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  • El Nino Southern Oscillation & Climatic Variability - Government Atmospheric Research Laboratory
  • International Hurricane Center - The International Hurricane Center is a State of Florida University System type one research center devoted to researching hurricane mitigation. The IHC's focus is on researching the social, economic, and technical factors producing vulnerability.
  • Mount Washington Observatory - Non-profit meteorological observing and research station. New Hampshire.
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is a consortium of 61 universities that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, as well as other programs that conduct and facilitate research in the atmospheric and related sciences.
  • Weather Research Center - Non-profit educational and research organization in Texas

    Climate Action Network
    c/o Union of Concerned Scientists
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    Wasington, DC 20036

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.