Pathfinders                                                                     Our earth is hurting These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with your research on Subject headings, keywords Soil conservation, Energy, Water (Fresh, oceans) Minerals, Threatened species, Habitat destruction, Fish stocks, Pollution: air noise, waste, rubbish, chemicals, vehicles, Acid rain, Ozone hole, Global warming, Introduced species, Famine and hunger, Sewage disposal, Irrigation. Dams, Tourism, Gene pool. Dewey Numbers 333.7, 363.3, 363.7     Reference: Britannica Encyclopedias, World Book Encyclopedias, Oxford Junior encyclopedias, Encarta, Information file, On-line databases and websites Britannica Online http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/      login on the left side of the page under the EPIC heading     login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.      Scroll down to blue highlighted links - 'Britannica online school edition K-12'     or the 'Discovering Collection' (also biographies and science plus more)  Choose either Primary, Secondary or High School levels or 'search all levels' The following websites have information on http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/oil_spills.htm oil spills http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html oil spills oil spills http://www.ypte.org.uk/docs/factsheets/env_facts/acid_rain.html  acid rain www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/air/breathe http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/air/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Sustainability/Older/Air_Pollution.html  air pollution http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/africa/2002/famine_in_africa/default.stm  famine

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