Applied Science I - Ecoregions
(Trupp)
 

General Links
Regions at Risk
Human Impact
Photos

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General Links

Wild World - National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
Clickable World Map detailing ecoregions around the world

World Biomes - Blue Planet
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
General information on the different biomes.

Ecoregions Index - Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/

What's It Like Where You Live?
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/index.htm
Biomes of the World including Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

Wild Places - World Wide Fund for Nature
http://www.panda.org/kids/wildlife/idxregmn.htm
Clickable map that includes information on characteristics for each type of biome.  Includes information on the types of animals that live in each biome.

Biomes, Habitats, and Ecoregions - Nearctica
http://www.nearctica.com/ecology/habitats/ehabitat.htm
Great resource; provides information on animals and plants that live in each biome and on soil types and local temperatures.

Introduction to Biomes
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html

Tour of Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

Regions at Risk

Global 200 - Wild World - National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/global.html?detail=undefined&size=undefined&id=0&cMinx=-180&cMaxx=180&cMiny=-90&cMaxy=90
Clickable map that provides information on endangered regions in the world.

A Park in Danger - Everglades National Park
http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/threats2.htm

Human Impact

Threats to Water Resources
http://www.greateryellowstone.org/water_threats.html

Oceans
Human Impact on Oceans: Pollutiong the Ocean Waters and Shorelines
http://www.eco-pros.com/humanimpact.htm

Deforestation
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/academic/global/deforest.htm

Deforestation and Desertification
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/deforestation.html

Mining
http://www.unep.ch/islands/siemi3.htm

http://www.miningwatch.org/emcbc/primer/buttons.htm

Loss of Wetlands
http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/hydrology/wetlands/

Industrialization
http://users.aber.ac.uk/trt9/industrialization.htm

Overgrazing
http://www.orst.edu/instruct/bi301/genconce.htm

http://www.westernwatersheds.org/facts_photos/grazing_overview/grazing_overview.html

Agricultural
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/facts/point6.htm

http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/rivers/gt%20stour%20case%20study-pages/plln-frm.html

Habitat Fragmentation
http://www.orst.edu/instruct/fw251/modules/habitatdd/fragmentation.htm

http://www.nwf.org/smartgrowth/fragmentation.html

Oil and Gas Development
http://www4.nas.edu/news.nsf/isbn/0309087376

http://arctic.fws.gov/issues1.html

The Carbon Cycle
http://www.smy.fi/koulut/carbon/
Provides information on Global Warming and Ozone Depletion

Global Warming
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html

http://www.climatehotmap.org/

Ozone Layer Depletion
http://www.grida.no/soeno97/ozone/backgr2.htm

Photos
Canon Photo Gallery - World Wildlife Fund
http://photos.panda.org/
Contains pictures that can be useful for presentations.
 

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