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• CERN (Europoean Organization for Nuclear Research)
  Concerned with scientific research into fundamental physics, finding out what the universe is made of and how it works.
• Community Research and Development Information Service
  An information space for European Research and Development (R&D) and exploitation of European R&D results.
• Energy Information Administration
  Statistics on energy sources, production, emissions, prices, consumption, imports and exports, and more. Also includes Country Analysis Briefs.
• European Commission Research
  You can read about the latest political decisions, or the latest advances in research; there is even a set of online leaflets about European Research in Action, written for the non-specialist and available in 11 or more languages.
• European Patent Office
  The European Patent Office (EPO) provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and companies seeking patent protection in up to 38 European countries.
• European Science Foundation (ESF)
  ESF an association of 80 member organisations devoted to scientific research in 30 European countries. Publications cover all scientific fields.
• Federation of American Scientists
  FAS provides timely, nonpartisan technical analysis on complex global issues that hinge on science and technology. Publications include articles, fact sheets, issue briefs, reports and white papers by FAS Project, along with the current Annual Report.
• International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
  ISTC is an intergovernmental organization connecting scientists from Russia, Georgia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with their peers in Canada, the European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea, Norway and the United States.
• International Nuclear Safety Center
  This site operates under the guidance of the Director of International Nuclear Safety and Cooperation (NN-30) in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has the mission of improving nuclear power reactor safety worldwide. The INSC is dedicated to the goals of developing enhanced nuclear safety technology and promoting the open exchange of nuclear safety information among nations. The INSC sponsors scientific research activities as collaborations between the U.S. and its international partners, who have also established safety centers in their countries.
• New York Academy of Sciences
  Since 1817 the New York Academy of Sciences has been one of the world's foremost organizers of scientific conferences, symposia, and meetings. Archives of articles from their magazine are from 1998 to present.
• Worldwide Science
  A global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.
• World Data Center
  The World Data Center system works to guarantee access to solar, geophysical and related environmental data. It serves the whole scientific community by assembling, scrutinizing, organizing and disseminating data and information.

• Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, 5v, 2002
  The Encyclopedia is a five-volume set with an associated website. Originally published in print format in 2002. The Encyclopedia contains: 500 authored articles; 150 definitions; 100 acronyms; 100 biographies of widely recognized contributors to global environmental change. Each article is prefaced by a few paragraphs aimed at the non-specialist level followed by a more rigorous academic review.

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