US Geological Survey
Usgs: Water Science for Schools Effects of Urbanization
This U.S. Geological Survey website offers a short article then lists topics that are linked to brief articles that describe that particular topic's effect on water quality in urban areas. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Air Toxics Website Manganese Compounds
Very thorough information on manganese. Lists its uses, where it is found, physical properties, and potential health effects.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Air Toxics Website Nickel
Very detailed information on the chemical element Nickel. Discusses its uses, physical properties, and the potential effects of exposure.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Long Term Environmental Impacts of Katrina
NewsHour probes into the possible long-term environmental effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast region in this October, 2005, report.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Personal Emissions Calculator
Allow yourself 10-15 minutes to enter data to obtain an estimate of your personal greenhouse gas emissions. Then explore actions that you can take to reduce your energy and waste disposal costs. The calculator will display the amount of...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: The Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan
Article explains the water crisis currently affecting the citizens of Flint, Michigan. Includes video.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Acid Rain
What are the causes and effects of acid rain in our environment? To learn more about this serious environmental issue check out this website. Contains a page with several acid rain activities for students.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Acid Rain: Students Site
Use this student portal to understand all you can about acid rain and its harmful effects. Modules for interactive games, stories, puzzles, vocabulary terms and links to other activities and experiments.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Asbestos
Information about everything to do with asbestos. Learn what it is, where it can be found, the health impact of exposure, how to protect yourself, federal requirements for buildings and removal, cleanup sites, and how to become an...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Mississippi River / Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force
Learn about the task force formed to help the public understand the causes and effects of eutrophication in the Gulf of Mexico.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Choose Fish and Shellfish Wisely
Information on what you need to be aware of when eating fish, how to protect oneself, what the Environmental Protection Agency is doing to safeguard consumers, and research that has been done in this field of study.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Radon
The EPA defines and explains how radon is a serious indoor air pollutant. Content includes information on how to test for radon, where it is most commonly found, all possible health effects of radon, and how to fix the problem in your home.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Indoor Air Quality
This website defines and explains indoor air pollution in all its forms. Content includes a focus on asthma, molds, secondhand smoke, and radon in public buildings and at home.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Great Lakes
The EPA profiles the Great Lakes ecosystem, their ecological protection and restoration, wetlands, shorelands, pollution prevention, and so on. Click "Visualizing the Great Lakes" for pictures of the lake environment.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Causes of Climate Change
Earth's temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet's system . When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed by the Earth system, Earth warms. When the sun's energy is reflected back into space,...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics
This site is loaded with information on solid waste and hazardous waste. It includes industries' effects on the environment, waste programs, treatment, control, pollution prevention, recycling, and cleanup programs.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Polluted Runoff: Nonpoint Source (Nps) Pollution
EPA site offers answers to what nonpoint source pollution is as well as provides links and information as to what concerned citizens can do about it.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Air Data
Huge database for air quality data. You specify the information you need and AIRS will supply it. Pollution sources, maps, monitoring sites.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a regulatory agency of the U.S. government. This homepage provides excellent information concerning the EPA.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Criteria Air Pollutants
Find out about the six major air pollutants. In-depth descriptions of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead are provided.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Composting at Home
Investigate the benefits of composting and discover ways to do it easily at home.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Clean Land Thanks to Us! (Student Page)
How does the government raise money to fund government agencies like the EPA? Through taxes. This lesson looks at the different taxes that are paid by US citizens and how the money is used for things such as cleaning up the environment.
Texas A&M University
Environmental Protection: Story Time: Rachel Carson
An in-depth biography of Rachel Carson which gives background on her interest in biology and her eventual writing of the seminal book on ecology Silent Spring. Many hyperlinks for additional information.
University at Buffalo
Love Canal Collections: Love Canal Chronologies
Find chronologies from three different sources of Love Canal and its chemical contamination. Read about how the investigation of this environmental disaster progressed over the years.