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Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (DOE)
  • Top Ten has data and reports on carbon dioxide emissions, its effects on vegetation, weather, clouds, and oceans
  • Link at bottom of the World Data Center indexes reports with detailed historical data on carbon dioxide emissions in ASCII and graph format
  • Example includes yearly carbon dioxide emissions in China, 1899-1996
Climate Research Center (University of East Anglia)
  • Known for its historic data on climate change
  • Average world temperatures, 1856-2000 in zip format
  • Data for world as a whole
Earth Trends (World Resources Institute)
  • Numerous statistical tables with country data
  • Population: projections to 2025, birth, death, health, education
  • Economic: gross national and domestic product, prices, development assistance
  • Environment: forestry, fisheries, water, weather, marine and coastal resources
Environmental Sustainability Index (CIESIN)
  • Ranks countries on 67 environmental factors
  • Measures divided into five categories: environmental systems, environmental stresses, human vulnerability, social and institutional capacity, and global stewardship
  • Air and water quality, biodiversity, capacity for debate, environmental actions to reduce stress
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Primary sponsor of the World Food Programme
  • Publishes a world hunger map, numerous statistics on food security, and statistics on various aspects of agriculture and aquaculture
  • Agriculture, fisheries, forestry, land use, and population databases
  • Searchable by commodity or country with various outputs
Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
  • Descriptions of 3900 earth science data sets worldwide
  • Includes weather, oceans, land surface, and solar information
  • Use search engine to identify materials
  • Access to the data itself may not be available on the Internet
Global Development Gateway (World Bank)
  • Articles on sustainable development in developing countries
  • Economics, politics, environment, government and law
  • Arranged by country and subject
Global Environment Outlook
  • Extensive report on population growth and the status of forestry, fisheries, land, agriculture, air pollution, water supplies, and urban waste
  • Complete report provides text, graphs, and data
  • Historical data and projections usually available by continent with some information also by country
Global System for Sustainable Development (MIT)
  • Abstracts, index, and links to over 2500 online sources on sustainable development
  • Subject areas include agriculture, industry, environment, energy, forestry, water use and demographics
Global Warming (EPA)
  • Scientific reports and fact sheets on the causes and effects of global warming.
  • Annotated links to related global warming web sites
  • Easy-to-understand text with concrete examples and charts
  • A visitor center gears the information for various users (wildlife advocates, health professionals, citizens, meteorologists)
 
 
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