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ESpotlite (open access)

ESpotlite

This document focuses attention on emissions trading and greenhouse gases by providing internet links to governmental sites affiliated with emissions trading, government agencies, and other miscellaneous sites.
Date: February 2008
Creator: American Reference Center United States Embassy Wellington
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana

A report detailing the history of the offshore petroleum industry in Southern Louisiana, including accounts from people who were present.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Austin, Diane E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana

A report detailing the history of the offshore oil and gas industry in Southern Louisiana, including a compilation of photographs, diagrams, and other visual images that were collected during the study.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Austin, Diane E. & Gaines, Justin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 1: Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 1: Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

This study examines the expansion of offshore oil and gas development and its effects on shaping Louisiana's culture, geography, society and economy.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Austin, Diane; Priest, Tyler; Penney, Lauren; Pratt, Joseph; Pulsipher, Allan G. & Abel, Joseph
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Americans With Disabilities: 2005 (open access)

Americans With Disabilities: 2005

"This report presents information on the number and characteristics of individuals with disabilities and is based on data collected in wave 5 of the 2004 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)."
Date: December 2008
Creator: Brault, Matthew W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Americans With Disabilities: 2005 (open access)

Americans With Disabilities: 2005

"This report presents information on the number and characteristics of individuals with disabilities and is based on data collected in wave 5 of the 2004 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)."
Date: December 2008
Creator: Brault, Matthew W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report 1 (open access)

Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report 1

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Date: June 2008
Creator: Brooks, James M.; Fisher, Charles; Roberts, Harry; Bernard, Bernie; MacDonald, Ian; Carney, Robert et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: The Archaeological and Biological Analysis of World War II Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico: A Pilot Study of the Artificial Reef Effect in Deepwater] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: The Archaeological and Biological Analysis of World War II Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico: A Pilot Study of the Artificial Reef Effect in Deepwater]

Summary describing the work completed at C & C Technologies, Inc. for 'Deepwater Program: The Archaeological and Biological Analysis of World War II Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico: A Pilot Study of the Artificial Reef Effect in Deepwater.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 2008
Creator: C & C Technologies, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Viosca Knoll Wreck: Discovery and Investigation of an Early Nineteenth-Century Wooden Sailing Vessel in 2,000 Feet of Water (open access)

Viosca Knoll Wreck: Discovery and Investigation of an Early Nineteenth-Century Wooden Sailing Vessel in 2,000 Feet of Water

Report of the initial investigation of a shipwreck discovered in 2,000 feet of water during a 2003 deeptow survey for a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Church, Robert A. & Warren, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abrupt Climate Change (open access)

Abrupt Climate Change

This is an excerpt of a report series produced by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. The document contains a list of team members and authors, a memo to Congress, a table of contents, acknowledgements, recommended citations, a synopsis of the full report, and a preface.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abrupt Climate Change: Summary and Findings (open access)

Abrupt Climate Change: Summary and Findings

This report summary outlines brief answers to four questions about climate change. Will there be an abrupt change in sea level? Will there be an abrupt change in the hydrologic cycle? Will there be an abrupt change in the atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)? Will there be abrupt change in atmospheric methane?
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems (open access)

Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems

This report focuses on the impacts of global climate change, especially impacts on three bread dimensions of the human condition: human health, human settlements, and human welfare.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate and Airborne Pollutants (open access)

Climate and Airborne Pollutants

Pamphlet describing climate projections based on emission scenarios for long-lived and short-lived radiatively active gases and aerosols.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations (open access)

Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations

"This report assesses the strengths and limitations of climate models."
Date: July 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols (open access)

Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols

"The stated purpose for this report is to provide information to those who use climate model outputs to assess the potential effects of human activities on climate, air quality, and ecosystem behavior."
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations using Seasonal-toInterannual Forecasts and Observational Data: A Focus on Water Resources (open access)

Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations using Seasonal-toInterannual Forecasts and Observational Data: A Focus on Water Resources

A report summarizing current knowledge of climate change and evaluating the extent and development of this current knowledge for future scientific studies and planning.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States (open access)

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States

A report which provides an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States (open access)

Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States

"This report summarizes what is currently known about effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States."
Date: February 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States (open access)

Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States

"This report summarizes what is currently known about effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States."
Date: February 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I (open access)

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I

This report summarizes a case study which investigated how climate change may affect the transportation sector in the United States.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I (open access)

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I

A report assessing climate change and its potential impacts on transportation systems located in the Central Gulf Coast between Galveston, Texas and Mobile, Alabama.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2009 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2009

Annual report of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2009.
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a Changing Climate, and the "World Avoided" (open access)

The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a Changing Climate, and the "World Avoided"

A pamphlet describing ozone layer depletion.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources (open access)

Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources

A report which focuses on federally managed lands and waters to provide a "Preliminary Review of Adaption Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources."
Date: June 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library