- American Geological Institute --includes news, a data repository, a career information center, a book center,the GeoRef system, a publications list, and more.
- Building the Digital Earth -- by Cornell University
- Dynamic Earth --a complete textbook on plate tectonics from the US Geological Survey.
- Earth Science World Image Bank -- great images of all sorts of land, sea and air-scapes. A great way to see what the textbooks in class are talking about! Searchable and Browsable.
- NASA Earth Science Exhibit --from NASA, a comprehensive data source of satellite data and earth science data, to which scientists can link their own data sets.
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Green Map System -- "locally created maps that chart the natural and cultural environment. Using adaptable tools and a shared visual language of Green Map Icons to highlight green living resources"
- Guide to Meteorology --a multimedia resource, designed for students from elementary to college age. Available Online Guides include: meteorology from fronts to El Niño, Remote Sensing, Reading and Interpreting Weather Maps.
- Mineralogy Database --includes definitions, some images, and minerals listed by name, by crystal system, by chemical composition; also links to other minerals sites.
- National Geophysical Data Center --basic climate, geophysical and environmental data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- A Tapestry of Time And Terrain --The Union of Two Maps - Geology and Topographythis digital tapestry outlines the geologic story of continental collision and break-up, mountain-building, river erosion and deposition, ice-cap glaciation, volcanism, and other events and processes that have shaped the region over the last 2.6 billion years.
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This Dynamic Planet--contains "text and figures depicting volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters, and plate tectonics located around the world, as well as a
44 inch wide world map. The text explains the geological reasoning
for the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes (shown in the
figures) and the formation of impact craters"
- U.S. Geological Survey
--Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment. It includes information on wate resources, earthquakes, volcanoes, volcanos, tsunami, tsunamis, flood, floods, wildfire, wildfires, natural hazards, and the environment.
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Virtual
Geosciences Professor --a guide to online teaching resources in
the geosciences. The University of Houston has kept the site running
even thought it's creator has died. Uncertain if it is being
properly maintained, though the listserv is still active as of 1/04.
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Web
Geological Time Machine -- choose your period and read (and view)
all about it.
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