Intute Latest Additions: Earth Sciences

Latest Internet resources added to the earthsciences subject area

• Mitigation : Climate change 2001 : IPCC third assessment report
  The full text of the third working group contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report "Climate Change 2001" is made available in HTML and PDF formats together with a summary for policymakers and summaries of the report in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. This section focuses on the mitigation of climate change including the technological and biological options, costs and benefits, barriers to their implementation and how these might be overcome.
  
  
• Synthesis report : Climate change 2001 : IPCC third assessment report
  The full text of the synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report "Climate Change 2001" is made available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. The synthesis report addresses issues of concern to policymakers such as the effect of human activity on climate change and the effect of climate change on ecological and socio-economic systems.
  
  
• Energy Act 2004
  The full text of the 2004 UK Energy Act is made available online by the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI). Part one of the Act is concerned with the civil nuclear industry, in particular nuclear decommissioning and the establishment of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; transfers relating to nuclear undertakings; the civil nuclear constabulary; and authorisations relating to radioactive waste. Part two is concerned with renewable energy in particular: offshore zones; decommissioning of offshore installations; renewable sources in Northern Ireland; and renewable transport fuel. Part three looks at energy regulation, in particular: electricity trading and transmission; interconnections for electricity and gas; and the special administration regime for energy licensees.
  
  
• US greenhouse gas inventory
  The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) produces an annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and removals for submission to the United Nations in accordance with the Framework Convention on Climate Change. This website provides access to the current report and an archive of past reports back to 1990. The report can be viewed in its entirety or as individual sections and is available as PDF files.
  
  
• World Development Report 2010 : Development and climate change
  The 2010 World Development Report considers the disproportionate implications of climate change for developing countries and examines the actions that developed countries must take to address the problems and help developing countries tackle the issues. The report, published by the World Bank, can be downloaded in its entirety or as individual chapters. The website also provides consultation documents, background papers, frequently asked questions, multimedia resources, maps and figures and a climate change blog.
  
  
• Tagish's essential list of UK information sources
  This website provides a directory of UK public information sources, including central and local government, parish and town councils, healthcare providers and universities. The list is provided by Tagish Ltd, an UK new media technology company.
  
  
• Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2009
  This report, prepared by the European Environment Agency (EEA), provides an overview for the state of ground-level ozone pollution in Europe, for April-September 2009. The report is based on the information provided by all the EU member states to the European Commission (EC), and is primarily concerned with measured concentrations which exceeded the threshold values set by the ozone directive (2002/3/EC). Information was also supplied by nine other countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey). Data provided from a total of 2171 monitoring sites includes : the locations where the highest one-hour ozone concentrations were detected; number and locations of exceedances of the information threshold value (180 μg/m³ of one-hour ozone concentration); number and locations where ozone concentrations exceeded the alert threshold value (240 μg/m3 of one-hour ozone concentration); the number and locations which exceeded the long-term objective (LTO) for the protection of human health (daily maximum 8-hour average concentrations of 120 μg/m3); exceedance occurrences of the target value for the protection of human health (daily maximum 8-hour average concentrations of 120 μg/m3 not to be exceeded for more than 25 days per year); and the dates when the most important ozone episodes occurred. The report is accompanied by several tables and figures and is available to download as a PDF file.
  
  
• Annual Air Quality Reports Michigan
  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment provides annual reports summarising air quality data, which include air quality trends, updates on Michigan's monitoring network, the air toxics monitoring programme, and other new programmes that have been developed. The reports are available as PDF files.
  
  
• Preliminary glacier mass balance data 2007-2008 : World Glacier Monitoring Service
  The World Glacier Monitoring Service provides a summary of preliminary mass balance data for the year 2007/2008 for more than 90 glaciers worldwide. Results are presented as averaged tables of values and graphs, showing how the fluxes of water or snow into and out of these glaciers has varied over time, from 1980 to 2008. This is pertinent data for the study of changing climate on a worldwide scale. A list of references provides sources of further data.
  
