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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project
"developed by EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), is a project designed to integrate and assess current multi-media point-source releases, the potential impacts of contaminants, and recent compliance and enforcement histories for facilities located on and within 5 km of Indian lands...The database has been integrated into a geographic information system (GIS) to create a powerful tool that allows users to gain a better, spatially intuitive, understanding of the sources and impacts of pollutants on or near Indian lands

American Society of International Law

ANRO - Australian Agriculture & Natural Resources Online
A Research Information Service
"The three databases contain information about agriculture and natural resources research and complement each other with very little overlap. ARRIP contains information about current research; ABOA has abstracts on published documents with an agricultural and primary production flavour and Streamline covers Australian natural resources generally and sustainable land and water use specifically."

Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography and Database
"...covers bibliographic information on the Baltic Sea, i.e. all marine areas from the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and Kattegat in the west. It contains references to reports including "grey literature", journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. The bibliography covers material from the year 1970, currently ca. 11 000 references...The subject coverage includes all aspects of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea, for example ecology, fauna and flora, fisheries, hydrography, pollution, environmental impact, research, planning and administrative measures. Noticeable part of references deal with pollution problems."

California Wildlife Exposure Factor and Toxicity Database (Cal/Ecotox)
"...is a compilation of exposure factors (i.e., ecological and physiological data) and toxicity data for a number of California mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. The database has been created by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment , in collaboration with the University of California at Davis, to provide an information resource for risk assessors conducting ecological risk assessments in California."

Canada - Environment Canada

  • State of the Environment Infobase
    "The Infobase is the means by which the Office conveys scientific information on the environment in an understandable way and in a form that can be useful to the public, policy-makers, researchers, and educators and students."
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
    • Species At Risk in Canada
       "You can search for information either a map search, or by a species search (by risk category, range, latin name and common name)."
  • CEPA Environmental Registry
    "...is a comprehensive source of public information relating to activities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In addition to providing up-to-date copies of current CEPA instruments, the primary objective of the Environmental Registry is to encourage and support public participation in environmental decision-making, by facilitating access to documents arising from the administration of the Act."
  • Ecosystem Information - Environmental Indicators
    Pacific and Yukon Region Environmental Indicators
    "The following is a dynamic set of environmental indicators on priority issues for which Environment Canada maintains monitoring programs. The indicators describe the state of the environment for particular issues in a scientifically concise and easily understood manner."
    Includes: Marine Ecosystems ; Toxic Contaminants ; Stratospheric Ozone Depletion ; Urban Water Use & Wastewater Treatment ; Biodiversity ; Climate Change ; Urban Air Quality ; Freshwater Quality.
  • National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)
    "...collects information on releases and transfers of pollutants from more than 2500 facilities across Canada."

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

  • HazDat Database
    Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database
    "...is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations."

Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR)
"...to provide public access to health and exposure data concerning DOE installations. Most of the data are from epidemiologic studies conducted by DOE-funded researchers as part of the DOE Worker Health and Mortality Study."
U.S. Department of Energy

CRiSP1 Passage Columbia River Salmon Passage Model - (dead link)
"CRiSP1 predicts downstream migration and survival of individual stocks of wild and hatchery spawned juvenile fish from the tributaries and dams of the Columbia and Snake rivers to the estuary. The model describes in detail fish movement, survival, and the effects of various river operations on these factors. It is also stochastic, incorporating measures of variability and uncertainty into survival predictions."
Columbia Basin Research - (dead link), School of Fisheries, University of Washington

DOE Information Bridge
"...full-text and bibliographic records of DOE-sponsored report literature produced by the DOE and DOE contractor research and development community...collection of over 1.4 million searchable pages in 25,000 reports."

EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
"A free online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development and the environment. This site draws statistical, graphic, and analytical information from over 40 internationally recognized data sources. Detailed documentation is provided for serious research."
- World Resources Institute

ECOLEX: A Gateway to Environmental Law
"...designed to use IUCN's Environmental Law Information System (ELIS) as its core archival system and link this data to full text information available with UNEP's Computerised Environmental Law Information Base (CELIB) and other authoritative sources...Users can search using subject area, keyword, country, or date. The list of subjects includes, for example: climate/atmosphere; fresh water; marine environment; soils; forests; biodiversity; energy; protected areas; hazardous substances; and wastes. ECOLEX includes information on multilateral treaties; national legislation; European Union instruments; international "soft law" and related documents; law and policy literature; and judicial decisions."
United Nations Environmental Programme

Ecological Information Network (EIN)
 "...is a database of ecological experts who have volunteered to answer questions or provide input on various scientific issues. The EIN is an on-line, publicly available electronic directory of biographical and professional information regarding ecological experts."
National Biological Information Infrastructure and Ecology Society of America

Energy Citations Database, 1948-
"...contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies...includes bibliographic records of literature in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents."

Energy Files
"...provides information, tools, and technologies to facilitate the use of scientific resources and capabilities in planning and conducting energy-related research."
DOE & OSTI

Envirofacts Warehouse (EPA)
"The Envirofacts Warehouse allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Superfund sites, drinking water, toxic and air releases, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and grants information. Use online queries to retrieve data or generate maps of environmental information by choosing from several mapping applications available through EPA's Maps On Demand

Environmental Data Registry (EPA)
Download Code set/values, data sets, read Standards Documents, register data elements

Environmental Fate Database
Users may "identify all of the information necessary for assessing human or environmental exposure to chemicals from occupational and consumer use, environmental contamination, and food consumption."

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) resources see Environmental Studies - EPA

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
"...a fast, convenient, comprehensive online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators."

