The Azimuth Project
Azimuth Library
The Azimuth Library is the section of the Azimuth Wiki where you can find clearly presented, accurate, and up-to-date information on the issues affecting our planet.
The big problems facing the planet
Our planet faces a complex set of environmental and technological problems, including but not limited to:
Global warming - human caused climate change.
Extinction - mass die-offs caused by global warming and habitat changes.
Deforestation - loss of primary and secondary forests.
Ocean acidification - rise in ocean acidity due to rising CO2 .
Dead zones - large areas of the ocean that can’t support life.
Water crisis - drawdowns in aquifers and freshwater supplies.
Peak oil - the decline in the availability of oil as an energy source.
Topic overviews
Each of the following topics has overview a list of associated articles and references:
Action plans - plans for saving the planet, and our summaries and critiques.
Biodiversity - information on biodiversity and the how to prevent the mass extinction that could be underway.
Carbon - everything related to carbon emissions and carbon dioxide.
Climate - information on climate physics, climate prediction and climate change.
Earth science - information on Earth science.
Ecology - understanding how ecosystems work and how humans interact with them.
Energy - information on the technology and economics of energy.
Oceans - the oceans, the many roles they play, and problems such as ocean acidification and dead zones.
Members - members of the Azimuth Forum.
Natural resources - information about fresh water, oil, phosphorus, etc.
Organizations - organizations you should know if you’re a scientist or engineer who wants to save the planet.
People - people you should know know if you’re a scientist or engineer who wants to save the planet.
Reports - reports on climate change and energy issues, and our summaries and critiques.
Software - software related to climate, environmental and energy issues.
Methodology - scientific and engineering methodologies that are relevant to the grand goal of saving the planet.
Things to do - things you can do here.
Visualisation - cool graphs, charts and pictures.
Revised on June 6, 2014 15:52:32
by
John Baez
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