Environmental Change in a Global Context
Environmental Studies 243 / Global Studies 243
Online
Resources
Online Resources by Unit
Links for Unit 1
Complex Adaptive Systems Research
Mark Voss, MarkVoss@EvolutionaryStructures.com
Complex Systems Links (complexity, complex systems and chaos theory) Brint Institute
The Journal of Ecology and Society
The International Centre for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET)
Links for Unit 2
Ocean Surface Currents
Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
The Online Guides: Meteorology
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Global Carbon Cycle
Dave Bice, Department of Geology, Carleton College, Minnesota
National Weather Services: National Hurricane Centre
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States)
The Nitrogen Cycle
John W. Kimball, Kimball’s Biology Pages, 2006
Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC)
How the Oceans Influence Climate
The Global Development Research Center (GDRC)
National Pollutant Inventory (NPI): Total Phosphorus Fact Sheet Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Water Resources
Links for Unit 3
Fact Sheets: The Ozone Layer
Environment Canada
History of the Ozone Layer (a chronology)
University at Albany, State University of New York
The Ozone Hole Tour
Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, 1998
New Jersey Ozone Action Partnership: More on Ozone Pollution in New Jersey (ground-level ozone pollution)
Information on the Montreal Protocol
Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study (AFEAS), AFEAS Research and Assessment Program
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Ozone Secretariat
Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Links for Unit 4
World Resources Institute: Climate, Energy and Transport
Abrupt Climate Change
Oceans and Climate Change Institute
Climate Change
Environment Canada
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Online: Greenhouse Gas News
Dave Reay, GreenHouse Gas Online.org
Greenpeace International: Stop Climate Change
Centre for Global Change and Arctic Systems Research
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Skepticism.Net: Global Warming (skeptics’ links)
Impacts of a Warming Arctic, ACIA Synthesis Report (free download)
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), 2004
New Scientist Environment: Climate Change
The Discovery of Global Warming
Spencer Weart, Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics
Global Warming—Impacts
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Global Environmental Change: Climate Change and Human Health—Risks And Responses Summary
World Health Organization (WHO), 2003
Climate Change
World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)
Global Warming: Early Signs (hotspot map)
Union of Concerned Scientists, climatechangehotmap.org, 1999
Climate Change: Impacts and Solutions
Solving Global Warming,
David Suzuki Foundation, 2007
Climate Change Overview: What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Environment Canada
Links for Unit 5
Canadian Biodiversity Information Network
Environment Canada
World Atlas of Biodiversity
UNEP–WCMC, 2007
Biodiversity Hotspots
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, 2007
Redpath Museum: Canadian Biodiversity Website
Mass Extinction Underway (extinction links)
David Ulansey
Biodiversity and Climate Change
Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
The Nature Conservancy: The Global Invasive Species Initiative (GISI)
Invasive.org (invasive species of North America)
The Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ, The University of Georgia—Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences—Dept. of Entomology
National Invasive Species Information Centre
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Invasive Species in Canada (database)
Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF)
Links for Unit 6
Hydrogen Now!
Colorado State University
Canadian Renewable Energy Network (CanREN)
Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Canadian Association for Renewable Energies (we c.a.r.e.)
Canadian Wind Energy Association
Energy Probe: Nuclear Power (dangers of nuclear power)
Energy Probe Research Foundation
World Nuclear Association: World Nuclear News
Oil Sands
Alberta Energy, Government of Alberta
Climate Change Knowledge Network (CCKN)
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Energy and Climate Change: World Energy Council Working Paper
World Energy Council, 2004
Hubbert Peak of Oil Production
Ecosystems
Links for Unit 7
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture
Green Ontario: Green Farms
The Conservation Council of Ontario (CCO)
Soil Erosion Site
School of Geography, Queen’s University Belfast
Protecting Your Property from Erosion
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), California
Canada and the Fight Against Desertification
DFAIT Sustainable Development Site, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation (FIELD) (database on desertification, includes interactive map)
The Global Mechanism, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Desertification
Agriculture and Rural Development, The World Bank
Xeriscaping
Wikipedia
PlanetFriendly.net: Permaculture, Links, Resources, Workshops . . . (Canadian permaculture links)
Agriculture: Climate Change and Food Security
Lauren Sacks and Cynthia Rosenzweig, Climate.org, The Climate Institute
Climate Change Connection: Climate Change and Agriculture
Rachel Van Caeseele, 2002
Agriculture and the Environment: Sustainable Agriculture: Our Path Forward Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2003
Greenpeace International: Say No to Genetic Engineering (dangers of genetically modified foods)
Food Safety: 20 Questions on Genetically Modified (GM) Foods
World Health Organization (WHO)
The Advantages of Genetically Modified Foods: Conversations about Plant Biotechnology
Links for Unit 8
What is Natural Capitalism?
Rocky Mountain Institute Research and Consulting
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS) (information on natural capital)
World Energy Efficiency Organization (WEEA)
The Tragedy of the Commons (articles and links)
Murdoch University
Global Footprint Network: National Footprints
(searchable by nation)
Ecological Footprint Calculator
(for calculating your own footprint)
Mountain Equipment Co-op
Links for Unit 9
SD Info (information on sustainable development)
Government of Canada
SD Gateway: Introduction to Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN)
Welcome to the Sustainable Development Web Page (sustainable development bibliography and links) Tom Tietenberg
Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators for Canada
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, Government of Canada
Division for Sustainable Development
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