  
• Air pollution by ozone in Europe during summer 2006
  This report, prepared by the European Environment Agency (EEA), provides an overview for the state of ground-level ozone pollution in Europe, for April-September 2006. The report is based on the information provided by all the EU member states to the European Commission (EC), and is primarily concerned with measured concentrations which exceeded the threshold values set by the ozone directive (2002/3/EC). Data provided from a total of 2069 monitoring sites includes : the locations where the highest one-hour ozone concentrations were detected; number and locations of exceedances of the information threshold value (180 μg/m³ of one-hour ozone concentration); number and locations where ozone concentrations exceeded the alert threshold value (240 μg/m3 of one-hour ozone concentration); the number and locations which exceeded the long-term objective (LTO) for the protection of human health (daily maximum 8-hour average concentrations of 120 μg/m3); exceedance occurrences of the target value for the protection of human health (daily maximum 8-hour average concentrations of 120 μg/m3 not to be exceeded for more than 25 days per year); and the dates when the most important ozone episodes occurred. The report is accompanied by several tables and figures and is available to download as a PDF file.
  
  
• Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2008
  This report, prepared by the European Environment Agency (EEA), provides an overview for the state of ground-level ozone pollution in Europe, for April-September 2008. The report is based on the information provided by all the EU member states to the European Commission (EC), and is primarily concerned with measured concentrations which exceeded the threshold values set by the ozone directive (2002/3/EC). Data provided from a total of 2049 monitoring sites includes : the locations where the highest one-hour ozone concentrations were detected; number and locations of exceedances of the information threshold value (180 μg/m³ of one-hour ozone concentration); number and locations where ozone concentrations exceeded the alert threshold value (240 μg/m3 of one-hour ozone concentration); the number and locations which exceeded the long-term objective (LTO) for the protection of human health (daily maximum 8-hour average concentrations of 120 μg/m3); exceedance occurrences of the target value for the protection of human health (daily maximum 8-hour average concentrations of 120 μg/m3 not to be exceeded for more than 25 days per year); and the dates when the most important ozone episodes occurred. The report is accompanied by several tables and figures and is available to download as a PDF file.
  
  
• Moon zoo
  Moon Zoo is a collaborative project which invites anyone with access to the Internet to participate in analysing Lunar surface images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Participants will provide detailed crater counts and identify spacecraft debris and other unusual features of the Lunar surface. The Moon Zoo website provides detailed instructions for participants together with introductory videos, a discussion forum, a blog and a glossary. Links are provided to related websites covering Lunar geology, Lunar exploration, viewing the Moon from Earth, and the Moon in culture and history.
  
  
• Social Panorama of Latin America 2006
  The 2006 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This report examines changes in social indicators over the past few years and considers indigenous peoples' lives and changes in family structures. This Web page offers a number of options which include: accessing the abstract and full-text of the report, and ordering a printed copy. Links to other similar resources are also offered. Some resources are provided in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.
  
  
• Social Panorama of Latin America 2005
  The 2005 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This report '... analyses recent poverty trends and the increase in migrant remittances, together with their impact on the well-being of the region's population. Short- and long-term trends in social spending, the distribution of such expenditures among the various socio-economic strata and their effects in terms of income deconcentration and increased well-being are also reviewed. The analysis seeks to explore the question as to whether the demographic transition taking place in the Latin American countries over the past 15 years has helped to narrow the long-standing gaps between different socio-economic groups' and areas' mortality and birth rates'. The page offers a number of options which include: accessing the abstract and full-text of the report, and ordering a printed copy. Links to other similar resources are also offered. Some resources are provided in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.
  
  
• Social Panorama of Latin America 2007
  The 2007 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This report provides the latest poverty estimates available for the countries of Latin America. This Web page offers a number of options which include: accessing the abstract and full-text of the report, and ordering a printed copy. Links to other similar resources are also offered. Some resources are provided in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.