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EIF archives

EIF archives

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


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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

Citation

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 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/EIF_archives>

The Authors

Maggie SurfaceMaggie 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)

Arielle Conti 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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