LibGuides: Environmental Science: Websites

Local Focus: Southern Alberta

Environment Lethbridge
To improve and promote sustainability in Lethbridge.
Nature Lethbridge
Lethbridge Naturalists' Society which promotes balanced appreciation of all living things and natural features.
Nature Alberta
Encourages Albertans to increase their knowledge and understanding of natural history and ecological processes.
University of Lethbridge Herbarium (LEA)
Contains approximately 12,000 specimens of vascular plants, mostly from southern Alberta.

Environmental indicators - Environment and Climate Change Canada
Environmental indicators on air, climate, water, nature, and human influence.
Global Environmental Outlook - United Nations Environment
Provides global assessment reports produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
RealClimate.org
RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.
Environment & Society Portal
A gateway to open access resources on the human-environment relationship.
NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment
Canadian-based confederation of researchers and educators who work at the intersection of nature and history.
Climate Change Knowledge Portal
Covers global, regional, and country data related to climate change along with climate-related information, data, and tools.
Climate Central
A nonprofit news organization with research-based reports on
topics related to climate science for a public audience. Contains articles, reports, and infographics. Aimed at a general audience, but authoritative.

Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)
Monitors Alberta’s biodiversity and human footprint; publications and spatial data available.
Alberta Environment & Protected Areas
Responsible for the protection of Alberta's air, land, water and biodiversity.
Alberta Agriculture - Soil, Water & Air
Documents and resources relating to air, environmental stewardship, irrigation, soils & water.
Alberta Agriculture - Diseases, Insects & Pests
Alberta insect identification & surveys, crop insects & pests, crop & livestock diseases, etc.
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in Canada
Sites that support specific groups of birds: threatened birds, large groups of birds, and birds restricted by range or by habitat.
Canadian Mountain Network
An alliance of partners from universities, governments, Indigenous communities, and businesses dedicated to the sustainability of mountain environments and communities.

Stumbling Into the Anthropocene
Climate change resources identified by Dr. Kent Peacock, Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge.

Alberta Climate Records [Free]
This visualization web site allows users to explore temperature trends and variability from a dataset of nearly 5 million observed climate records between 1950 and 2010 for 6,834 locations across the Province of Alberta.

Alberta Climate Information Service (ACIS) [Alberta Agriculture and Forestry]
See Alberta weather forecasts, browse over 10,000 maps of Alberta weather and Alberta climate related information, and access near real time station data from over 350 meteorological stations operating in the province of Alberta.