Texas Costal Wetlands: Status and Trends, Mid-1950s to Early 1990s (open access)

Texas Costal Wetlands: Status and Trends, Mid-1950s to Early 1990s

This report analyzes data collected for the 12.8 million-acre coastal Texas area to detect changes in wetlands, deepwater habitats, and uplands acreage.
Date: March 1997
Creator: Moulton, D. W.; Dahl, T. E. & Dall, D. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use Multiple Data Sources for Safer Emergency Response (open access)

Use Multiple Data Sources for Safer Emergency Response

A report intended to increase awareness of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) limitations, so that first responders can take proper precautions, and identify additional sources of chemical information, which could help prevent death or injury.
Date: June 1999
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 3. Management Measures for Forestry (open access)

Chapter 3. Management Measures for Forestry

A chapter which specifies management measures to protect coastal waters from silvicultural sources of non point pollution. Contains ten management measures that address various phases of forestry operations.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
1.4 Natural Gas Combustion (open access)

1.4 Natural Gas Combustion

This document focus's on the use of natural gas as a major combustion fuel and offers information on firing practices, emissions, and controls.
Date: 1998
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory ATLAS No. 1 (open access)

NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory ATLAS No. 1

This is a report on air stagnation climatology for the United States (1948-1998). The report looks at the increase of urbanization and the air pollution problem that continues to rise.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Wang, Julian X. L. & Angell, James K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Form CJ-7, Parole Data Survey: 1999 (open access)

Form CJ-7, Parole Data Survey: 1999

Blank parole data survey containing a series of questions related to the parole population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: November 22, 1999
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1995 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1995

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1995.
Date: 1995
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1998 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1998

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1998.
Date: 1998
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1997 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1997

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1997.
Date: 1997
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1999 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1999

The purpose of this report, which was prepared under the auspices of the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), is to provide highlights of the Program's recent research and to describe future plans and directions.
Date: 1998
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1991 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1991

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1991.
Date: 1991
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Change Science Requirements for Long-Term Archiving (open access)

Global Change Science Requirements for Long-Term Archiving

A document discussing scientific research and environmental assessments which are important to economic well being, quality of life, and economic strength. It discusses a the purposes of having a long-term archive that contains scientific data.
Date: March 1999
Creator: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1996 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1996

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1996.
Date: 1996
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1994 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1994

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1994.
Date: 1994
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1992 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1992

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1992.
Date: 1992
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production] (open access)

[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for 'Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: January 1995
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Coastal Alabama Natural Gas Exploration and Development: Final Report (open access)

History of Coastal Alabama Natural Gas Exploration and Development: Final Report

This report tracks the history of the coastal region of Alabama following interest in oil drilling from 1969 to 1997. Mobil Oil Company sought to lease tracts to drill for oil in Mobile Bay from the state of Alabama, and later the oil companies Exxon, Chevron, and Shell became a part of the competition in the area.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Wade, William W.; Plater, Jason R. & Kelley, Jacqueline Q.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Spring and Summer 1998: Final Report (open access)

Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Spring and Summer 1998: Final Report

Report of the mass mortality of fish and invertebrates resulting from the 1998 El Nino in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Mortality was linked to a condition of near anoxia caused by a confluence of unusual oceanographic stratification associated with coastal upwelling, algal proliferation, and climatic conditions.
Date: September 1999
Creator: Collard, Sneed B & Lugo-Fernandez, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina (open access)

Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina

Report on a study of migration patterns and density of loggerhead, leatherback, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in order to determine the potential impact of Mobil Oil's plan to drill an exploratory well 45 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, NC.
Date: February 1996
Creator: Keinath, J. A.; Musick, J. A. & Barnard, D. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment, Phase 1: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure, Interim Report. Year 1 (open access)

Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment, Phase 1: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure, Interim Report. Year 1

Interim report of the "Gulf of Mexico Offshore Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX): Phase 1" that analyzes the effects of offshore drilling and its resultant contaminants on the life cycles and composition of resident marine life. Data obtained from soil and tissue samples of marine life both near and far from contaminated areas is used to determine and manage the environmental changes rendered by offshore drilling.
Date: February 1994
Creator: Kennicutt, Mahlon C., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions (open access)

A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions

This is a report covering the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is responsibility on leasing offshore lands for oil and gas exploration and development. The reports looks to expand air quality models.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Chang, Joseph C.; Fernau, Mark E.; Scire, Joseph S. & Strimaitis, David G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Summary: University Research Initiative on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Project Summary: University Research Initiative on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico

Summary describing the work completed at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for the university research initiative on the effects of offshore petroleum development in the Gulf of Mexico on the effects of tar on the Louisiana coastline. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 1993
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida (open access)

Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida

This report investigates five older and two newer exploration oil wells to determine the environmental impact in a tropical climate. The five older sites were created prior to the OCS and MMS regulations for drilling, and the newer two were created with the OCS and MMS regulations. This investigation was set to determine if these sites had a positive, negative, or no impact on the environment.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Shinn, Eugene A.; Lidz, Barbara H. & Dustan, Philip A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks

This report is a continuation of a similar study conducted from 1989-1991 when permanent stations were established to monitor the coral in the area to assess how environmental factors were affecting the reefs. Growth rates and declines were observed, as well as the rates of coral bleaching in the East and West Garden Banks to determine the state of the coral reefs. There are four appendices that present the data gathered.
Date: January 1997
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library