For more information on the Gwich'n First Nation visit Taiga Net – a co-operative environmental and community web network based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and is operated by the Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Society.
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Also visit the website home of the Vuntut Gwitchin' First Nation www.oldcrow.ca
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For a comprehensive, multinational report on the state of the Arctic, see the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). This sobering assessment was released at the ACIA International Scientific Symposium held in Reykjavik, Iceland in November 2004.
Regime Shifts and the Food Web
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For more information on euphasiids visit the website of Jaime Gomez Gutierrez, a foremost authority on euphasiids from Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR).
The Exploratorium has put together an excellent site on climate change, NAO climate modeling and other important global climate models. This site offers a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena and how researchers gather evidence, test theories and come to conclusions.
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In-depth information on how African dust clouds are associated with increased pediatric asthma and accident and emergency admissions on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.
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An excellent review by the USGS of coral mortality, the African dust hypothesis and health.
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Visit NASA's Earth Observatory for a superb review of dust and its effects on human health and the oceans.
Want to know how actions in and around your own home can impact global climate? Our Interactive House features a normal house and shows how unexpected actions and items can cause unintended effects.
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Your Carbon Diet: See what is draining energy in a typical New England house and learn how to make the home more energy efficient.
Frustrated by websites written by so-called experts claiming to debunk climate change? Science Magazine recommends consulting realclimate.org, an information packed site written by nine academic and government scientists on the evidence that humans are helping to heat up the planet.
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For a frequently updated resource dedicated to greenhouse gas news and scientific publications visit GreenHouse Gas Online.
For information on global warming as well as the effects of climate change on health, visit Global Warming Facts & Our Future from the Marian Koshland Science Museum. This site reveals the science behind global warming and examines the possible implications of this phenomenon on the quality of life around the world.
Global Warming: Early Warning Signs – This site features an interactive world map that illustrates the local consequences of global warming. Curriculum materials are also available for high school teachers.