Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on anthropogenic contamination and Anywhere:
National Water-Quality Assessment data warehouse
Data warehouse for national water quality program with links to chemical, biological, and physical data for water, sediment and animal tissues, nutrient, pesticide, and VOC levels, stream flow, and ground water levels from national study units.
(Score: 1.380)
Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
Homepage for the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program which provides scientific information on contaminated sites and on human and envionmental health. Links to news, topical information, investigations, meetings, publications, and photos.
(Score: 1.380)
Water quality information pages
Homepage of the Office of Water Quality programs on the quality of the Nations surface-water and ground-water resources, with links to general information, quality assurance, software, data, publications, USGS facilities, techniques, and programs.
(Score: 1.380)
Ozone in our air - friend or foe? - depends on where
Article on ozone layer and ozone as a pollutant from the weekly newsletter Volcano Watch (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory) for August 20, 2001.
(Score: 1.000)
Atmospheric Deposition Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
Document on the federally supported interagency National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) covering research on causes and effects of acid precipitation with the USGS as the lead agency for monitoring wet acid deposition.
(Score: 0.690)
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program
Homepage for BEST Program research evaluating environmental contaminants and their effects on species and lands under stewardship of the Dept. of the Interior. Provides links to projects, data and products, and contacts.
(Score: 0.690)
Coalbed methane: an untapped energy resource and an environmental concern
Review of coalbed methane, its commercial production, and USGS studies of the controls, distribution, and recoverable resources of coalbed methane, particularly as they affect the release of gas and water to the environment.
(Score: 0.690)
Contaminant Biology Program
The Contaminant Biology Program investigates contaminant exposure and effects on fish, wildlife, and other organisms, their habitat and ecosystems. Links include description of projects, research centers, and news.
(Score: 0.690)
Contaminant exposure and effects--terrestrial vertebrates (CEE-TV) database
The information provided in the CEE-TV database profiles available geo-referenced information on contaminant exposure and effects in terrestrial vertebrates along the U. S. coasts. The database utilizes Microsofts Access 2000 for Windows.
(Score: 0.690)
Environment
Links to USGS activities in the environment theme area, including anthropogenic and natural contaminants, ecosystems, energy, human health, global change, etc. Also includes links to environment-related factsheets.
(Score: 0.690)
Mercury in the environment
Fact sheet on mercury and the environment, including toxic effects, risk to people and wildlife, sources of mercury, environments where methylmercury is a problem and mercury contamination.
(Score: 0.690)
Midcontinent Agricultural Chemical Research Program
Homepage for the research on occurrence, movement, flux, fate, and effects of agricultural chemicals, such as pesticides, in 25 states by the Midcontinent Agricultural Chemical Research Project (MACRP) with links to study results and publications.
(Score: 0.690)
National highway runoff water quality data and methodology synthesis
Cooperative national project with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to evaluate FHWAs guidelines for highway-runoff quality. Links to searchable online bibliography of related publications by the USGS, EPA, FHWA, and state agencies.
(Score: 0.690)
The Virtual Fish: Semipermeable Membrane Device (SPMD) basics
Paper by Duane Chapman for the 6th International SPMD Workshop and Symposium on a semipermeable membrane device (SPMD)measures contaminants in water by mimicking the parts of fish that cause concentration of specific chemicals in fish tissues.
(Score: 0.690)
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