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Anthropology and Human Culture

IDB Population Pyramids
- This page allows you to obtain population pyramids (graphs that show the distribution of population by age and sex) for nearly any country. Data updated 9-30-2004. New dynamic display allows data extraction or graphical representation of population growth 1980-2050
Search Population and Health Data
- This database contains data on 95 demographic variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, the world as a whole, the United States as a whole, and the U.S. states. (Not all countries have data on all variables.)
RealClimate - a science blog
- RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.
The Memory Hole
- Rescuing Knowledge. Freeing Information.
WIKIPEDIA: The Hydrogen Economy
- hydrogen economy is a hypothetical future economy in which the primary form of stored energy for mobile applications and load balancing is hydrogen.
Fuel Cells - A Perspective
Expectations that fuel cells will be simple and cheap seem unrealistic.
Hydrogen Characteristics
- IGNITION AND DETONATION PERFORMANCE
Hadronic mechanics
- Increasing the energy available from Hydrogen combustion
The Hydrogen Economy - Energy and Economic Black Hole
- The energy-literate scoff at perpetual motion, free energy, and cold fusion, but what about the hydrogen economy?.
RENEWABLE ENERGY; WHAT ARE THE LIMITS?
- This attempt to assess the potential of renewables is being updated as new information is received. Critical feedback is welcome. 4/2004.
It takes one tonne of water to produce one kilogram of wheat
- Report: 21 March 2005: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
A Gender Perspective on Water and Sanitation
- background Paper #2 DESA/DSD/2005/2: Interagency Task Force on Gender and Water OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
- Hunger is a problem of poverty, distribution, and access to food. The question then, is not "How to feed the world", but rather, how can we develop sustainable farming methods that have the potential to help the world feed and sustain itself.
Biomass can't save us.
Published on 29 Nov 2004 by EnergyResources e-list.
Thermodynamics of the Corn-Ethanol Biofuel cycle.
Defines sustainability, sustainable cyclic processes, and quantifies the degree of non-renewability of ethanol produced from industrially-grown corn
THE OIL WE EAT
Manning, Richard, Harper's Magazine, Feb 2004, Vol. 308, Issue 1845 a mini-wiki on sustainability
Eating Fossil Fuels
- by Dale Allen Pfeiffer Human beings (like all other animals) draw their energy from the food they eat. Until the last century, all of the food energy available on this planet was derived from the sun through photosynthesis ...
American Thermidor Part I By Stirling Newberry
- How the cycle of deficits has kept the right in power in America.
American Thermidor Part II By Stirling Newberry
Why did the New Economy fail to create the long boom that was promised?
The Deep, Hot Biosphere
- Thomas Gold July 1992 Abstract: (Subject: microbiology)
The Origin of Methane (and Oil) in the Crust of the Earth
- Thomas Gold - U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1570, The Future of Energy Gases, 1993
No Free Lunch, Part 1: A Critique of Thomas Gold's Claims for Abiotic Oil
- Jean Laherrere edited by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Peak Oil: Fact and Fiction
This page addresses several common questions about world oil production. All historical production numbers are from the Oil and Gas Journal and the 2004 figures are for the first 11 months.
The Ghawar Oil Field, Saudi Arabia
- Greg Croft Inc. has been created to offer a range of earth science services to the oil and gas exploration industry
Dry Dipstick
- a peak oil metadirectory
SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE OF OIL
- Exploring the debate over Peak Oil - another jumpsite.
The American Assembler's Overview of Peak Oil
- with text overview and at least a dozen great links - yet another Peak Oil jumpsite.
Richard Heinberg on PEAK OIL
- "it is self-delusional to dwell on hopeful images of the future merely to distract ourselves from facing unpleasant truths."
Richard Heinberg - The end of the oil economy?(RA)
- Real Audio interview by Laura Flanders 3.23.04
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man:
- How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions - John Perkins interviewed by Amy Goodman
Peak Oil? Include Me Out
- Thoughts from a Once-Burned Y2K Activist
Interview with a fungus (PDF)
- unabridged version of Diane Brooks Pleninger's RDS-economist prize winning essay in PDF
Interview with a fungus (HTML)
- slightly abridged version of Diane Brooks Pleninger's RDS-economist prize winning essay in HTML
Can we design nature?
- Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and the Permaculture movement.
The Global Ecovillage Network
Calculate Your Ecological Footprint
- This is scary
The Wordspy
- Sort of an OED of the evolving moment
Enformay
- Tilicum and the journal of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE).
World Wide Words
- Another wonderful word site from a contributor to the OED
The Art & Science of Billboard Improvement
Freeway Blogging
A Fresh Look at the Cattle Mutilation Mystery
Howard Breskin
- My dad, has an interesting collection of Links mostly related to LAW - find Supreme Court decisions, etc.
Robert Garfias
- A Kiosk of Information Related to Ethnomusicology
Electronic Frontier Foundation
- The Newsletter
Girls may face risks from phthalates
- This is REALLY scary! Totally Unacceptable level of risk.
RAFI AKA ETC, has broadened its scope.
- Status of Terminator and Traitor Technologies
EPA - Office of Pesticides - Biopesticides
- The "Official" collection of often apologist material on Biopesticides
Urban Legends Sites.
- PLEASE: Check to see if it's a hoax BEFORE you pass it on.
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
- 1964-1968, Volume III Vietnam. This is an example of what Bush just prevented you from seeing.

