HR: 14:55h
AN: ED23C-06    [Abstracts]
TI: The ESPERE Climate Encyclopedia
AU: * de Sherbinin, A M
EM: adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu
AF: CIESIN, Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964 United States
AU: Uherek, E
EM: euherek@espere.net
AF: Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Postfach 3060, Mainz, 55020 Germany
AU: Moneo, M
EM: mmoneo@eco.etsia.upm.es
AF: Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Avenida de la Complutense sn, Madrid, 28040 Spain
AB: ESPERE (Environmental Science Published for Everybody Round the Earth) is a project that seeks to bring current scientific knowledge of the climate system to schools and to make it understandable for teachers, pupils and a wider public. Within ESPERE-ENC a climate encyclopaedia is being developed for use in classes. This Internet publication (URL: www.espere.net) should not only deliver peer-reviewed, reliable and topical information, but promote also the interactive exchange of scientist and non-scientists. The consortium working on this plan consists of Earth scientists on the one hand and representatives of the national educational systems on the other hand. The English master version of the encyclopaedia has been finished end of 2003 and the translation into six other languages is currently taking place, making ESPERE one of the largest providers of climate information in Europe. Building up an international Network, concentrating on the basic processes in the climate system, ESPERE should co-operate with scientific and educational institutes world wide.
UR: http://www.espere.net
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting