Puget Sound Green Pages

Climate and Planet Earth

Last updated: June 24, 2003


 


PUGET SOUND AREA

Dark Skies Northwest

 

Working to fight light pollution

National Weather Service Office - Seattle, Washington

 

Local weather and forecasts, marine weather, highway reports, river conditions, maps and images.

Pacific Northwest Earthquake Information

 

 

University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences

US Army Corps of Engineers: Water Control and River Conditions

 

Real-time information and graphs show stage and flow for a number of river basins. Also current flood warnings, weather forecasts, tidal and earthquake information.

US G.S. Cascades Volcano Observatory

 

 

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

American Geophysical Union

 

A worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity.

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM)

 

Part of DOE's effort to resolve scientific uncertainties about global climate change with a specific focus on improving the performance of general circulation models (GCMs) used for climate research and prediction. These improved models will help scientists better understand the influences of human activities on the earth's climate.

Belgian Federal Environment Administration Climate Change Web Page

 

Official climate change web pages of the Belgian federal environment administration: publications, links, addresses, national and international official documents, legislation ...

British Antarctic Survey

Center for Earth Observation

Centre for Computer Based Learning in Land Use and Environmental Sciences

 

Provides support for lecturers who wish to effectively implement computer-assisted learning (CAL) for courses in agriculture, environmental science, soil science, forestry, horticulture, the applied biological sciences, rural economics, rural business management and rural land use planning.

CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research)

 

A policy research center in Oslo, Norway.

Climate Change Reports (David Suzuki Foundation)

 

students and the general public. Acrobat Reader required to view reports.

Columbia University - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

 

CIRES is devoted to research and teaching in the wide-ranging disciplines of the environmental sciences. Research areas range from environmental chemistry to seismology, geophysics to climate studies, microbiology to polar studies

David Suzuki Foundation

 

Climate Change, Forests, Oceans, Web of Life

Earth from Space

 

The NASA Space Shuttle Earth Observations Photography database of over 250,000 images is a national treasure . We are publishing these selected photos and related captions on the Internet to provide a glimpse of this national treasure to the public.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conservatory and Gardens

Global Observation Information Network

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)

 

The international environmental agency for local governments. We know from concrete experience that local actions can have a global impact.

International Society for Environmental Protection

Meteorological Service of Canada

 

Canada's source for meteorological information. We are also a source of research and advice on climate, atmospheric science, air quality, ice, water quantity and other environmental issues.

MIT Center For Space Research

 

Supports a broad range of space-related research by scientists in many departments at MIT

National Geophysical Data Center

 

Manages environmental data in the fields of marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice).

National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center

 

Creates and distributes a variety of products that use remotely sensed data in support of the hydrological services mission of the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service issues river and flood forecasts for the Nation and provides hydrometeorlogical data and products to support the Nation's water resource managers.

National Science Foundation

Polar Science Center

 

Research focuses on observing and modeling the physical processes that control the nature and distribution of sea ice, the structure and circulation in high latitude oceans, and the interactions among air, ocean, and ice. Of particular interest is the relationship between polar regions and the global climate system.

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

 

Comprehensive information and nice graphics.

Stars and Galaxies

 

This section aims to give you an idea of how stars behave, how their energy is generated and something of an idea about their origin and life cycle. This section also includes a wide range of interesting pictures of galaxies and related phenomena that can be observed in the universe through telescopes.

UM Weather

 

Access to thousands of locally-generated weather products and the Net's largest collection of weather links, Brought to you by the Weather Underground at the University of Michigan.

Union of Concerned Scientists

United Nations Convention on Climate Change

 

Official documents as well as a variety of public information materials, technical reports, and databases.

United Nations Environmental Conventions

US EPA Global Warming Page

US Global Change Research Program

 

Provides access to data and information on global change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources.

US Long-term Ecological Research Network

 

Collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes operating at long time scales and over broad spatial scales.

US NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

 

Deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge that flows from its aeronautics and space research

US NASA Earth Observing System

 

Consists of a science component and a data system supporting a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.

US NASA Global Change Master Directory

 

a comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data, including broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global climate change.

US NASA Spacelink

 

An aeronautics and space resource for educators.

US Naval Observatory Sun and Moon data services

US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

 

Includes links to National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, NOAA/LISD Library Seattle, NOAA Western Regional Center,

US NOAA Environmental Information Services

US NOAA National Climatic Data Center

US NOAA National Weather Service

 

The source for your current OFFICIAL WEATHER WARNINGS, OBSERVATIONS, and FORECAST.

US NOAA Satellite Products

 

Links to NOAA Home Pages containing information on satellites and satellite imagery:

US NOAA Weather Page

 

Links to: National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, measures snow cover in the United States and Canada; Current US Radar Image; Latest US Satellite Picture (infrared; Current Temperatures across North America; NOAA Forecast Systems Lab.

WOCE Ocean Information Center (University of Delaware)

 

World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Global Observing System Information Center, International Research Ship Schedules and other oceanographic information.

World Meteorolical Organization

 

A United Nations specialized agency for weather. climate, water and atmosphere.

WorldWatch Institute

 

A nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.

 


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