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Virtual Library: Earth Science

Discover Our Earth

DLESE -- Digital Library for Earth System Education

GEO-DATA Explorer

EarthRef

Geodata.gov

Natural Hazards Gateway

NOAA

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Building the Digital Earth

biogeosciences.org

Virtual Geosciences Professor's Course Resources

Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction

Earth Exploration Toolbook

Earthguide

Earth Science Photographic Archive

Earth Science World ImageBank

Earth Week

USGS Publications Warehouse

Link Sites

Intute: Earth Sciences

Academic Info: Geology & Geoscience

GeoGuide

Links for Mineralogists

Earth Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Global Change Master Directory List of Earth Science Acronyms, Glossaries and Gazetteers

Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms

Geology

Geologic Glossary

UCMP Glossary of Natural History Terms, #2 -- Geological Terms

Geologylink Geologic Glossary

Earthquake Image Glossary

Specialty Dictionaries: Geology

Geography

Fundamentals of Physical Geography

Intute: Human Geography

Academic Info: Geography

Resources for Geographers

Geography Dictionary & Glossary

Specialty Dictionairies: Geography

National Geographic

Geo-Images Project

Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins -- Geography

Satellite Pictures & Data

OSEI -- Operational Significant Event Imagery (Current Events as Seen by Weather Satellite)

NASA World Wind

TerraFly

Blue Marble Navigator

USGS EROS Database

Marine Geology & Geophysics Products

Earthshots

Landsat

Earth as Art Gallery

JPL: Earth

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Space Science and Engineering Center

Atmosphere

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Lightning & Other Atmospheric Electrical Discharges
The Magnetosphere & Auroras
Noctilucent Clouds

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Weather & Climate

Academic Info: Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology

Enviropedia -- air, climate, weather, etc.

Gateway to Global Change Data

NOAA

Puff Volcanic Ash Tracking Model

Atmospheric Optics

Polar Image -- atmospheric phenomena photos form Finland

Lightning & Other Atmospheric Electrical Discharges

Atmospheric Electricity Glossary

Lightning Dictionary

A Lightning Primer

Red Sprites and Blue Jets

Sprites and Lightning Research at Yucca Ridge Field Station

NASA Online VLF Receiver -- Atmospheric Radio Signals

The Magnetosphere & Auroras

Geomagnetism

The Aurora

northern lights

Aurora Forecasts

Noctilucent Clouds

Exploring Clouds at the Edge of Space

Noctilucent Cloud: Observers' Homepage

Observing Noctilucent Clouds

Gallery of Noctilucent Clouds

On the Diurnal Variation of Noctilucent Clouds, by Wilfried Schröder

Simultaneous Lidar Observations of an Noctilucent Cloud and an Internal Wave in the Polar Mesosphere, by R. Collins, et al.

Oceanography

Glossary of Oceanography

United Nations Atlas of the Oceans

OCEANIC

National Oceanographic Data Center

Ocean Forum

NOAA Ocean Explorer

National Oceans Office -- Australia

Academic Info: Oceanography

NOAA Photo Library

Coastal Ocean Modeling at the USGS Woods Hole Field Center

National Data Buoy Center

JHU APL Ocean Remote Sensing Group

Ocean Drilling Program

Seamount Catalog

NOAA

Geology

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The Interior of the Earth

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Computational Geodynamics

Columbia Earthscape

The Dynamic Earth

Virtual Geomorphology

National Geochemical Survey

Geology by Lightplane -- Aerial Photographs of Geological Formations

A Geologist's Lifetime Field List

Ocean Drilling Program

Seamount Catalog

Deserts: Geology & Resources

Geophysics & Geochemistry

National Geophysical Data Center

Geomagnetism

Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM)

Software & Data for Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibrium Calculations in Geology

Earth History

Geologic Time (USGS)

Geologic Time (Smithsonian)

Geologic Time Scale

Our Changing Continents

A Tapestry of Time & Terrain

Fossils, Rocks, & Time

See also: Paleontology, Geology: General, Plate Tectonics, & Paleo Climate

Plate Tectonics

This Dynamic Earth

Tectonic Plate Motion

Geology: Plate Tectonics

ODSN Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service

Downloads -- The Educational Multimedia Visualization Center of the Dept. Geological Sciences, U.C.S.B -- Plate Tectonics

World Stress Map

PETDB -- Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor

Earthquakes, & Seismology

Earthquakes

Earthquake Maps & Atlases

Earthquake Image Glossary

National Earthquake Information Center

Earthquake Hazards Program

EQNET: Earthquake Information Network

Seismic Shear Wave Propagation: A Synthetic Animation

International Tsunami Information Center

Tsunami!

Theoretical & Computational Seismology

Live Internet Seismic Server

The IRIS Consortium

Real-time Forecast of Earthquake Hazard in the Next 24 Hours

Recent Earthquakes in California & Nevada

ShakeMovie -- Caltech's Near Real Time Simulation of Southern California Seismic Events Portal

Northern California Earthquake Data Center

The San Andreas Fault

Exploratorium: Faultline

The Bancroft Library Presents: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

SF06 Simulation Project: Geologic Model

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering

Volcanology

Photo glossary of volcano terms

VolcanoWorld

Volcanoes

www.mantleplumes.org

How Volcanoes Work

Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

Granular Volcano Group

Seamount Catalog

Vents Program -- Underwater Volcanoes & Vents

The Science of Volcanic Lakes

Puff Volcanic Ash Tracking Model

Volcanoes of the World

www.decadevolcano.net

VolcanoCams Around the World

Volcanoes of Italy

Latin American Volcanoes

Volcanoes of the United States

Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present, & Future

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, & Future

Mount St. Helens Succession Collection

Alaska Volcano Observatory

Hydrology

The World's Water

UN Environmental Programme GEMS/WATER

Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council

USGS Water Resources of the United States

Specialty Dictionairies: Water

Ground Water Atlas of the United States

Dartmouth Flood Observatory

SAHRA -- Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas

Suspended-Sediment Database

World Commission on Dams

Glaciology, Snowpack, & Ice

State of the Cryosphere

National Snow and Ice Data Center

The State of the Canadian Cryosphere

Glaciers online

world glacier monitoring service

Glacier

Glaciers: Clues to Future Climate

NOAA Great Lakes Ice Atlas

Rocks, Minerals, & Gems

Links for Mineralogists

The Proberts Encyclopaedia of Rocks & Minerals

Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textures

Vibrational Spectroscopy and Photo Atlas of Minerals

Mineralogy Database

Natural Gemstones

Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database

The Graphite Page

World of Amber

See also: Crystalography

Mines & Mining

Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms

Specialty Dictionaries: Mining

Intute: Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing

Intute: Petroleum and Offshore Engineering

See also: Metallurgy

Polar Science & Exploration

British Antarctic Survey

NSF Polar Program

Arctic Theme Page

US Antarctic Resource Center

Byrd Polar Research Center

Byrd Commemoration

Scott Polar Research Institute

South Pole Adventure Web Page

The Barren Lands

First International Polar Year

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