David
Miliband MP, UK Secretary of State for the Environment
Congratulations to Dave Reay of Edinburgh University,
author of Climate Change Begins at Home, on his website ghgonline.org.
It's a bit of a treasure trove - I didn't know for example that
biomass burning accounts for around half a million tonnes of nitrous
oxide-N emission each year, as a result of incomplete combustion,
with significant amounts produced during large scale burning of
woodlands, savanna and agricultural waste.
*****
Climate
Change Collection
Up-to-date source of articles about greenhouse
gases and climate change published by the press (BBC, New Scientist,
etc) and by scientists in the peer-reviewed literature. Also contains
accurate, comprehensive, and well-written background information
about greenhouse gases and climate change.
*****
Birmingham
Public Library (Alabama)
Greenhouse Gas Online Click here for summaries
of events and issues relating to global warming, greenhouse gases,
sunspots and international agreements. This site deserves its
Golden Web Award for environmental and science reporting. Articles
come from a multitude of sources including Nature, BBC and the
Guardian.
*****
Columbus
Metropolitan Library: Ecology, Environment & Conservation
Sites
When it comes to locating information about green-house
gases, this site is the first place to start. It is notable for
its up-to-date articles and abstracts from mainstream and specialized
news sources. In addition to current science news, this site maintains
background information about greenhouse gas science, emissions,
and global warming. Easy to navigate, ample graphics--don't miss
this one! (http://www.ghgonline.org)
*****
PRISM
Global Warming Information
Many nicely illustrated articles and up-to-date
news on different greenhouse gases and climate change. Good place
to locate current information and descriptions of research in
the area of greenhouse gases and their effect on the earth. Appropriate
for grades 9-12.
Nature of Science: Standard 11: Understands the nature of
scientific knowledge
Nature of Science Standard 12: Understands nature of scientific
inquiry
Geography Standard 14: Understands how human actions modify the
physical environment
Earth & Space Sciences; Standard 1: Understands atmospheric
processes and the water cycle
*****
BBC
World : ClickOnline
Sevan Bastajian, Webscape May 15th 2003
This
is an informative site that gives up to date resources dedicated
to greenhouse gas news. Boring, perhaps? Not at all. Increased awareness
of climate change and the issues surrounding global warming are
vital if we are going to try and tackle this problem. If you're
unsure about what gases constitute the family of greenhouse gases,
each gas link on the left takes you to an 'about' page detailing
concentrations of both naturally occurring and man-made emissions.
Last year there was a lot of talk of the Kyoto protocol, but if
you're vague as to what it was all about then take a look at the
site's summary of the targets set by the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change. There are also lots of climate related articles
which link to other sites so you can immerse yourself in the world
around you.
*****
Science
Magazine: NetWatch
RESOURCES: Clearing the Air on Global Warming
Science 297: 1615d.
Dismayed by tepid Web sites on heat-trapping greenhouse gases,
Dave Reay, an environmental scientist at the University of Edinburgh,
U.K., decided to amass his own comprehensive and up-to-date file
of information. GreenHouse Gas Online should be enlightening for
researchers, students, and policy-makers debating how to cut emissions
of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. Scientists can keep
abreast of the latest findings with a listing of new papers gleaned
from more than 100 journals. For teachers and students, Reay has
written succinct backgrounders on topics such as the possible
effects of global warming; sources of greenhouse gases; and carbon
dioxide sinks, such as plants and the ocean, that store the molecule.
The site also links to news stories on pollution and climate change,
such as the recent discovery of a "brown cloud" of airborne
gunk hovering over Asia.
*****
Earth Pages - Blackwell Publishing
“Greenhouse” gas website: Dave Reay of the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh has developed an extremely useful website that covers all the breaking news about “greenhouse” gases and climate change at www.ghgonline.org, which is easy to navigate and regularly updated. It contains links to on-line publications and a comprehensive Links page.
