This "is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions... [It also offers] a dynamic, inquiry-based educational resource, featuring illustrated lectures, animations, video and image banks, exercises and labs, syllabi, and basic textbook readings. columbia earthscape also gives policy makers and professionals a ... collection of environmental legislation, regional studies, international environmental documents, and white papers. And it offers scientists an educational venue in which to incorporate their research as well as a growing archive of journal articles, journal abstracts, conference literature, full-text monographs and selected chapters, and online data sets." |
