| The_Rowland_Institute_for_Science A private, nonprofit organization with a broad charter to conduct advanced scientific research founded in 1980 by Edwin Herbert Land, and endowed by Land and his family. |
| Rudjer_Boskovic_Institute Scientific research centre located in Zagreb, Croatia. |
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| SRI_International An independent nonprofit R+D organization, creating innovative technology and business solutions for government agencies, commercial businesses and foundations for over 50 years. |
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| Vestlandsforsking Independent research institute, part of Norway's national research system. Key research areas are in the fields of information technology, environmental research and society and industry. Primarily in |
| Weizmann_Institute_of_Science An international center of scientific research and graduate study located in Rehovot, Israel. |
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| Bioassessment_and_Biocriteria U.S. EPA website includes a primer and FAQs on biological criteria and their application, guidelines on their use in aquatic ecosystems, case studies, and links/contacts for additional information. |
| California_Wildlife_Exposure_Factor_and_Toxicity_Database Search a compilation of exposure factors (i.e., ecological and physiological data) and toxicity data for a number of California mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. |
| Ecological_Risk_Analysis_Tools_and_Applications Information for use in conducting ecological screening and baseline risk assessments, from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). |
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| Environmental_Contaminants_Encyclopedia General information about 118 elements, compounds, and products. U.S. National Park Service, February 1998. |
| Environmental_Toxicology_Laboratory ETL has developed a innovative environmental technology, the Tetramitus Assay. This bioassay detects toxicity in sediment, whole water and other samples. |
| European_Network_Bioindication Assess air quality by the use of bioindicator plants in eleven European cities. Provides information about the project, news, resources and results. |
| EXTOXNET_-_The_EXtension_TOXicology_NETwork Fully searchable and selectively retrievable databases of pesticide toxicology and environmental chemistry information. |
| IPMRC_Ecotoxicology_Page General introduction to ecotoxicology and information about its role in pest management. |
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| Lemnatec Provides ecotoxicology testing products and services. Describes the Lemna (duckweed) bioassay test for detecting and evaluating hazardous substances in ecosystems. |
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| Pequitec Specialists for the supply and construction of ecotoxicology testing equipment and agricultural research equipment. |
| University_of_Antwerp_Laboratory_for_Ecophysiology,_Biochemistry_and_Toxicology Provides information on research. |
| Working_Group_Ecotoxicology Provides information on program at the Dresden University of Technology Institute of Hydrobiology. |
| Did_PCB\'s_Save_the_Stripers?_A_Fish_Story New York Times article about the fact that striped bass are thriving in the Hudson River because PCBs deter fishing, even though PCBs actually are harmful to the fish. However, fish in Newark Harbor h |
| Unknown_Contaminant_Found_In_Seabird_Eggs Researchers found an unidentified organohalogen contaminant in the eggs of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean seabirds. If a marine organism is the source, this would be the first insta |
| Base_Peak Formerly "Mass Spectrometry on the Internet", an index page of mass spectrometry internet sites including links to mass spectrometry groups, companies, resources, and software. |
| ChemDex A directory of chemistry resources on the WWW, located on the Sheffield chemistry server. |
| ChemFinder_Searching An index to chemical information on the Internet, with structures and physical properties, searchable by name, structure, CAS Number, and physical properties. |
| Chemical_Directories,_Indicies_and_Links_Sites A meta-listing of chemistry indicies - a subsection of Links for Chemists. |
| Chemical_Resources Many places to search chemical information in Internet, page held in Columbia. |
| Chemie_DE Chemie.DE is an information service for the german chemistry community. It provides search engines for chemistry and various databases for chemical information. |
| ChemIndustry_com Providing information on all facets of the world-wide chemical industry. Many links to web resources of interest to chemists and the chemical industry. |
| Chemistry_Collection_of_Infostead_Australia A comprehensive Australian directory of links for all those with an interest in chemistry. |
| Chemsoc Online networks in specialist areas, science, industry and product news, a comprehensive events database, job centre, access to major references, and society resources. |
| ChemWeb_com Features searchable chemistry journals and databases, jobs, books, software, conferences diary and ChemDex+. |
| ChIN_-_The_Chemical_Information_Network Comprehensive directory of chemical information on the web. |
IIASA's Acting Deputy Director Nebojsa Nakicenovic recently presented to the ‘Regional Economics of Climate Change Study’ Roundtable in Hong Kong on GHG emissions scenarios. Convened by Lord Nicholas Stern, the discussions are aimed at developing a framework for a global deal which could be considered at the UNFCCC COP-15 meeting in Copenhagen in 2009.
At the invitation of Franz Fischler, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA's Acting Deputy Director, recently spoke on "Low-carbon technologies and risk management" at the European Parliament. The aim of the Conference, "A Global Contract Based on Climate Justice — The Need for a New Approach Concerning International Relations" was to send a widely recognized signal from the European Parliament to the forthcoming UNFCCC negotiations in Poznan and later in Copenhagen.
IIASA's Wolfgang Lutz was awarded the prestigious Advanced Investigator Grant of the European Research Council. The ambitious study on "Forecasting societies' adaptive capacity to climate change" has been granted 2.5 million Euros. Using demographic forecasting techniques, it will focus in particular on the role of education and includes in-depth case studies. More.
IIASA is now accepting on-line applications for the 2009 Postdoctoral Program. Scholarships of 12 to 24 months' duration are awarded to conduct research on a theme related to IIASA's current research agenda. The application deadline is 1 February 2009.
IIASA's Young Scientists Summer Program offers advanced graduate students from around the world the opportunity to spend a summer working with distinguished scientists on projects related to their own doctoral research in the natural and social sciences.
The 2009 application will be open from 1 October 2008 until 19 January 2009.
New research by IIASA scientists Sabine Fuss, Benjamin Ortiz, and Jana Szolgayova uses optimal control theory and scenarios to assess how a country’s transport infrastructure may evolve in the context of that country's projected economic growth. The research was presented at a recent IIASA workshop linking dynamic systems to economic growth and the environment.
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with IIASA’s Acting Director Sten Nilsson and his Special Advisor Chin Min Lee on 13 October at the UN HQ in New York to discuss possible future cooperation on systems oriented policy advice on global change issues. The UN Secretary-General agreed to IIASA assisting him regularly on issues of his concern. The next meeting is expected in mid-2009.
Nebojsa Nakicenovic on energy vs. climate change.
IIASA scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize four times.
The new Winter 2008 issue (pdf) of
Options focuses on scientific bridge building.
The Indian Forestry Sector — Current Trends and Future Challenges.
A dynamic and non-linear theory of institutional emergence and its implications.
The PINPoints Newsletter (pdf) is now available.
IIASA Policy Briefs