Timezone & Weather Stuff

SpaceWeather.com
- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroid

- The Drought Monitor is a synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts, that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists. The data cutoff for Drought Monitor maps is Tuesday at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The maps, which are based on analysis of the data, are released each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

- Recent earthquakes or seismic events, are displayed on an interactive earthquake map serve .
Earth Impact Effects Program
- This program will estimate the ejecta distribution, ground shaking, atmospheric blast wave, and thermal effects of an impact as well as the size of the crater produced.
Washington State Mountain Pass Report
- WSDOT Road Restrictions - what's open, where you need tire chains
Hurricane Ridge Weather from NOAA NW Avalanche Center
- Current (1 Hr) Snow depth and weather Conditions
Hurricane Ridge Snotel Data The Archive
FERRY WATCH - Seattle to Bainbridge Island Run - Washington State Ferries - where is the darned boat right now?
FERRY CAMS - - Washington State Ferries - how full is the parking lot right now?
Olympic National Park Website and Phone Numbers Hurricane Ridge Road Report Telephone Number - 360 565 3131 or 3130
Coastal Marine Zone Forecasts
- by the Seattle, WA Forecast Office
Weather Information University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences
Tide and Current Predictor - Port Townsend
Mountain Weather - NOAA Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
FNMOC NWP Weather Maps
The Tornado Project
- Tornado Maps
Date and Time Gateway
NASA Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images
Latest GOES-WEST Visible Satellite Image
MPEG Weather!
- NOAA Geostationary Satellite Imagery Server
TRMM
- The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Significant environmental events
- visible in remotely-sensed data.
Aurora Borealis
- Explanations, realtime data and forecasting information.
Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights
- Visually beautiful exploration.
Aurora Borealis The Exploratorium Links page.
Complete Shoreline of Washington - Aerial Photos w/ cool interface.
RealClimate - a science blog
- RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.

Pollination & Botany

Pollen Adaptations - Ross Koning's Pollination Adaptations Website
The PLANTS Database
- a source of standardized information
The IDB The Internet Directory for Botany
MAO Inhibitors and Tryptamines

Ethology

Bee Biology - an overview of life cycles, nesting habits, and habitat
An interesting powerpoint presentation on pheromones
The effect of malathion dosing on the mating behavior of the lycosid spider
Astounding SEM images of spider pheromone receptors
The Biology of the Honeybee, Apis Mellifera
Bee Eye - Find out what we THINK the world looks like to a bee.
Comparisons in Physiology and Evolution. - Best writing I have seen in several years.
Essay On Theories of Animal Conduct.
The Black Brant Monitoring Project
SOCIAL INSECTS WORKING SPACE
- A Jumpsite.

Energy, Patents and Commerce

Richard Heinberg on PEAK OIL "it is self-delusional to dwell on hopeful images of the future merely to distract ourselves from facing unpleasant truths."
Richard Heinberg - The end of the oil economy? Real Audio interview by Laura Flanders 3.23.04
Bielenberg Press Manual machine for the continuous extraction of oil

The Information Economy

Patents just happen to be the medium, the end result of your search is a stock.

The IBM Patent Server once my favorite website, has become a for-profit Delphion adventure.

Duane Johnson's remarkable collection of photovoltaic links.
- Be warned: this site loads slowly
USDOE Photovoltaics Program NCPV Master Index

A jumpsite to a jumble of energy-economy links

Other Science Stuff

[Feynman's blackboard on the day he died February 15, 1988. Note the persistent reminders]

Richard Feynman: The Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures Four priceless recordings from the University of Auckland (New Zealand)
The Molecular Expressions Virtual Microscopy Website
Martindale's Geophysics
'Junk science' - is faulty scientific data and analysis used to further a special agenda. This page has one, too (of course).
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
- information on the state of the sun
Northwest-centric Earthquake Information
- Check my Online Projects page for a more complete collection of Seismic Hazard sites.
NEPTUNE Working Group
The Seismic Potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Tsunami Information Resources
An Excellent Jumpsite
JournalWatch
- From the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
Brain & Mind
- Electronic Magazine on Neuroscience
Lansing Heritage Site
- Jim Lansing created ALTEC and James B. Lansing Loudspeaker companies.