Library of Resources for Environmental Science 99 & 100 Students
All of these resources are openly accessible and free of paywalls, so you may read whatever you like!
All materials are divided by subject
Note: If there is a journal/article of interest that is behind a paywall, you may be able to gain access through our QC Library (on the Research Tab)
Climate Change
News:
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- CUNY Advanced Science Research Center: CUNY’s own ASRC often publishes updates on work that is being conducted within their laboratories. While there are multiple initiatives at the ASRC, there is an Environmental Crossroads Initiative that may be useful for you. Link: https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu
- MIT Technology Review – Climate Change: Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/topic/climate-change/
- Nature Journal News and Articles: While the journal itself is not always accessible, their news portion can be read without paying a fee. Link: https://www.nature.com/news
Journals:
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- Nature: Nature is one of the leading scientific journals. While they are not fully Open Access, they do have a search function (simply press “Search” in the top right corner) where you can look through their articles that have been published under OA. Link: https://www.nature.com/nature-portfolio/open-access
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Earth’s Future – A transdisciplinary Open Access journal created by AGU: This OA journal gives access to recently published articles in the topics of examining the state of the planet and its inhabitants, sustainable and resilient societies, the science of the Anthropocene, and predictions of our common future through research articles, reviews and commentaries.
- Environmental Science – Atmospheres journal created by the Royal Society of Chemistry: Interdisciplinary open access journal advancing the understanding of atmospheric science and related challenges. They offer open access to the journal itself as well books and other databases related to Atmospheric Science/Climate Change. Link: https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/environmental-science-atmospheres/
- Environmental Science Europe – Open Access Journal: ESEU is an international journal, focusing primarily on Europe, with a broad scope covering all aspects of environmental sciences, including the main topic regulation. Link: https://enveurope.springeropen.com/
Environmental Health & Policy
Books:
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Toxic Truths – A book by Thom Davies & Alice Mah (2020): This book features studies of community-based participatory environmental health and justice research; different ways of sensing, witnessing, and interpreting environmental injustice; political strategies for seeking environmental justice; and ways of expanding the concepts and forms of engagement of citizen science around the world.
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Invasive Species
Books:
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- Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands in the United States – A book by Poland, T., et al. (2021): This book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. Link: https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63661
Oceans & Marine Environments
Articles:
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- Yi, Y. et al. (2021). Research on the Influence of Microplastics on Marine Life. IOP Conf. Series: Earth Environ. Sci. 631:012006. Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/631/1/012006/pdf#:~:text=Marine%20microplastics%20will%20affect%20many,oxidative%20damage%20and%20abnormal%20behavior
Green Infrastructure
Sustainable Food/Agriculture
Pollution
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