Air
| Oxygen: | |
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www.columbia.edu |
Et tu, O2? By Wallace S. Broecker. The Earth's forests do not play a dominant role in maintaining O2 reserves, because they consume just as much Oxygen as they produce.' Columbia University. |
| "Most of Earth's oxygen is produced by phytoplankton in the sea." Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis |
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Ozone- Ground Level: see Greenhouse Gas-Ozone page as well... |
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www.epa.gov |
Environmental Protection Agency. Ground-level Ozone Page-Info and links. |
earthobservatory.nasa.gov |
NASA Earth Observatory. "The Ozone we Breath" About ground level ozone. |
www.cleanaircampaign.com |
Clean Air Campaign. Ground-level ozone and smog information. |
cfpub.epa.gov |
US EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment. Data & Publications. Numerous reports,papers, etc... |
www.wmo.int |
World Meteorological Organization's Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme- Global Atmosphere Watch. Measurement of the reactive gases- surface ozone , carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, oxidised nitrogen compounds, and sulphur dioxide. |
| Ozone- Stratospheric: | |
www.epa.gov |
EPA's ozone depletion web portal- information about the science of ozone depletion, EPA's regulatory approach to protecting the ozone layer, alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, and sun safety. |
www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk |
Ozone Hole Tour - Informative graphs and discussion on the loss of ozone over Antarctica. Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University. Old, but still worthwhile site. |
www.theozonehole.com |
The Ozone Hole Organization is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing the destruction of the Ozone Layer and the preservation of Earth's Environment by educating the public on the importance of these issues. Data compiled from The British Antarctic Study, NASA, Environment Canada, UNEP, NOAA, USEPA, etc. |
toms.gsfc.nasa.gov |
NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Specrometer- information, data, and images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on Aura and the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instruments using Version 8 of the TOMS processing algorithm. |
www.nas.nasa.gov |
NASA Advanced Supercomputing Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Tutorial- a resource module for teachers and students interested in the ozone layer. |
www.wmo.int |
World Meteorological Organization's Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme- Global Atmosphere Watch. Ozone layer observations. |
www.esrl.noaa.gov |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Earth System Research Laboratory- Global Monitoring Division's Data Visualization > South Pole Ozone Hole. |
www.sciam.com |
Scientific American. Mending the Ozone Hole May Benefit Climate Change Efforts. Repairing a giant breach in the stratosphere could also help slow global warming. By David Biello May 2008. |
| Ozone Reports: | |
www.climatescience.gov |
"Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure" A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Nov 2008. |
www.ncseonline.org |
National Council for Science and the Environment. CRS Report- "Methyl Bromide and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion" Dec 2006. |
| Radon: | |
www.epa.gov/radon |
Environmental Protection Agency's Radon Page and portal. |
www.epa.gov/oar |
Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for controlling air pollution and radiation exposure. |
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