EnviroText
"...an on-line searchable library that provides you with easy access to environmental laws, regulations, and guidance as well as Native American Treaties and Constitutions...contains the Federal environmental requirements located under one homepage."
U.S. Dept. of Energy

EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
"IRIS is a data base of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment."

EPA Spatial Data Library System
"ESDLS is a repository for the Agency's new and legacy geospatial data holdings. Users can access these data holdings through various GIS applications."

GEIN - German Environmental Information Network - (dead link) (English or German)
The Portal to German Environmental Information
"...brings together a wide range of information currently distributed across many different web sites run by public organisations in Germany, such as environmental authorities, agencies and ministries at the federal and Land (state) levels. It acts as an information broker for environmental information in Germany..."

Global Environment Centre Foundation (English or Japanese)
"Supporting to UNEP-IETC's activities and promoting partnership between developing countries and Japan for global environmental preservation."

  • NETT21 (GEC Environmental Technical Database)
    "NETT21 is an abbreviation for the Database on "New Environmental Technology Transfer in the 21st Century", nickname of GEC Environmental Technology Database. It shows GEC's resolution to promote environmental technology transfer in the 21st century."

GPS Applications Exchange
"...an online information source on the diverse uses of GPS technology all over the world. GPS is a public information service used by both the public and private sectors of our global economy to improve productivity, increase safety and protect the environment. Sponsored by NASA and representatives of the GPS community the Applications Exchange includes GPS application stories that you can browse and view by application type or by country. You can also access these applications by regions using the map below. Use the pull-down menus on this page to learn about the innovative ways that GPS is being put to work."

GREENTIE
Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
"...is an international information network that distributes details of suppliers whose technologies help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. GREENTIE also provides information on leading international organisations and IEA programmes whose RD&D and information activities centre around clean energy technologies. The GREENTIE Directory database contains details of almost 8,000 technology suppliers and information organisations from all over the world."

International Toxicity Estimates for Risk Database (ITER)
"ITER is a compilation of human health risk values for over 500 chemicals of environmental concern from several health organizations worldwide. The database is the only on-line source of compiled risk values that provides side-by-side comparisons of values. All of the data are presented in a tabular format for ease of comparison and the reasons for differences among the organizations' values are explained."
By Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA)

Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program (MDEP)
"...represents the Department of Defense's (DOD) first attempt to meld together a shared scientific database that can be used to affect dynamic sustainable land management decisions...will support the continued capability of mission critical Department of Defense installations within the Mojave Desert Ecosystem to maintain military preparedness and readiness while protecting the environment." I don't make this stuff up - that's what it says!!
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

NEWNET
"NEWNET (Neighborhood Environmental Watch Network) provides public access to radiological and meteorological data from environmental monitoring stations operated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Available data include "wind speed and direction, ambient air temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity and ionizing gamma radiation." Additionally, some stations offer "tipping bucket rain gauges and others have additional radiation sensors." [KR] "
From The Scout Report for Science & Engineering [04/26/00], Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000.

Ocean Remote Sensing Division (NOAA)

  • Satellite Research Group - (dead link)
    "...uses data from various environmental satellites in studies of seasonal to interannual climate variability. Topic areas of interest include studies of air-sea interaction including transfers of heat, momentum, and water; studies of the global hydrological cycle including water vapor and precipitation; studies of the Earth's radiation budget; and real-time monitoring of the El NiÒo/La NiÒa oscillation using satellite data."

Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
"...brings together a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, providing human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for about 5,400 pesticide active ingredients and their transformation products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products ... This database of active ingredients has been integrated with the U.S. EPA product databases, which provide information on formulated products (the form of the pesticide that growers and consumers purchase for use) containing the active ingredients. The information is most complete for pesticides registered for use in the United States."

Population-Environment Research Network (PERN)
"...seeks to advance academic research on population and the environment by promoting on-line scientific exchange among researchers from social and natural science disciplines worldwide."

Salton Sea Database Program (SSDP)
"...an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded project at the University of Redlands to develop Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and data research technologies to support the effort to save the Salton Sea from ecological collapse. The mission of the SSDP is to establish an on-line data resource clearinghouse and provide ecosystem decision support."

Terra (EOS AM-1)
"...is the flagship of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), a major international science program to monitor climate and environmental change. Terra is collecting a new global data set to enable research into the ways that Earth's lands, oceans, atmosphere, ice, radiant energy, and life function as a whole system. In February 2000, Terra reached final orbit and acquired its first images, some of which are now available to the public!"

TOXNET
 "A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas."
Databases include: CCRIS ; ChemIDplus ; DART/ETIC ; EMIC ; GENE-TOX ; HSDB ; IRIS ; NCI -3D ; TOXLINE ; TRI.
National Library of Medicine

Trade Environment Database
"TED is a collection of trade and environment cases...serves as an inventory of cases in trade and environment and provides a basis for use by researchers, policymakers and others in this field.

United Kingdom Marine Environmental Data Network (UKMED)

U.S. Department of Energy see Environment Studies - (DOE)

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

  • GATHER - Geographic Analysis Tool for Health & Environmental Research
    "...is an online spatial data access system that provides members of the public health community and general public access to spatial data that is pertinent to the analysis and exploration of public health issues."
    • Environmental Health Analysis - (dead link)
      Spatial Analysis and Information Dissemination Section

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) see Environmental Studies - EPA

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Databases see Geology Resources - USGS

Water - see Water Resources : Databases

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

See also Academic Info - Biological Sciences: Databases ; Oceanography: Databases





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