Geosciences

Geosciences/Environment

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As well, a section on Planet Earth can be found on Notebook

Paleontology Links
Geosciences/Environment
MAPS
Weather/Meteorology

Geosciences/Environment

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS: Geography
- Educational Resources
- Earth Science Information Centers
- USGS: Maps, Imagery & Publications
- Science on The Internet
  "The U.S. Geological Survey maintains this registry of Earth and Environmental
  Science Internet resources as a service to the research community."
- USGS Fact Sheets
  - Maps of the United States
    Describes current and historical U.S. maps available from the U.S. Geological Survey.
USGS National Geologic Map Database
"We can help you find information about maps and related data for: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology."
Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Geological Survey
- Ministry of Mines
- USGS Projects in Afghanistan
  For a discussion about mining complications and a slide show on exploration, see
  Earthquakes and Drought Could Slow Afghanistan's Mining
Geological Time
UCMP Geologic Time Machine
University of California Museum of Paleontology
History of Geography
Wikipedia
Physical Geography
Wikipedia
Earth Science Australia
- Geological Time Periods
Geology.com: News and Information for Geology & Earth Science
- Geological Time Line
Geologic Time Scale
Wikipedia
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
"The Geological Society of America is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the science of geology."
- Education Center
- Resource List
International Mineralogical Association
Wikipedia
GeoScienceWorld
Open Questions
"A place for everyone to explore on the frontiers of science."
- Earth Science
A Kid's Guide to Geography
Thanks to Sandy Fiato and her students.
The Geography Site: coursework, teaching, lessons, information
Yahoo! -- Science: Geography
Alexandria Digital Library
- Sorted By Subject
  The MAPS alone are worth the price of admission!
  - Earth
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Library
- Print & Electronic Journals
Earth Sciences Website
Articles by Donald Blanchard
The Ocean Drilling Program
- Janus Web Database
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
- World Food Summit
- AQUASTAT: FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture
USDA Home Page
United States Department of Agriculture
- The National Agricultural Library
  The National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is one of four National Libraries in the United States. NAL is a major international source for agriculture and related information. This Web site provides access to NAL's many resources and a gateway to its associated institutions.
CRIS/USDA
"CRIS (Current Research Information System)/USDA provides access to information on federal and state supported research in agriculture, food and nutrition, forestry, and related fields."
- AGRIS INTERNATIONAL [FILE 203]
  "The AGRIS International database serves as a comprehensive inventory of worldwide agricultural literature which reflects research results, food productions, and rural development to help users identify problems involved in all aspects of world food supply."
  - Search CRIS
Open Directory: Earth Sciences
Water Quality Information Center
Improving Access to Water Resources and Agriculture Publications on the World Wide Web
UN Economic Commission for Africa
- African Regional Water Resources Information System
EcoLandTech Forums, Discussion Groups, etcetera
Pharmaculture and Regenerative Agriculture
- Search
IUGG
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
Contributed papers cover all areas of geophysics--ocean sciences, meteorology and atmospheric sciences, hydrological sciences, geodesy, seismology, volcanology, physics and chemistry of the Earth's interior, geomagnetism, and aeronomy.
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- Paleobiology Home
- Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program
  Smithsonian Institution -- The Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ETE) Program was formed by a group of professional researchers in paleontology who study the evolutionary paleoecology of land ecosystems.
The Paleofiles
University of Gristol
What is the largest flower in the world?
Palaeos: The History of Life on Earth
The Earliest Land Plants
Natural History Museums by Location
Scott Polar Research Institute
- Polar Museums Directory
  This directory provides brief details of museums with collections relating to the Arctic and Antarctic.
Byrd Polar Research Center
American Museum of Natural History
- Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History
University of California Museum of Paleontology
This is the beginning page for Berkeley's Natural History Museum tour.
- UCMP Web Geological Time Machine
- Natural History Journals and Newsletters
Museum of the Earth
Natural History Museum -- London
SEDRIS Data
A Unified View of Environmental Data
Master Environmental Library
"MEL is a distributed environmental data access system which allows users to search for, browse, and retrieve environmental data from distributed sources. MEL provides a simple point of access for all DoD [Department of Defense] environmental data."
The Department of Defense has taken over the library. Apparently its information is no longer accessible; it's become a matter of National Security.
Earthwatch Institute
Expeditions
WWW Virtual Library Project
- Earth Sciences
- Biosciences
The Envirolink Network
"The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991."
GreenNet
"GreenNet is part of the only global computer network specifically designed for environment, peace, human rights and development groups."
Sierra Club Home Page
Greenpeace International (USA)
- Links to other sites
IODP
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
CoML
"The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers in more than 45 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans -- past, present, and future."
IOBIS
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Information Center for the Environment (ICE)
The Information Center for the Environment is a cooperative effort of environmental scientists at the University of California, Davis and collaborators at over thirty private, state, federal, and international organizations interested in environmental protection.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
NatureServe Homepage
[formerly: The Natural Heritage Network]
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides the scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
Biomes
From Wikipedia
The World's Biomes
Presented by the University of California Museum of Paleontology
Blue Planet Biomes
Biomes of the World - Biome Map
- Coral Reef Biome
ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE
- Coral Reef Animal Printouts
Coral Reef Facts and Information
- Coral Reef Biome: Structure, Habitats, Communities
YAHOO!: Natural Heritage Network Directory: United States
The Nature Conservancy
MTNHP DIRECTORY
"The Montana Natural Heritage Program systematically collects information on Montana's biological features, emphasizing threatened, endangered, and sensitive plants, animals, and plant communities."
European Centre for Nature Conservation
University Corporation for Atmospheric Science
- Research & Science
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
- NCAR/Atmospheric Chemistry Division
  The overall scientific goal of ACD is to identify and quantify the natural and anthropogenic processes that regulate the chemical composition of the troposphere and middle atmosphere and to assess future changes caused by human activities.
Iceage Theory
Ice Ages: Illinois State Museum
Plants for a Future
Database of 7000 edible and other useful plants
- PFAF Databse Search
Forest Protection Portal
CIFOR
Center for International Forestry Research
Rainforest Action Network
The West Virginia University Tree Bark Home Page
This site was designed to provide a place to learn about the anatomy and physiology of tree bark, fungal canker diseases that affect tree bark, the wound responses of injured tree bark, and the role of wound responses in the resistance of living tree bark to wound pathogens.
Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School Web Site
- Patterns In Nature
  - tree bark
IUFRO: International Union of Forestry Research Organizations The Global Network for Forest Science Cooperation
"IUFRO is a non-profit, non governmental international research organization which was established in Berlin-Eberswalde in 1892. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in forestry and forest products research."
WWWVL: Forestry
WWWVL: Sustainable Development
A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases.
National Wetlands Inventory
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
USGS National Wetlands Research Center Home Page
California's Wetlands
The JASON Project
Announcing Jason XV: Rainforests at the Crossroads
University of Edinburgh, Scotland: Geography
Institute of Geography
World Earthquake Information by Country/Region
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Earthquake Hazards Program
The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology: IRIS
"IRIS was formed in 1984 by twenty-six universities to serve a national focus for the development, deployment, and support of modern digital seismic instrumentation."
USGS: Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Links
"This site is designed to be a starting point for looking up information related to tectonics. It was created as a result of a project in GEOL 605, Global Tectonics, taught by Eric Nelson and Warren Hamilton."
Seismological Laboratory
"The Nevada Seismological Labratory at the University of Nevada, Reno investigates earthquakes and their effects in Nevada and eastern California."
Northern California Earthquake Data Center Home Page
NEWSGROUP: sci.geo.earthquakes
Your News Server must list this newsgroup in order to access it.
Disaster Net
5th World Water Forum Home Page
5th World Water Forum
World Water Conference -- 16-22 March 2009 -- PDF File
World Water Council
International Year of Freshwater
The United Nations General Assembly in resolution 55/196 proclaimed the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater.
The Water Page
"The mission of this page is to deliver information beyond just the properties of water. It is a website that covers all topics about water."
- Life in a Pond: The Under Water Ecosystem
WSSCC
Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
- Coral Reef Atlas
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Life, Environmental and Earth Sciences
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Home Page: Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment,...
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Mother Jones Action Atlas: Coral Reefs: Philippines
GCRIO
U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Global Change Master Directory
Goddard Space Flight Center
The National Center for Public Policy Research
A Conservative Think Tank
- Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs
  - The Global Warming Information Center
NCSE
National Council for Science and the Environment
- The Encyclopedia of Earth
International Permafrost Association -- IPA
Permafrost and Changing Climate: The Russian Perspective
PDF File
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Endangered Species Home Page
Official Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Site
Alaska Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Definition of Pollution Prevention
Pollution Prevention as Defined Under the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
EROS Data Center (USGS)
Earth Resources Observation Systems
Nuclear Energy Institute
CCT Water and Wastewater Treatment
UCLA's Center for Clean Technology
The Air & Waste Management Association

