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- "Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle" - Woods Hole Research Center
Site reveiws the basics of the global carbon cycle and how fossil fuels are linked to the cycle. - "Climate Change" - EPA
Explains climate change, which has been linked to emissions of greenhouse gases (including CO2). - "Greenhouse Gas Emissions" - EPA
Explains what greenhouse gases are and how the greenhouse effect works.
- "USGS Tracks Acid Rain" - USGS Fact Sheet FS-183-95
Online primer defines acid rain and explains how acid rain forms and what impacts it has on the environment. Site includes color images. - "What is Acid Rain?" - EPA
Defines acid rain and includes links to images and additional information.
- "Coal Resources in Environmentally-sensitive Lands Under Federal Management" - Watson, et al., USGS Open-File Report 95-631
Online report presents estimates of coal-bearing acreage and coal tonnage in environmentally-sensitive areas and explains how these areas are dealt with. Includes plates that give detailed examples. - "Coal-Bed Methane: Potential and Concerns" - Nuccio, V., USGS Open-File Fact Sheet 123-00
Visit this site to learn more about the potential use of methane as an energy source, as well as some of the problems associated with its use. - "Coalbed Methane--An Untapped Energy Resource and an Environmental Concern" - USGS Fact Sheet FS-019-97
This site looks at the potential of using coalbed methane as an energy resource, but also considers the environmental implications associated with removing the methane from the ground.