"We
know the science, we see the threat, and we know the time for
action is now." |
[Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
R-California] |
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| Map: Nations' Contributions to Global Warming (1900-1999) |
| http://www.wri.org/climate/pubs_content_text.cfm?cid=2639 |
This map redefines the
relative area of countries and regions of the world using historical
carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel consumption. Source:
World Resources Institute (WRI)
- The country data used are for Australia, Canada,
Japan, and the United States.
- The six regions used are Africa, developing Asia
(including India and China), Europe, the Former Soviet
Union, the Middle East, and South and Central America.
- Carbon dioxide emissions shown are from 1900 to 1999,
to reflect carbon dioxide’s approximate atmospheric
residence time.
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| Global Warming Timeline of Milestones |
| http://www.aip.org/history/climate/timeline.htm |
| Here are gathered in chronological
sequence the most important events in the history of climate
change science. (For a narrative see the Introduction: summary
history.) This list of milestones includes major influences external
to the science itself. Following it is a list of other external
influences. |
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| Book: Martha J. Bianco, "Private Profit Versus Public
Service: Competing Demands in Urban Transportation History
and Policy, Portland, Oregon, 1872-1970" (Ph.D. diss.,
Portland State University, 1994). |
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Conferences & Summits |
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Reports |
| The State of Climate Change Science 2007 (pdf)
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| Committee on Science and Technology U.S. House of Representatives Hearing Charter.
The State of Climate Change Science 2007: The Findings of the Fourth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group I Report |
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Mississippi River |
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| Animations from NASA: Before and During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1993
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| During the first half of 1993, heavy rains in the midwest United States caused the greatest flood ever recorded on the Upper Mississippi. The Mississippi River remained above flood stage from April through September of that year, and many of the dykes and water control systems along the rivers in this region were overwhelmed. These images from the Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper clearly show the flooded regions near St. Louis. The pink areas near the flooded regions show the scoured land from which the flood waters have receded. A comparison of the image during the flood with an image from a year before clearly shows the preponderance of cultivated fields in the lowland flooded region, evidence that floods and river meanderings have deposited rich soil in these regions in the past. |
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| Animations from NASA: Mississippi River Watershed
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| This animation illustrates how water flows from the middle of the United States down to the Mississippi River. Much of the nutrients, fertilizers and pollution that impact the health of the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico originate far up stream This sequence begins with a NASA satellite image of the United States. Then, the sequence highlights the Mississippi River. The sequence shows all the tributaries that feed into the Mississippi River. From there the animation expands to the whole drainage basin, everything between the Rockies and Appalachian Mountains drains through the Mississippi River. The concept of a watershed demonstrates how human activities far from the ocean can have dramatic impact on life in the sea. |
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New Orleans
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| Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism, at Louisiana University at Lafayette |
| http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism-cultural.html |
| Louisiana is a land apart—a land of striking geographical and topographical contrasts shaped by the nation's most complex rural society and America's most colorful urban population. The links on this page provide the best available guide to Louisiana's vast cultural resources. Use this virtual roadmap to explore the Pelican State's cultural resources. Your options are limited only by your imagination. (site description) |
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| Institute for New Orleans History and Culture |
| http://www.gmc.edu/library/neworleans/NOpeople.htm |
| Where did the people come from? The Institute for New Orleans History and Culture at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Suburban Philadelphia. Web site hosts basic information about the city of New Orleans |
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| Other historical background resources: |
http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/history/people.html
http://www.internationalcircuit.com/new-orleans/history.php
http://www.gatewayno.com/history/histroy.html
http://www.prairieghosts.com/nohistory1.html
http://www.prairieghosts.com/nohistory2.html
http://www.prairieghosts.com/nohistory3.html
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