HOT WEB SITES
in the Earth and Planetary Sciences

STUDENT Services

• GEO Departments list
• approved FIELD CAMPS
• AGI Geoscience CAREERS
• Financial Aid & Scholarships
• Graduate Schools
• Internship opportunities
• Learning & Study Skills
• JOBS! in Geology and Current Topics
• Access to University of California Libraries

DEEP SPACE ASTRONOMY

• Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures: Unbelievablyamazing images from the HUBBLE SPACE TELSCOPE
• NASA-JPL: NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Home Page
• American Astronomical Society: Up-to-date images and information about all things astronomical
• SKY and TELESCOPE magazine: Deep space and planetary information and images

PLANETARY ASTRONOMY & METEORITES

• LATEST PICTURES FROM MARS!: JPL-NASA Mars Pictures & Information
• ADS Home Page: Astrophysics Data System; Harvard
• ADS ABSTRACTS: Astrophysics Data System; Harvard: Meteorite/Planetary/Astronomy abstract service
• ADS book search: Astrophysics Data System; Harvard: Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets
• Meteoritics: METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE journal on-line
• Planetary Science Research Discoveries: On-line educational magazine; G. J. Taylor, editor
• Comet HALE-BOPP: Comet Hale-Bopp home page with images
• Meteorites from MARS: NASA Johnson Space Center curatorial facility; pictures and text about Mars meteorites (SNC)
• Project GALILEO: JPL images of Jupiter and Galilean satellites
• The Planetary Society: Founded by the late Carl Sagan; latest discoveries and issues (also see Sky and Telescope above)
• The Nine Planets: Tour of the Solar System: University of AZ, Lunar and Planetary Lab, Multimedia Solar System Tour
• Welcome to the Planets: Survey of the solar system
• Space Exploration Museum: Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS; rockets, space suits, capsules
• PLANETARIUMS: Link to PLANETARIUMS
• NASA materials for teachers & scientists: NASA OUTREACH materials for space study

ATMOSPHERE and WEATHER

• The Aurora Page: Michigan Tech; images of the Aurora Borealis---Stunning!
• Current Weather over the USA: Weather maps and forcasts
• Weather Underground: University of Michigan weather page
• ACCU-WEATHER: The folks who bring you the weather on TV
• NOAA Home Page: US Gov. weather agency
• NOAA Severe Weather: SEVERE WEATHER MAPS from NOAA
• NOAA Predictions: CLIMATE PREDICTION MAPS from NOAA
• EL NINO: EL NINO & LA NINA

GENERAL GEOLOGY

• GEOLOGYLINK: Worth Publishers site on everything geological; includes "virtual field trip", recent news and discoveries, teacher forum, glossary, and much more!
• USGS Home Page: Premier US Gov. geological agency
• Geological Society of America: Premier geological professional society
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• American Geological Institute
• American Geophysical Union
• The Field Museum on-line: Mostly paleontology at this great Chicago museum
• USGS Minerals page
• Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection: Natural History Museum, Washington DC
• Virtual Earth
• USGS Internet Resources on Earthquakes
• USGS Geochemistry Branch
• Geology and Geophysics NUMBER CRUNCHERS forum
• Ontario Geological Survey
• GEOLOGY of WESTCHESTER COUNTY plus many great geological links

EARTH SCIENCE TEACHING

• NASA materials for teachers & scientists: NASA OUTREACH materials for space study
• CERES: K-12 Science Education Materials for teaching ASTRONOMY

MINERALOGY

• Latice Home Page: Newsletter of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
• Atlas of Mineralogy: U of North Carolina Minerals project - spectacular!
• MSA Home Page: MSA forms and publication price lists
• American Mineralogist Home Page: Journal of MSA
• USGS Minerals page
• Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection: Natural History Museum, Washington DC

VOLCANOLOGY

• USGS Hawaii Volcano Watch Reports
• Volcano Information Center
• Volcanoes of the World
• What's Erupting Now!
• MONTSERRAT web page

ENVIRONMENTAL

• EPA MAPS EPA MAPS
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute
• Rain Forests Rainforest Action Network
• EPA EPA Home Page (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Global Economy International Forum on the Global Economy
• Mendocino Environmental Center Mendocino, CA Environmental Center Newsletter

CARTOGRAPHY and GIS

• GIS World: Geographic Information Systems information and issues
• USGS Home Page: Premier US Gov. geological agency
• U. S. Naval Observatory; get accurate time data, and much more
• Beginners Guide to GIS
• GIS Analysis with ARCINFO: Univ. of Buffalo site featuring premier GIS program
• GIS Dictionary
• WDB-II World Data Bank: Lots of Maps and map data
• GIS-related Internet Sites
• CARTOGRAPHY
• GEOGRAPHY Resources on the Internet
• WWW Virtual Library:GEOGRAPHY
• Arc View Internet Map Server: Publish ArcView GIS data and applications on the net
• MAP MACHINE; National Geographic : MAPS and more maps from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

HYDROLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, SOILS

• National Water Resources
• SOILS MAPS
• MUIR Soil Database by U.S. County (must be downloaded to database program)
• Great Lakes info
• Hydrology WEB
• Midwest flood images 1993
• National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
• Universities Water Information Network
• USGS Earth & Environmental Sciences: WATER
• USGS Water Resources of the USA
• USGS Water Resources Publications
• Water Management Research Laboratory

Earth Science & ES Education

• Earth Ed:Earth Science Education Resources
• Earth Science Exercises
• U.S. Federal Education Resources
• Earth and Environmental Sciences Connections; USGS
• Earth Pages: NASA Earth images and facts
• Earth Science Educators GOPHER HOLE: Information Search

MUSEUMS

• U of Penn: Museum of Archeology & Anthropology
• UC, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology
• Franklin Institute: Science Museum
• EXPLORATORIUM: Hands-on Science in SF, California
• NEWSEUM: Museum devoted to NEWS MEDIA, Wash. DC