Saving the world’s natural wonders from climate change

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The World Wildlife Fund has issued this press release:

Saving the world’s natural wonders from climate change
“From the Amazon to the Himalayas, ten of the world’s greatest natural wonders face destruction if the climate continues to warm at the current rate, warns WWF.

Released ahead of the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Second Working Group Report, a WWF briefing — Saving the world’s natural wonders from climate change — reports on how the devastating impacts of global warming are damaging some of the world’s greatest natural wonders.

They include the: Amazon; Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs; Chihuahua Desert in Mexico and the US; hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean; Valdivian temperate rainforests in Chile; tigers and people in the Indian Sundarbans; Upper Yangtze River in China; wild salmon in the Bering Sea; melting glaciers in the Himalayas; and East African coastal forests.”

Environmental Health & Toxicology Portal

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The U.S. government, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Specialized Information Services more specifically, has set up an Environmental Health & Toxicology portal to web-based information about Chemicals and Drugs, Diseases and the Environment, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Poisoning, Risk Asessment and Regulations, Toxicology and Pesticide Exposure.

Information geared to researchers and students may be specified…as well as the public or schools.

Worldwatch celebrates Earth Day

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The Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work revolves around the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially just society—and how to achieve it.

One can register for free e-mail updates and PDFs

Jeffrey D. Sachs to deliver the 2007 Taplin Environmental Lecture

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Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. His lecture, entitled: “Negotiating the Post-Kyoto Climate Change Framework”, will take place in Bowen Hall, (Princeton Materials Science building), on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 4:30, p.m.

For details go to the posting on the PEI website:
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/taplin07.htm

Global Warming Is Not a Crisis

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Click here for summaries of the debate: “Global Warming is Not a Crisis”, by David Malakoff for NPR. One can also listen to the whole 1.5 hour debate. It was sponsored by Intelligence Squared U.S. — bringing “Oxford-style debating” to the United States.
There is a link also, to brief profiles of the debaters: Michael Crichton, Richard S. Lindzen, Philip Stott, Brenda Ekwurzel, Gavin Schmidt, Richard C.J. Somerville. The moderator was Brian Lehrer.

Bill Blakemore’s most laudable effort

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Mar. 26
The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
Wallace Hall, Room 300
12:00 noon – 1:00p.m.

“Climate Consilience and Surreal Story: Popper, Profession, and Media Engage the Science and Psychologies of Global Warming ”
Bill Blakemore, News Correspondent, ABC News

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Science & Technology for Sustainability — STS at NAS

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The National Academy of Sciences has created a program, STS, Science & Technology for Sustainability, in the division of Policy and Global Affairs “to encourage the use of science and technology to achieve long term sustainable development.” Their various projects are linked and there are also links under the Sustainability Gateway:
Sustainability – The Issue
People and Their Communities
Life Support Systems-Air & Water
Life Support Systems – Food
Economy, Business & Industry
Natural Systems
Institutions and Indicators
Global Change

World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision

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World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision
In the next 43 years, world population is expected to increase by our total population statistic in 1950, 2.5 billion.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Population Division provides this direct link to tables.

“The world population continues its path towards population ageing and is on track to surpass 9 billion persons by 2050, as revealed by the newly released 2006 Revision of the official United Nations population estimates and projections.” (From the press release).

Global Warming & Climate Change — Research Guide

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Library of Congress “Tracer Bullet” 06-6 from September, 2006, is a research guide that lists recommended books, journals, articles, conference proceedings, government documents, websites, dissertations, reference sources, etc. on the topic Global Warming and Climate Change. Such research aids are from the Science, Technology and Business Division of the Science Reference Services of the Library of Congress. Princeton University Library will probably have most of the sources, but we will provide through Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery services those resources which we don’t have. For books, conferences, journals, etc, use the Main Catalog, and for articles, start with the database listings under Articles & Databases from the Princeton University Library Homepage.