Care of the Planet


Because environmental awareness is an information-intensive endeavor, it's not surprising that so many blogs are devoted to collecting information on a single topic. In this section, we have compiled some of the best blogs that address the changes that the Earth may or may not be undergoing.

Water

Coastal Factoid

http://www.surfriderfoundation.typepad.com/coastal_factoid/

Coastal Factoid is the Surfrider Foundation's blog. Staff posts information and news articles about water pollution, coastal preservation and conservation, and efforts to protect the world's oceans.

Shifting Baselines

http://www.shiftingbaselines.org/blog/

Shifting Baselines is a joint partnership between ocean conservation and Hollywood to help bring attention to the severity of ocean decline. The site posts action alerts, information about the protecting the world's oceans, and essays like a recent one cautioning readers against "environmental self-righteousness".

Oceana Network Blog

http://www.community.oceana.org/

This is the blog of Oceana, an organization dedicated to restoring and protecting the world's oceans through policy advocacy, science, law, and public education. The site is a blog network and regularly posts information and reports about the world's oceans and sea life.

Coral Reef

SurfWax Earth Science News

http://www.news.surfwax.com/earthscience/files/Coral_Reefs.html

This is a newsreader that posts the latest stories that relate to coral reefs and diving in the world's oceans.

Forest

Debitage

http://www.brunchma.com/~acsumama/blog/index.html

Stentor Danielson is an American Ph.D. student studying geography in Australia. Debitage focuses on environmental issues such as brush fire management, archaeology, and anthropology.

Forest Conservation Blog

http://forests.org/blog/

Forests.org runs this blog about forest conservation, deforestation, and logging issues.

Land

Nature Noted

http://www.naturenoted.blogspot.com/

Pat Burns in Tennessee uses her blog to keep up on information about land trusts and other conservancy matters.

Veloceraptor Earth Change

http://www.veloceraptor.blogspot.com/

An anonymous blogger maintains this site to post reports and news articles about earth changes. The site collects information on volcanoes, earthquake activity, global warming, and any other changes in the Earth's patterns.

Sky

Weather Changes

Climate Audit

http://www.climateaudit.org/

The author of this blog is a serious weather-watcher and writes nice little sound bytes of weather-related tidbits, arguments, documentation. Fun, scary, and informative all at the same time.

The Earth Blog

http://www.environmentalsustainability.info/blog/

Dr. Glen Barry uses this blog to post essays and commentaries on efforts to sustain the environment.

Climate Science

http://www.climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/

A collective blog about climate and scientific research. The posts are rather technical but provide access to many studies and reports published by governmental agencies and academic institutions.

Climate Ark

http://www.climateark.org/blog/

This blog focuses on climate change. I found it by following a link to www.climateark.org, which is a newspaper-style website devoted to climate issues. He doesn't hesitate to toss politics into the fray.

RealClimate

http://www.realclimate.org/

This group site focuses on climate and climate changes, and tries to provide a quick response to current events that might be missing in the media coverage. Strictly scientific; they avoid politics or economics.

Space Exploration

Cosmic Log

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3217961/

Eric Boyle's column/blog about space, science, and exploration that is housed at MSNBC.

Chair Force Engineer

http://www.chairforceengineer.blogspot.com/

M is an aviation engineer who blogs about his experiences and profession building space exploration technology. The author often posts photographs of centers that he has visited and talks about equipment that he has seen and worked with.

Science Updates

The following blogs focus on the physical science involved with conservation and preservation rather than public policy or public awareness.

Science Policy

http://www.sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/

A professional-looking blog composed of ten or so contributors, Science Policy posts articles and comments on public policy, science, and the public interest.

Quark Soup

http://www.davidappell.com/

David Appell's Quark Soup blog is chock-full of interesting discussions of global warming, climate changes, politics and the environment, and other science-related topics. This blog, written by a professional science writer, is a very good read.



Blogosphere(c) Best of Blogs
Blogosphere: Best of Blogs
ISBN: 0789735261
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 138

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