http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html Environmental news and information on the web and in the library http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#51 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#51 October is Energy Awareness Month. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#50 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#50 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has published a concise list of suggestions for consumers interested in saving some money at the gas pump while reducing their environmental impacts. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#49 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#49 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a new guide "for businesses committed to addressing the risks and opportunities associated with climate change." http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#48 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#48 The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) announced a new report concerning the effects of climate change on the United States. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#47 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#47 The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has updated their Earthquake pages to include http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#46 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#46 The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains an informative guide to the phenomenon of earthquakes. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#45 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#45 The U.S. National Environmental Education Foundation is offering a wealth of information about the upcoming National Environmental Education Week, http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#44 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#44 At the library we purchase and subscribe to a number of different environmental resources to help you learn more about certain issues affecting you and your world as well as to help you http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#43 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#43 Drought.gov is a new website that centralizes government information concerning drought conditions in the United States. The official description from Drought.gov reads as follows: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#42 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#42 Middletown Thrall Library has created an Internet resource guide called "Going Green" that highlights websites and library system materials relating to sustainable living and development. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#41 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#41 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a website called Drought Information Center. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#40 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#40 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released an environmental assessment called GEO-4 as part of their Global Environment Outlook efforts. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#39 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#39 Information concerning the recent fires in southern California can be found at the following government websites: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#38 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#38 Scientists at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Georgia Institute of Technology have released findings from a recent study of how frequent hurricanes have formed http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#37 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#37 A new report has been issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): "Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Climate, Impacts, and Solutions" (PDF format, Adobe Reader required). A two page overview of the assessment (also in PDF format) is available as well. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#36 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#36 July is UV Safety Month. To help you understand the dangers of UV rays (or "UV radiation"), various health agencies in the U.S. Government have established these online resources: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#35 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#35 National Public Radio (NPR) and National Geographic are providing a series of articles exploring how humans affect and are affected by climate change: Climate Connections: How We Are Shaping Our Climate, How Climate Is Shaping Us. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#34 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#34 Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S.AID), the United States Climate Technology Cooperation Gateway http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#33 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#33 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the creation of a new service to help consumers determine how their electricity usage impacts the Earth through related greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#32 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#32 Today, June 5, 2007, is World Environment Day, a day designated by the United Nations to "stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and action." This year's theme is "Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?" http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#31 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#31 National Wildlife Federation has information on the potential impacts of climate change on wildlife around the world: "Wildlife and Global Warming" http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#30 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#30 National Wildlife Federation has published a Gardener's Guide to Global Warming at their website. Topics covered include "State Trees and Flowers," "Garden Zone Maps," and "America's Top NOT Wanted Plants." http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#29 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#29 NASA has posted information from their studies of recent melting in Antartica: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#28 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#28 The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has published a report in their blog concerning some scientists changing their minds on aspects of the topic of climate change: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#27 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#27 The World Wide Fund for Nature has issued a new report on "key decisions" the conservation organization believes must be made "within the next five years" in order to minimize effects of climate change: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#26 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#26 Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has announced their findings after researching deforestation effects on climate change: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#25 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#25 The Environmental Protection Agency has established a new air quality comparison website called AirCompare. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#24 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#24 The Encyclopedia of Life is a new website launched today in hopes of serving as "an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet, as well as all those later discovered and described." http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#23 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#23 The The Swedish Research Council (English version here) has announced a new study of Earth's climate, which is described as "seesawing." http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#22 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#22 Even as new reports, books, websites, and television programs explore the topics of global warming and climate change with what appears to be alarming sense of certainty capable of projecting predictions decades into the future of planet Earth, http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#21 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#21 You've heard of global warming, but have you ever heard of global dimming? If not, you can read up on this interesting concept by visiting some of the links below: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#20 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#20 The Department of Horticulture of Cornell Cooperative Extension has an extensive offering of Gardening Factsheets in the Gardening Resources section http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#19 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#19 In support of National Garden Month, the National Agriculture Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a collection of online gardening resources. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#18 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#18 The Stanford Report news center from Stanford University has posted an article based on the findings of a Stanford University atmospheric scientist: http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#17 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#17 Our local newspaper, the Times Herald-Record, maintains an online archive of articles about sustainable living that might interest you. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#16 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#16 As part of their effort to educate people of all ages on issues of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created a "Climate Change for Kids" website that breaks down some difficult concepts into easily understood passages http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#15 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#15 "Greenhouse gases" get mentioned often in discussions of "climate change" and "global warming," but what are they really? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#14 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#14 The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change has published the "Summary for Policymakers" portion of their upcoming report on climate change: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (Adobe PDF format). http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#13 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#13 Since 1970, April 22nd has been designated as "Earth Day," described by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as "a day of national environmental recognition" that has "evolved into a world-wide campaign to protect our global environment." http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#12 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#12 NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies published an article today called "Non-green Plants on Other Worlds." In the article NASA scientists theorize about the color of plants in solar systems beyond ours. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#11 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#11 The Carnegie Institution published an article today ("Tropical forests: Earth's Air Conditioner") to announce findings of a new study involving trees, deforestation, and varied impacts on climate change. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#10 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#10 The Integrated Taxonomic Information System website (ITIS.gov) has been updated with a report of ongoing efforts to catalog all living organisms on planet Earth. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#9 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#9 The U.S. Supreme Court has rendered a decision concerning Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the regulating of greenhouse gases. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#8 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#8 SpaceWeather.com offers a truly extended weather reports and forecasts that stretch out into space. Catch up on atmospheric and auroral activities, nearby asteroids, meteor showers, solar flares, sunspots, the solar wind, comets, and more. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#7 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#7 The "supervolcano" located below Yellowstone National Park has been an area of great interest to scientists for its past, present, and potential future volcanic activities and potential eruptions. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#6 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#6 Scientific American has an article called "100-Year Forecast: New Climate Zones Humans Have Never Seen". http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#5 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#5 A new report called "Top 10 Rivers at Risk" has been published by the World Wildlife Fund. The report focuses on "the world's rivers that are facing widespread degradation while millions of people depend on them for survival." Includes full report in PDF format. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#4 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#4 Liveearth.org is the official home page of the "Live Earth Concert: The Concert for a Climate in Crisis," musical events to be held around the world to promote awareness of environmental issues related to global warming. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#3 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#3 As part of an effort to preserve world crop diversity from the effects of global warming, there is a report from Global Crop Diversity Trust of a "Svalbard International Seed Vault" (AKA "Doomsday Vault") to be constructed in Norway. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#2 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#2 A new study, reported by National Geographic, projects that summers in the Arctic region will be "ice free" by 2040. http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#1 http://www.thrall.org/blogs/environment.html#1 As reported at Speaker.gov, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the creation of a select committee on energy independence and global warming.