This part of the site is no longer maintained. I had planned to delete it when I moved on to another system for my own students,but have become aware that many others have found it useful. So - do not be surprised to find links that either do not work or have nothing to do with environmental studies. Good luck!
Greenhouse Britain
Global Circulation:
Polar Vortex animation (Arctic)
El Nino / NAO
General:
Milankovich Cycles 3
World Climates - climatographs and examples
Climate Feedbacks
Volcanic Eruptions & Climate
Global Warming gases:
Effects of warming in Britain:
Global effects of warming
Global Warming sceptics:
Weather sites:
Weather overview (Open University)
Weather extremes - world
Air Pollution:
Presentation topics
Henrik Svensmark3
Ecology
BIOGEO CYCLES
CO2 Science (warming sceptics)
Biodiversity
Unit 24: GLOBAL ISSUES
Desertification & Soil Erosion:
Soil erosion & human activity (nb focussed on the bad news!)
China:
China - Fat Choy (Facai)1
Acid Rain:
Managing Air Pollution:
Air Pollution - overview
Unit 22: Climate & People:
Coriolis animation 3
Sahel - Government and Disaster (nb interesting but contoversial - use with care!)
1947 Winter (nb the chart for 31st January shows the typical situation)
1953 Floods: Netherlands (nb note the response in terms of coastal defences)
1963 Winter 2 (nb describes pressure systems)
2005 Birmingham Tornado 3 (nb descibes conditions that might have triggered the event)
Unit 26: RIVERS & WATER POLLUTION
Physical features:
Ox-Bow Lake animation
Flooding:
Sustainability:
River Water Quality:
Water Pollution - the Sandoz disaster & the Rhine
Water Pollution - other rivers
River Regimes
Unit 30: CORALS
Coral Biology
Threats to Coral
Threats to coral - general
Reefs
Atolls from space
Case Study
Unit 28 : THE USE AND MISUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Recycling general:
End of Life Directive - vehicles 1
End of Life Directive - vehicles 2
NEDDC Policies:
Derbyshire County Council:
Tyre Recycling:
Paper recycling:
Plastic Recycling:
Glass recycling:
Landfills
Incinerators / Energy From Waste (EFW)
Soil Erosion & Forests
Fossil fuels
Alternative Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html (Hydro Power)
Jatropha bean diesel - D1 plan (bio diesel)
Jatropha bean diesel (bio diesel)
Jatropha bean diesel in India (bio diesel)
BACK UP STUFF
Satellite images of the weather (you need to register to see the best ones) : http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/login.html (mainly UK centred images)
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/extratrop-uk-20001030-n14rgb.jpg (NOAA pics - mainly US centred images)
Local weather : http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/
Dew point: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whumdef.htm
Rain caused by hills: http://www.azcentral.com/weather/weavideos.html
- click on azcentral.com then on "how the monsoon works" (nb this is an explanation of seasonal rainfall - not the SE Asia monsoon)
Coriolis force diagrams: http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/coriolis.htm
Unit 20: SYSTEMS
Ecosystems
Tropical Rain Forests
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Unit 3O: CORALS
Coral Biology
Threats to Coral
Threats to coral - general
Threats to coral - anti-fouling paint 1
Reefs
Case Study
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Unit 22: Climate & People:
Todays weather map - Clouds
Coriolis animation 3
Weather extremes - world
1947 Winter (nb the chart for 31st January shows the typical situation)
1953 Floods: Netherlands (nb note the response in terms of coastal defences)
1963 Winter 2 (nb describes pressure systems)
2005 Birmingham Tornado 3 (nb descibes conditions that might have triggered the event)
World Climates - climatographs and examples
Sahel - Government and Disaster (nb interesting but contoversial - use with care!)
BACK UP STUFF
Satellite images of the weather (you need to register to see the best ones) : http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/login.html (mainly UK centred images)
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/extratrop-uk-20001030-n14rgb.jpg (NOAA pics - mainly US centred images)
Local weather : http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/
Dew point: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whumdef.htm
Rain caused by hills: http://www.azcentral.com/weather/weavideos.html
- click on azcentral.com then on "how the monsoon works" (nb this is an explanation of seasonal rainfall - not the SE Asia monsoon)
Coriolis force diagrams: http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/coriolis.htm
This part of the site is no longer maintained. I had planned to delete it when I moved on to another system for my own students,but have become aware that many others have found it useful. So - do not be surprised to find links that either do not work or have nothing to do with environmental studies. Good luck!
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