Links to Environmental issues and Geologic Hazards*
Environmental application software available through Waterloo Hydrogeologic, Inc
Environmental Maps: Healthy Communities Environmental Mapping � HUD E-MAPS � is a free Internet service from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that combines information on HUD�s community development and housing programs with EPA�s environmental data. HUD E-MAPS provides: location, type and performance of HUD-funded activities in every neighborhood across the United States; and select EPA information on brownfields, hazardous wastes, air pollution and waste water discharges. HUD E-MAPS empowers local communities to build smarter and healthier neighborhoods.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) technology website site characterizations and innovative cleanup technologies, track changes to EPA Record of Decisions
Environmental Protection Agency Groudwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center, Univ of Pittsburgh
The Environmental Reconstruction Research Group The information provided offers a summary of the research activities of this group within the School of Geography & Geosciences at St Andrews University (Scotland). The site focuses on past environmental change, and the environmental and socio-economic implications of current and future changes. Research themes include Quaternary geology and geomorphology, ice-sheet reconstruction, Quaternary chronology and Holocene landscape evolution and coastal evolution. Members of the Research Group have worked in many parts of the world including, the U.K., Scandinavia, Iceland, India, North and SW Africa, Australia and South America.
Natural attentuation tools are available at this site. These tools include software to evaluate the progress of natural attentuation. This link will take you to Conestoga-Rover and Assoc. home page. Click on "Innovations" on the left side of the screen.
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR) web site. Pollution abatement in developing countries. This site is provided by Prosody Communications in cooperation with the World Bank�s Economics of Industrial Pollution Control research group. The site is targeted at people and organizations interested in public policy issues relating to the cost-effective control of pollution in developing countries. The site is highlighted by a collection of WBEIPC working papers that focus mainly on pollution abatement issues. Accompanying these papers is a data set (zipped ASCII and Lotus .wk1 data) for modeling industry pollution performance. As the site develops, more papers and data are expected to be added, as well as a discussion list to facilitate communication and collaboration among interested researchers. Note that although the WBEIPC is involved in the NIPR project, this site does not represent World Bank policy.
OSHA Chemical Safety and the Solvent Safety Databases This link will take you to Solutions Software CD-rom databases, which includes the OSHA database for sale.
The State of Maine Bureau of Geology and Natural Areas is part of the Maine Department of Conservation. A dedicated group of geologists, biologists, ecologists, information specialists, and administrators who are committed to public service by gathering, analyzing, and disseminating unbiased information on the State's natural resources.
Tradeshow (Environmental) Online. An attempt to mirror on the Internet what you would find in a physical tradeshow.
SpaceWeather.com is a web site dedicated to science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
Spectral International (the following is form their web site): Spectral International is a leading, remote sensing company with worldwide affiliates, using PIMA based field infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy and SFSI Hyperspectral Imaging technology... With a NASA-EOCAP mandate, SII is a demonstrated leader in the application of hyperspectral technology to environmental inventory techniques, with emphasis on mine waste detection, characterization and evaluation.
USGS Geologic Hazards web site.
Water issues: The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program has launched a Web site tha provides public access to USGS waer-quality data collected across the United States. While you are at it check out the USGS Water Resources Web site that focuses on U.S. water resources and related issues.
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology is developing an educational MERL (Metals for Environmental Remediation and Learning) CD-ROM that presents chemical concepts embedded in a story of environmental technology development. The story involves accidental discovery, proof-of-concept, commercialization, and acceptance of a new remediation technique involving scrap iron.
Volcano Hazards Scientists who study volcanoes say that while asteroids get all the press -- wiping out dinosaurs is good for your image -- volcanoes pose a more immediate and constant threat to people around the world.
