19990401 Environmental Resources Links to research sites and publications from the UK, Europe and around the world. Topics include ecology, energy, environmental change and sustainable development. Online tool for browsing and searching of text, summaries, and status of treaties and other international agreements related to global environmental change and sustainable development. Earth Science and Technology Organization Organisation supporting and promoting earth science and technology to help reduce the economic results of ozone layer depletion, global warming, destruction of forests, and acid rain. A community of scientists and engineers discuss research proposals, planning and promotion via the earth science and technology forum, and a gallery of photographs taken during development programs is included.
Information is available in Japanese and English.
An extensive source of information about satellite and in situ Earth science data, with broad coverage of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, solid earth, and biosphere. 20001215 Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center Provides data and related services for global change research and education. Aims to help study of natural and human processes that influence Earth's climate. 19990515 Human Development Report 1999 Report examining globalisation in modern society, as a result of greater interdependence between people throughout the world. Considers global progress and deprivation created by inequalities in the areas of health, education, food and nutrition, income and poverty, women, children, environment and human security.