MAPS

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The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
This growing collection contains more than 230,000 maps world-wide from the University of Texas, Austin.

The Ryhiner Project
The Ryhiner map collection is one of the most valuable and outstanding collections of the world. It consists of more than 16,000 maps, charts, plans and views from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the whole globe.

National Geographic Society

Prehistoric Time Line -- Geologic Time Scale

Geographic.org
Geography, climate, countries, Maps, Flags, Population

Quick Maps of the World
Flags, Maps Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources

Countries of the World
Twenty-eight years of CIA World Fact Books

Webwombat - Class Mate - World Flags

World Flag Database: Site Map

The Flag of the United States

The Flags of the United States of America

The Map Guide
Map links to World, Country and more maps

MapQuest

National Digital Map Library
"The National Digital Map Library is a collection of digital maps created at the Geographic Information Center using public domain data sets in 2001.

Geography Departments Worldwide

List of Deserts Worldwide
from Wikipedia

List of Mountains Worldwide
from Wikipedia

Euratlas World Atlas
Countries, Mountains, and Rivers of the world

World Atlas: The Major Mountains Of The World

Regions, Ranges and Subranges -- World Mountain Encyclopedia
Spectacular photos and MAPS

All The Mountains In The Peruvian Andes

DeLorme: High-quality Digital and Paper Maps

U.S. Census Data

Geographic Nameserver --- from MIT
Returns longitude, latitude, population, zipcode, elevation, etc.

Maps and Pictures from Australia

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library

Map, Chart and Atlas Collections
The Map & Chart Collection numbers over 76,000 items and features bathymetric and hydrographic charts for the world oceans. It is one of the largest collections of bathymetric and hydrographic charts outside the Library of Congress.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WWW Server
Performing a SEARCH on the keyword "charts" will return a list of many interesting sites.

GIS Data Resource Guides
Guide to On-line and Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial and Attribute Data

GIS Journals -- GIS Resource -- Research and Subject Guides

Geography.com