Where
you Live
Find out if there are toxic waste dumps near you. Find out
what businesses in your area are creating hazardous wastes.
Learn about your drinking water, find out the Ultraviolet
radiation danger for your neighborhood. Information from
the US Environmental Protection Agency.
(http://www.epa.gov/epahome/commsearch.htm)
Environmental
Atlas
Loads of maps showing information about air quality, land
use, wetlands, water uses, agricultural runoff and many
more topics. US, regional and state maps.
(http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/)
Ocean
Link
Find answers to over 550 great questions about marine biology.
Explore the intertidal zone, examine sensational seaweeds.
Find out about hagfish, nudibranchs, radiolarians, murrelets
and more!
(http://oceanlink.island.net/)
Garbage:
How Can My Community Reduce Waste
The average American generates 4 pounds of garbage a day!
Find out what you can do to reduce the waste.
(http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html)
Biodiversity
and Conservation
by Peter J. Bryant
This online text book discusses the "origin, nature
and value of biological diversity,
the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to
preserving what is left."
(http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm)
Kids
Do Ecology
From the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
(NCEAS).
(http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/)
Greenpeace
Official web site of the world's leading independent environmental
protection organization. Here, you'll find all kinds of
facts regarding how large corporations and unscrupulous
governments pollute the Earth's air, land, and seas.
(http://greenpeace.org/)
U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency
Learn the latest news about the EPA's efforts to maintain
a healthy and clean environment. Check out the Student
Center for information on air, water, recycling, conservation
and other topics. (http://www.epa.gov/)
EnviroLink
News Headlines
Links to news stories from mainstream, alternative, US and
international sources. Find loads of stories quickly by
limiting to a particular topic or search by keywords.
(http://www.envirolink.org/environews/)
Big
sites with lots of links!
These
resources have loads of links to all sorts of additional resources
KidsClick
- Environment One of the best places to start your research for
school projects. This link will take you to sites selected
for grades 7 and up. (http://www.kidsclick.org)
Environment
A well-organized collection of links related to environmental
issues. Covers many topics, including: biodiversity, agriculture,
noise, mining, ecotoxicology, rainforests and more. A good
place to start your explorations.
(http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/)
Books
in Your Libraries
Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
