EIF archives

Published: August 4, 2010, 9:15 pm

Updated: August 4, 2010, 9:15 pm

Lead Authors: Maggie Surface, Arielle Conti

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Peter Saundry

162	New Caledonia rain forests from the World Wildlife Fund
161	Estuary by Judith Weis
160	Landslide from the U.S. Geological Survey
159	Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill by Cutler Cleveland
158	Lessons from the Montreal Protocol by Richard Benedick
157	Greenpoint Oil Spill by Katherine Hill
156	IPCC Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
155	Life cycle assessment by Goran Finnveden
154	Energy balance of Earth by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
153	Environmental Education from the Environmental Education and Training Program
152	Biodiversity by J. Emmett Duffy
151	Ecology by Charles Hall
150	Hydrologic cycle by Michael Pidwirny and Jason Hubbart
149	Florida Black Bear by Brian Sheick and Walter McCown
148	Yellowstone National Park, United States by UNEP-WCMC
147	Earth's surface by Michael Pidwirny
146	Surface water managment by Iain White
145	Governance of land in Africa by United Nations Environment Programme
144	Regulation of toxic chemicals by Emily Monosson
143	Smart Grid by Congressional Research Service
142	Temperate Rain Forests by Howard Silverman
141	Overgrazing by Michael Hogan
140	Sustainability by Mike Toffel
139	Riparian zone by Alicia Freitag
138	Mercury in the Great Lakes by Satyaprakash Mohapatra
137	Climate adaptation by Leo Wiegman
136	Origin and age of lakes by Paul Hebert
135	Recycling by Frank Ackerman
134	Military warheads as a source of nuclear fuel by Ian Hore-Lacy
133	Indian river systems and pollution by Sudheer Shukla
132	The Everglades by World Wildlife Fund
131	Photosynthesis by Debbie Swarthout and Mark Mcginley
130	Clouds by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
129	DDT by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and Judith Weis
128	Carbon capture and storage by Jennie C. Stephens
127	Exotic species by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
126	American Clean Energy and Security Act by Congressional Research Service
125	Marine fisheries by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller
124	Green roofs by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
123	Deep ecology by David Landis Barnhill
122	Restructuring development and growth for greater sustainability by Mohan Munasinghe
121	Impact of ozone on climate change by Sjaak Slanina
120	Anthropocene by Erle Ellis
119	Sustainable society index by Geurt van de Kerk and Arthur Manuel
118	Climate literacy: the essential principles of climate sciences by Climate Literacy Network
117	Insurance and reinsurance in a changing climate by Virginia Haufler
116	Latin America and the Caribbean Collection by JuanPablo.arce
115	Nuclear winter by Alan Robock
114	Climate change and the cryosphere from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
113	Marine microbes by John R. Dolan
112	Transborder renewable electricity politics by Ian Rowlands
111	Energy and Society by W. Fred Cottrell
110	Exploration in the Antarctic by Peter Saundry
109	Metacommunity ecology by Marc Cadotte
108	Global surface temperature distribution by Michael Pidwirny
107	Slash and burn by Joseph D. Cornell
106	Coral loss in the Caribbean by Isabelle Côté
105	Causes of forest land use change from the World Conservation Union
104	Population growth rate by Mark McGinley
103	Transboundary dumping of hazardous waste by Olurominiyi Ibitayo
102	Species influences upon ecosystem function by Nancy Golubiewski
101	Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture by Pete Smith
100	Society and water resources by Jason A. Hubbart
99	Exxon Valdez oil spill by Cutler J. Cleveland
98	Neoclassical economic theory by Robert Nadeau
97	Genetically modified crops in Africa from The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
96	Coral reef by Joanie Kleypas
95	Petroleum refining from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
94	Human population explosion by Ted Steck
93	Eutrophication by James E. Cloern
92	Albedo by Dagmar Budikova
91	Energy and our future by Cutler J. Cleveland
90	Biosphere by Erle Ellis
89	Subsidies and market interventions by Doug Koplow
88	Ocean acidification by Jean-Pierre Gattuso
87	El Niño and bacillary dysentery by Ying Zhang, Peng Bi and Janet Hiller
86	Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic from the International Arctic Science Committee
85	Energy and sustainable development at global environmental summits by Cutler J. Cleveland and Adil Najam
84	AP Environmental Science course from the University of California College Prep
83	Freshwater by Christine E. McMichael
82	Social and environmental responsibility of corporations by Brian Roach
81	World Heritage Site, Lapponian Area, Sweden by United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
80	Economics of fisheries by Anne-Marie Codur
79	Steady state economy by Brian Czech
78	Agroforestry by Joseph D. Cornell
77	Human vulnerability to global environmental change by Hallie Eakin
76	Top 20 GHG emitters and developed vs. developing nations from the Congressional Research Service (CRS)
