Earth Sciences: Ecology & the Environment Internet Resources

Extensive list of environmental directories and Internet sites

An index for hazardous chemicals with numerous web links

Interactive applications, data resources (including environmental treaties, population, stats and development), information systems and resources, and links to many sites. Also includes the CIESIN gateway to metadata

With links to home pages for its projects worldwide. Many fulltext articles on environmental issues

Newspaper on international environmental issues and sustainable development with current and back issues searchable online.

Official energy statistics from the government. Includes state and U.S. data as well as information from around the world

Four major sections providing access to publications and web sites in all areas of environmental concern

Including detailed periodic table of the elements, a geologic time-line and more

Information about protection and improvement of Europe's environment

Searchable information database on pesticides

From a European and developing country perspective, links to resources in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Pacific Rim

Merged with the Environmental & Societal Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research to study environmental change and the complex relationships associated with the atmosphere, environment and society

Part of the Natural Heritage Network with data on endangered plants, animals and ecosystems in the Western Hemisphere. Includes NatureServe Explorer : an Online Encyclopedia of Life

Environmental information on issues and news stories provided by the Environmental Defense Fund. Information can be located geographically by clicking on maps or entering zip codes

Focuses on materials about protection, maintenance and restoration of life on earth

Lists human health risk values and supporting information for over 500 chemicals

Covering world-wide environmental issues. Includes World Database on Protected Areas for location and management of information on the conservation and use of the world's living resources and Our Planet, a bimonthly magazine

Includes technical data, regulatory material, maps, and several databases such as AIRData, the air quality database, and Toxics Release Inventory Program, reports on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities by industry and the federal government