Research & Information:
Climate Change:
- Clean Water Action Connecticut Programs and Reports
- New England and Eastern Canada Climate Change Action Report Card 2007 (PDF)
- A Climate For Action: Assessing Connecticut's Global Warming Progress: Executive Summary (PDF), Complete report (PDF)
- reports from other states, in the Northeast and beyond
- Climate Choices: the Northeast Report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Reports and fact sheets on the impact and mediation of climate change for the northeast states
- Flood Maps: Connecticut -- NASA sea level data plotted on Google Maps. Change the sea level rise using the drop down box at the top and zoom in and out on the map using the map controls. Worldwide maps are available from the links at the top of the page
- Connecticut Climate Change -- from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund at the direction of the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change
- Green Campus Inititative -- a project to research, identify and promote an effective approach to sustainability on college and university campuses in Connecticut
- Northeast Information Node of the NNBI: Climate -- from the National Biological Information Infrastructure project
- Climate Change Roadmap for Connecticut: Economic and Environmental Opportunities (2003) -- 2 part report from Environment Northeast (under Reports on this page)
- Climate Change Information Resources--New York City -- lots of reports and data about the New York region, especially check out the Resources links and bibliography
- Report from the New York City Panel on Climate Change, 2009 (PDF)
Environmental data:
- Just a few books on the CT environment (we have more--search for more specific topics in the CONSULS library catalog)
- Weather Data from Lockwood Farm, Hamden
- Northeast Information Node of the NBII - Great ecosystem maps, climate data, and project information from the National Biological Information Infrastructure project
- Connecticut State Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP)
- EPA: Region 1 is the website for the Environmental Protection Agency's New England office. News and resources specifically aimed at New England are included
- "Where you live" databases produced by the Environmental Protection Agency which allow viewing by zipcode or region. Examples: The Window to My Environment produces interactive maps with environmental and population data. The Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool adds Health & Human Services data, such as areas designated as medically underserved
- USGS Studies in Long Island Sound: Geology, Contaminants, and Environmental Issues (Woods Hole)
- Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
- USGS Connecticut Water Science Center in East Hartford. See especially Data, Projects, and Publications
- Chemistry of Stream Sediments and Surface Waters in New England (USGS, 2004)
Research by CT scientists:
- SCSU Theses/Dissertations (from Digital Dissertations) in Ecology, Environmental Sciences & Environmental Engineering and Aquaculture/Agriculture (SCSU login required)
- CCSU Theses in Environmental Science
- See the Science Education & Environmental Studies Program Faculty pages for research interests and publications by SCSU Faculty
Places to visit:
- Human's Nature -- permanent exhibit at the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History on the interaction between the natural history and the culture history of Connecticut (hours & directions)