EnergyFiles

EnergyFiles is a virtual library of over 500 science and technology databases and Web sites. Sponsored, developed, and maintained by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), EnergyFiles provides access to information, tools, and technologies relevant to the Department of Energy (DOE), with an emphasis on the physical sciences.

Energy Files is a DOE Science Accelerator Resource. The DOE Science Accelerator searches multiple science resources, including EnergyFiles. These resources, developed by OSTI, reside in the deep Web where popular search engines cannot go. The DOE Science Accelerator provides a "deeper" search that yields results ranked by relevancy. This search may take a little longer, but returns more comprehensive, higher quality science information.

http://www.osti.gov/energyfiles/index.html

WorldWideScience.org

WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway - accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.

http://worldwidescience.org/index.html

Bioenergy, food security and sustainability - towards an international framework

One of the documents from FAO's 2008 High-level Conference on World Food Security, outlining the potential risks attached to the growth in bioenergy, where the production of biofuel crops may come at the expense of food crops, resulting in a rise in commodity prices and resultant problems with food security. The background paper outlines elements for discussion on the development of a consensus for action on sustainable biofuel production.

ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/meeting/013/k2498e.pdf

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Fossils in Antarctica : British Antarctic Survey

This collection of photographs is made available by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). It contains descriptions and colour images of fossils that are displayed in a 'Type and Figured Fossil Collection'. The collection comprises: annelida; arthropoda; brachiopoda; cnidaria; echinodermata; ichnotaxa; mollusca; plantae; protista; and vertebrata. The BAS fossil collection was started in the 1940s and now contains around 40,000 fossil specimens. There are also links that point to a section on the various fossil locations in Antarctica and a fossils picture gallery.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geography/rock/fossils.php

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Uniform convergence and pointwise convergence

This learning resource introduces uniform convergence and pointwise convergence for sequences of real-valued functions. It is part of the University of Nottingham open courseware initiative (U-NOW) and was written by Dr Joel Feinstein from the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham. The resource is available under a Creative Commons England and Wales Public License as PDF and mp3 files, and can be viewed or downloaded.

http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=e29ada63-e1d3-7898-9afd-42692accd0be

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Introduction to compact operators

This learning resource provides the basic theory of compact linear operators on Banach spaces for postgraduate students or final year undergraduates. Topics covered include metric spaces; bounded operators and compact operators; spectra and eigenspaces. It is part of the University of Nottingham open courseware initiative (U-NOW) and was written by Dr Joel Feinstein from the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham. The resource is available under a Creative Commons England and Wales Public License as a PDF and mp3 file, and can be viewed or downloaded

http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=cef3b657-d3d1-56c6-55c2-8c67b3c168e3

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Fungal planet

'Fungal planet' is an international project aiming to help the description of new fungal species, stabilize the nomenclature of known species and provide information on fungal diversity, useful for biologists and the general public. It is edited by the scientists Pedro Crous (one of the Directorate of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands), K.A. Seifert, R.A. Samson and D.L. Hawksworth, and hosted by the CBS. This website gives free access to peer reviewed descriptions and illustrations of new species of fungi and species requiring further typification. All material submitted to Fungal Planet is reviewed by the editors and peer reviewers before publication. Each description consists of a technical page and a colour illustration page, with any supplementary information deposited in the online database 'MycoBank', administered by the International Mycological Association. The website also gives details of a book for non-specialists that the Fungal Planet project aim to produce from information in the database, details of the submission process and a link to MycoBank.

http://www.fungalplanet.org/

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Convention on Biological Diversity : forest biodiversity

This website focuses on the forest biodiversity programme of the international treaty 'Convention on Biological Diversity'. It provides news and reports of the various committees. Information is provided about forest biodiversity, why it matters and what needs to be done, as well as details of the programme itself and actions that have been taken and need to be taken to preserve biodiversity.

http://www.cbd.int/forest/

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Pesticide alternatives laboratory

The Pesticide Alternatives Laboratory is a unit of Michigan State University researching innovative pest control strategies, tactics and tools that help agricultural producers and land owners. Details of research projects and the staff involved can be found on the site, as well as a selection of documents and a newsletter. A link is also available to the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

http://whalonlab.msu.edu/

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Agriculture and climate change

This report from the National Farmers' Union (NFU), issued in 2005, discusses the likely impact of climate change on farming and farmers in the UK over the next 50 years, looking at adaptations that will be required in crop and livestock production, and disease management. It also examines how agriculture can help mitigate the effects of climate change in such areas as biofuel production and carbon sequestration.It outlines the NFU view of what actions need to be taken. The 50-page report also contains useful tables illustrating projected trends in seasonal temperatures, estimated greenhouse gas emission levels, changes in soil moisture content and length of growing season.

http://www.nfuonline.com/documents/Policy%20Services/Environment/Climate%20Change/NFU%20Climate%20Change.pdf

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