Media
Gallery
Flowers, Birds, Bees, Bats and Butterflies
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Pg. 2
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http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xHkq1edcbk4?rel=0
. A Panorama of Butterflies to Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=VFOza659mD8&feature=endscreen
. Alaskan Snow Geese Migration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4vj2nl-cCA
Welcome to the
World of Science
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Monarch Butterfly Migration - Incredible
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Photograph by Hope Ryden
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/monarch-butterfly/
Andy's web site...
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Alert - accessing ‘youtube.’ or nasa– click on right hand of URL address .
Media
Gallery
Italia in 3 Dimensions
Incrediblay - Extremadura 3D
Pg. 3
..
http://player.vimeo.com/video/17148411?autoplay=1
(Press ‘esc’ key to exit from full screen)
Tour de France
Paris - a Genius Says Goodbye.
Welcome to the
World of Science
..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KfcUoxvDRI
l'AQUARIUM DE DUBAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1DtNCg0XTE&feature=related
Georgia Aquarium - Beluga Whale Web Cam
http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/explore-the-aquarium/interact/web-cambelugas.aspx
Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7deClndzQw
Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXoN14UzJs
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Science
Matrix
The National Wildlife Refuges of Alaska
Media
Gallery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19rGB_DVs8&feature=related 28.52
Pg. 4
White Nose Syndrome in the Great Smoky Mountains USFWS
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/photosmultimedia/wns-bat-video.htm
2 Millionth Atlantic Salmon Release - Belfountain, Ontario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zjzkIQe1q0&feature=related
Phantom Felines of the Rio Grande Valley (Ocelot Survival)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBV7gEJ-98&feature=related
Major Louisiana Coast Oil Damage in Bay Jimmy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKD_U5CmSC8&feature=related 3.12
Duck Chasers of the USFWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E77h9rqWU0U 2.43
Soil: From Dirt to Lifeline - TEDx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObLitSe3K0&feature=related
The Karakoram Highway, Pakistan - 52min. documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8_txPcZR4&feature=related
Welcome to the
World of Science
Everyday Sci-Fi: Bio-Environmental Dangers - USAF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktny1ytB_2U&feature=related
Wildlife Without Borders
http://www.fws.gov/video/flash/wwb_full_508.html
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska 2009 USFWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URCaWGqVq5Y
Whooping Cranes Return Celebrated at White Lake W.C.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8mn_m5IeDE&feature=relmfu
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