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.