*****
HERO
Higher Education and Research Opportunities: Webworlds
GreenHouse Gas Online
Tony Blair and George W Bush are having brunch in an internet
café. “Hey, Tone, know of any good sites on the World
Wide Web?” asks Mr Bush, munching on an avocado and mozzarella
panini. Mr Blair scratches his chin and thinks for a moment: “Well,
yes, as a matter of fact I do, Mr President. There’s one
I think you really ought to take a look at…”
Bringing together high quality news and background information,
GreenHouse Gas Online is a tremendous resource for anyone interested
in the science of global pollution. A monthly digest of important
developments makes it easy to keep up to date, while briefing
papers based on materials from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change), and respected climate change expert John Haughton,
introduce the science (and politics) behind our understanding
of the issues.
To top it off, there don’t seem to be any bad puns on the
theme of ‘hot air’ or otherwise. Perhaps there’s
hope for the future of humankind (or at least the reportage of
global warming) after all.
*****
Willamette
Library
GreenHouse Gas Online
Greenhouse Gas Online: All About Greenhouse Gas Science (University
of Edinburgh)
Provides incisive summaries of current events and issues related
to the Greenhouse Effect, such as global warming, sources of greenhouse
gases, carbon dioxide sinks, sunspots, and international agreements.
*****
Planet
Science - Science Library
GreenHouse Gas Online
This site is aimed at college students and above, but would be
good for anyone at A'Level who wishes to advance their knowlege
of the issues surrounding greenhouse gases and their effect on
climate change. It has a round up of related news items, the gases
involved, publications and science digests of climate change and
its politics. If you're going off to be interviewed for a degree
place on evironmental science, this site will definitely help
you!
*****
SciDevNet
Climate change: links
Greenhouse Gas Online
Greenhouse Gas Online aims to provide an up-to-date resource that
distills freely available information on cutting edge greenhouse
gas science and news. The site features links to numerous news
articles and scientific abstracts (from over 100 peer reviewed
journals).
*****
The
NSDL Scout Report for Life Sciences
September 20, 2002 -- Volume 1, Number 18
GreenHouse Gas Online [.pdf]
Keep current with global warming issues with this Web site created
by greenhouse gas scientist Dave Reay. GreenHouse Gas Online offers
current and archived articles from newspapers and peer-reviewed
journals around the world. Only journal articles with freely available
abstracts are included. The latest general news and journal articles
can be found listed by title on the site's main page, while links
to topic-specific material are provided in a side bar. The news
and journal archives contain material from 2001 and 2002. Those
already interested in and familiar with global warming issues
should find this Web site of great use. Students working on related
papers or projects would also benefit from this convenient online
resource. [RS]
*****
Center
for Environmental Change
GreenHouse Gas Online - This site contains not
only greenhouse gas related news, but also up to date links to
the abstracts of hundreds of greenhouse gas related scientific
papers.
*****
dmoz
Open Directory Project
GreenHouse Gas Online - Devoted to greenhouse
gas and climate change news and science. Detailed information
on the various greenhouse gases and on climate change issues.
Also, contains up to date links to the abstracts of hundreds of
greenhouse gas scientific papers.
*****
Hort-Pro
Online Magazine (John A. Morley [Ed.], December 2002)
Global Warming Explained
Attempting to keep abreast with the scientific
advances in global warming theories is almost as much of a problem
as the sorting through those from earnest environmentalists and
self-serving bureaucrats and politicians. Now help is at hand
in the site set up by Dave Reay, an environmental scientist at
the University of Edinburgh, U.K. And when a website comes with
recommendation from the journal Science it is doubly worthy of
attention. Both scientific articles and constantly up-dated news
may be accessed here. Also, as Science notes: “For teachers
and students, Reay has written succinct backgrounders on such
topics as the possible effects of global warming; sources of greenhouse
gases; and carbon dioxide sinks, such as plants and the ocean,
that store the molecule.” www.ghgonline.org
