- AIRData Maps
AIRData Maps of the continental U.S. highlight monitoring stations, regions of the country where air quality standards are consistently exceeded, and the largest emission sources for pollutants such as CO, NO2, SO2 and O3. Use this site to find data relevant to where you and/or your students live.
http://www.epa.gov/air/data/mapview.html
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- An Electronic Textbook
An Electronic Textbook on stratospheric ozone that has dozens of low- and high-resolution graphics.
http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov//edu/SEES/strat/class/S_class.htm
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- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) is the primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/
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- Climate Change Science
Newly added to this page in 2001 is the National Academy of Sciences report entitled "Climate Change Science: An Analysis of some Key Questions", prepared in June 2001 in response to a request by President Bush.
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/climate?OpenDocument
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- Dodson Units
Information about Dobson units (which measure ozone).
http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/dobson.html
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- Earth's Atmosphere and the role of ozone
Information about the Earth's atmosphere and the role ozone plays.
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/ATM_CHEM/ozone_atmosphere.html
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- Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency maintains a huge web site. Although the site can overwhelm you with facts and figures, nevertheless it is the site to utilize in order to stay informed about air quality. One bothersome point is that the URLs keep changing as the EPA folks upload more and more information to the site and then reorganize the existing information.
http://WWW.EPA.GOV
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- Finances of Ozone
The financial side of the picture, courtesy of the World Bank. This is one of four agencies coordinating the funds for the phase-out of substances that deplete the ozone layer.
http://www-esd.worldbank.org/mp/
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- Mission to Planet Earth
NASA information on ozone.
http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/earthsci/ozonestu.htm
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- Montreal Project
The text of 'The Montreal Project'.
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/PI/POLICY/montpro.html
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- NASA
A unique contribution to our understanding of the ozone layer: the view from space. As NASA points out, "Using this big picture, scientists can build computer models that simulate how the Earth behaves. More importantly, they can use this global understanding to focus on what people care about most: what is happening in their state or region.
http://WWW.NASA.GOV
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- Ozone Mapping
The latest ozone maps and information about NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometers (TOMS) aboard both the Earth Probe (EP) satellite and the Japanese Advanced Earth Observations Satellite (ADEOS).
http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/
(Added: Fri Jun 14 2002)
- Text of Kyoto Protocol
The text of the Kyoto Protocol complete with links for the latest information on ratification and signatories. As of October 1999, 16 smaller nations had ratified the protocol.
http://www.cop4.org/kp/kp.html
(Added: Fri Jun 14 2002)
- The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
A rich source of information on the Earth and its changing environment. To find information on ozone, click "Information Systems and Resources" in the top box on the CIESIN home page and then go to "Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project" and "Thematic Guides: human health".
http://www.ciesin.org/#infsy
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- The Office of Air and Radiation
OAR develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for air pollution control. Areas of concern to OAR include: indoor and outdoor air quality, stationary and mobile sources of air pollution, radon, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and pollution prevention.
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oarhome.html
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- The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
Written back in 1993, is still a user-friendly document that can introduce you to the features of the 1990 Clean Air Act.
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html
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- The Warming of the Earth
Beginner's Guide as well as links to the White House Climate Change page, the EPA and the Sierra Club.
http://www.whrc.org/globalwarming/warmingearth.htm
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- The WHY? Files
Visit The Why? Files and check out one of their news stories, The Air We Breathe.
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/030air_pollution/index.html
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- Web Site on Global Warming
The EPA's web site on global warming provides information for scientists, teachers, and the general public.
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/
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- What is in the air, and what can I do about it?
A gem of a site sponsored by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Science site addresses the question, "What is in the air, and what can I do about it?" It provides excellent links to other sites, including ones for indoor air pollution.
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html
(Added: Fri Jun 14 2002)
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