75	Forest environmental income and the rural poor by Paul Vedeld
74	Evolution by John Swaddle
73	Green accounting by Peter Bartelmus
72	Coral bleaching by Tyler Christensen
71	Aldo Leopold by William Cronon
70	Aurora Borealis from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
69	The Future of Life by Edward O Wilson
68	Air pollution in China by Sjaak Slanina
67	Zoos: Modern Arks? by Ralph R. Acampora
66	Invasive species by Mark McGinley
65	Greening of the Sahel by Lennart Olsson
64	Rachel Carson’s environmental ethics by Philip Cafaro
63	Nitrogen cycle by Michael Pidwirny
62	Malaria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
61	Food web by J. Emmett Duffy
60	Pollution embodied in trade by Glen Peters
59	Fire in America by Stephen J. Pyne
58	Marine reserves by Ben Halpern
57	Climate change by Mohan Munasinghe
56	Beyond Old Growth from the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF)
55	Fundamental principles of energy by Cutler Cleveland and Robert Kaufmann
54	Water and poverty in the United States by James L. Wescoat Jr. , Rebecca Theobald , and Lisa Headington
53	Global human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) by Helmut Haberl , Karl-Heinz Erb , and Fridolin Krausmann
52	Carbon footprint by Maggie Walser
51	Road Ecology by John Lloyd
50	Satellite measurements of global greenhouse gases by Michael Buchwitz
49	Eco-industrial parks in China by Yiping Fang
48	Women and water in the developing world by Isha Ray
47	Economics of climate change by Anne-Marie Codur and Jonathan M. Harris
46	Soil compaction by Matthias Lebert
45	Teaching teachers who teach earth science by Dan Stillman
44	Transboundary protected areas by Charles C. Chester
43	Life cycle assessment of farming systems by Claudine Basset-Mens and Hayo M G van der Werf
42	Air quality in megacities by Bhola R. Gurjar
41	Environmental protection, the economy, and jobs by Roger H. Bezdek
40	Petroleum history of the United States by Brian Black
39	Coral reefs and climate change by John Bruno
38	Climate, Poverty and Health by Larry Brilliant
37	Climate change by Stephen Nodvin
36	Environmental and ecological economics by Robert Nadeau
35	Marine invasive species by Judith Weis
34	Anthropogenic biomes by Erle Ellis and Navin Ramankutty
33	Global Environment Outlook 4 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
32	Acid rain by Gene E. Likens
31	Governing the commons in the new millennium by Elinor Ostrom and Harini Nagendra
30	Gold mining and sustainability by Gavin M. Mudd
29	Globalization and environmental politics by Gabe Ignatow
28	Context for environmental history by Ian Simmons
27	Capitalism 3.0 by Peter Barnes
26	Sacred places and biodiversity conservation by Leslie E. Sponsel
25	Sahara Desert from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
24	Industrial symbiosis by Marian Chertow
23	Environmental Justice by Bunyan Bryant
22	Agricultural pesticide contamination by Olurominiyi Ibitayo
21	Impacts of global warming in Alaska by Deborah L. Williams
20	Trade and the Environment by Jonathan M. Harris
19	Marine Biodiversity and Food Security by J. Emmett Duffy
18	Puritan origins of the American wilderness movement by J. Baird Callicott
17	Measuring sustainable economic growth and development by Peter Bartelmus
16	Causes of land-use and land-cover change by Eric F. Lambin
15	Rebuilding New Orleans: applying ecological economics and ecological engineering by William Mitsch
14	Tug of water: an economic perspective on water and the environment by Jane Turpie
13	Roads, highways, and ecosystems by John R. Stilgoe
12	Environmental view on the American Civil War by Jack Temple Kirby
11	Global Environmental Governance by Adil Najam
10	The CFC-Ozone Puzzle by F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario J. Molina
9	Natural Capital and Poverty by Partha Dasgupta
8	Global Marine Biodiversity Trends by Enric Sala
7	Deforestation in Amazonia by Philip M. Fearnside
6	Global Material Cycles by Vaclav Smil
5	Montreal Protocol by Richard E. Benedick
4	Business and Climate by Andrew J. Hoffman
3	Ecological Economics by Robert Costanza
2	Sustainable Development by Mohan Munasinghe
1	Energy and Our Future by Cutler J. Cleveland

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Maggie Surface, Arielle Conti (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "EIF archives". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 4, 2010; Last revised Date August 4, 2010; Retrieved May 21, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/EIF_archives>

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Maggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

Managing Editor Encyclopedia of Earth Arielle Conti is the Managing Editor for the Encyclopedia of Earth. Her responsibilities include oversight of the day-to-day editorial work flow as well as strategic planning for the EoE. Ms. Conti graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA with a B.S. in Environmental Science and a minor in Economics. She completed a year long research project focused on implementing green materials into the new admissions building on my co ... (Full Bio)

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