Web Links for Learning about
the Earth's Endangered Ecosystem

Analysis of Environmental Trends:

• The United Nations' GEO: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK
• The United Nations' Major Global Trends

Endangered Species:

• EE Link's Homepage for Endangered Species, where you click on an organism's name and learn about it
• Endangered Animals of the World where students can research, collaborate and telecommunicate internationally about endangered animals
• Download in PDF format the United Nations' "GEO: Global Environment Outlook 3" chapter dealing with Biodiversity

Global Warming:

• The USA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Frequently Asked Questions
• The USA's Environmental Protection Agency's Global Warming Impacts
• The USA's Energy Information Administration's U.S. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Perspective
• An article in Scientific American, Is Global Warming Harmful to Health

Habitat Destruction:

• The Izaak Walton League's Web page Fish Kills & the Degradation of Our Nation's Water Resources
• Download in PDF format the United Nations' "GEO: Global Environment Outlook 3" chapters dealing with:
  • Land
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Coastal and marine areas

Human Overpopulation:

• The US Census Bureau's POPClocks providing current estimates of world population
• The World Population Awareness News Digest featuring regularly updated news events relating to human overpopulation
• "Factoids" (snippets of information) relating to human population, presented by ZPG (Zero Population Growth)
• Population Education, an educational site for teachers and students

Miscellaneous Issues:

• A Critical Decision, a Web site covering many environmental issues
• Ecocity Magazine, an online e-zine from New Zealand covering many issues
• EnviroLink Network, a massive online resource for individuals, organizations and businesses working for social and environmental change -- lots of links
• Download in PDF format the United Nations' "GEO: Global Environment Outlook 3" chapter using a scenario approach to present four different visions of the future
  

Nuclear Waste:

• GreenPeace's streaming video (RAM format) on nuclear waste dumped into the ocean

Pollution:

• The USA's Environmental Protection Agency's page on  NPS (Nonpoint Source) Pollution such as excess fertilizers, herbicides, bacteria from livestock lots, etc.
• Pollution Magazine, a online e-zine just on pollution
• The US's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's page on "Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico" -- The vast "Dead Zone" at the Mississippi River's mouth

Simple Living:

• Natural Life's Voluntary Simplicity page
• Vegetarian Resource Group's Vegetarianism in a Nutshell

Environmental Organizations:

• Audubon Online
• EcoNet
• Envirolink Network
• Environmental News Network
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory
• Greenpeace International
• National Wildlife Federation
• Sierra Club
• Izaac Walton League of America
• The Nature Conservancy
• Wildlife Conservation Society

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