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Earth Sciences Resources

Branches of science related the Earth, its surface, and its atmosphere.

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Geosciences (Geology & Geophysics)

A science that deals with the history of the earth and its life, especially as recorded in rocks.

Meteorology/Climatology

A science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.

Oceanography/Hydrology

A science that deals with the ocean and its phenomena.

Resources in this category are:

Earth

http://alexandria.sdc.ucsb.edu/other-sites/Earth.html

Links to reference resources related to the planet Earth and the oceans and continents. Includes links dealing with climates and meteorology, agriculture, the environment, and more. Also includes several kinds of maps.

Author: Alexandria Digital Library Project (unj@geog.ucsb.edu)

Subjects:

Reference--Geography

Science & Technology--Astronomy--Solar System (Planetary)

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Keywords: Earth science

Earth and Sky

http://www.earthsky.com/

The site for the daily science radio series, it includes informative articles/discussions on various topics, news and discoveries in the earth sciences, astonomy, and environmental sciences. Included are sound files and a searchable archive of past programs.

Author:

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Astronomy

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Keywords: Earth Science

Earth Fact Sheet

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html

Physical parameters of the Earth, its orbit, magnetosphere, and atmosphere.

Author: David Williams (dwilliams@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Keywords: Earth

Geosource

http://www.library.uu.nl/geosource/

"Geosource is a collection of links to webpages with information in the subjects that are being taught and studied in the Faculty of Geographical Sciences of Utrecht Unversity, Netherlands. These are: Environmental Science and Policy Studies; Human Geography; Physical Geography; and Planning Science. Geosource intends to serve the academic community in the field of geography and planning and (to a lesser extent) geoscience and environmental science. It's compiled, updated and maintained by Jeroen Bosman, subject librarian for Geography, cartography, Planning and Environmental Science at the Uithof Library Centre of the Utrecht University Library."

Author: Jeroen Bosman (j.bosman@library.uu.nl)

Subjects:

Reference--Geography

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

"A comprehensive source of information about Earth science, environmental, biosphere, climate, and global change data holdings available to the scientific community throughout the world." Searchable.

Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Keywords: Data

The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum (HVNHM)

http://www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/lobby.html

"Welcome to the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum. The principle objective of this museum is to provide a state-of-the-art summary of items of geological interest, emphasizing areas currently being studied by our students and research faculty." Visit this site to view a growing collection of natural history exhibits created by Carleton University faculty and students. Current exhibits include fossils, evolution and extinction, archaeology and anthropology, climate change, microorganisms, invertebrates, dinosaurs, mammals, theoretical paleontology and more.

Author: Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University (tpatters@ccs.carleton.ca)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Life Sciences

Science & Technology--Paleontology

Keywords: Evolution; Fossils; Dinosaurs; Invertebrates; Archaeology; Museum

Intelligent Satellite Data Information System (ISIS)

http://isis.dlr.de/

"The ISIS homepage allows users may search or browse Earth Science data "from various participating archive centers around the globe." It features satellite images in the Special section, which features color images of the weather in Europe, temperatures and vegetation, and Ozone-concentration, electron-density and chlorophyll-content."

Author: The German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) (Gintautas.Palubinskas@dlr.de)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Keywords: Earth

Know Your Watershed

http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/KYW.exe

This site provides a comprehensive list of resources about Watershed management. Includes "all the tools needed to start a watershed group and put tegether a watershed management plan to successfully implement a local, voluntary plan. " Also contains a quiz to test your "watershed" IQ.

Author:

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Keywords: Watershed

NASA's Visible Earth

http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/

"The goal of Visible Earth is to provide a consistently updated central catalog/collection point to the superset of Earth science-related visualizations and images."

Author: Kevin Ward (kevin.ward@gsfc.nasa.gov)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Astronomy--Solar System (Planetary)

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Keywords: Environment

National Archive of Geological Photographs

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/photoarchive/home.html

Contains approximately 6400 digitized images dedicated to the theme of earth sciences.

Author: British Geological Survey (www-bgs@ua.nkw.ac.uk)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

National Wind Technology Center

http://www.nrel.gov/wind/

This site is hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy. "Provides information on wind energy technology; includes site tour, video, downloadable design codes, wind quiz and document order form." Also includes Internet resources, "wind resource database" and wind turbine research information.

Author: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (webmaster@nrel.gov)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Energy

Science & Technology--Engineering--Civil and Environmental Engineering

Keywords: Alternative; Wind; Renewable

The Observatorium

http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/

"Introduces the basic concepts and applications of remote sensing using simple examples and jargon-free text. The site is geared toward the general public and assumes no previous knowledge of remote sensing. The site has some material appropriate for K-12 educational uses. The Observatorium also maintains a searchable database providing abstracts and analysis of other remote sensing Internet resources."

Author: NASA's Learning Technologies Program (sjcarter@mail.arc.nasa.gov)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Astronomy

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Keywords: Remote Sensing; Astronomy; Environment

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