Earth and Planetary Sciences Links

STUDENT SERVICES

• Approved Field Camps
• Financial Aid & Scholarships
• Graduate Schools
• Jobs in Geology and Current Topics
• Access to University of California Libraries

ASTRONOMY

• ADS Home Page: Astrophysics Data System; Harvard
• Planetary Science Research Discoveries: On-line educational magazine; G. J. Taylor, editor
• Project GALILEO: JPL images of Jupiter and Galilean satellites

ATMOSPHERE and WEATHER

• The Aurora Page: Michigan Tech; images of the Aurora Borealis---Stunning!
• NOAA Home Page: US Gov. weather agency
• NOAA Severe Weather: SEVERE WEATHER MAPS from NOAA
• EL NINO: EL NINO & LA NINA

CARTOGRAPHY and Geographic Information Systems

• GeoPlace: Geoplace (SRI Home Page)
• USGS Home Page: Premier US Gov. geological agency
• U. S. Naval Observatory; get accurate time data, and much more
• GIS Analysis with ARCINFO: Univ. of Buffalo site featuring premier GIS program
• GIS Dictionary
• Arc View Internet Map Server: Publish ArcView GIS data and applications on the net
• National Geographic: Maps and more maps from National Geographic Society

EARTH SCIENCE TEACHING

• NASA Meteorite Exercises  NASA OUTREACH materials for space study
• CERES: K-12 Science Education Materials for teaching ASTRONOMY

ENVIRONMENTAL

• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute
• Rain Forests Rainforest Action Network
• EPA Home Page (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Global Economy International Forum on the Global Economy

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 Geophysical Union
• Ontario Geological Survey

MINERALOGY

• Lattice: Crystal Structure Tutor
• Atlas of Mineralogy: U of North Carolina Minerals project - spectacular!
• American Mineralogist Home Page: Journal of MSA
• Smithsonian Exhibitions: Natural History Museum, Washington DC

MUSEUMS

• New York State Museum - Geology Collections
• Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center - Owned and operated by the Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc. Founded to protect and promote Education about our Natural Resources.
• Jamestown Audubon Center and Sanctuary
• Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History - The Nation's Nature Center
• The Buffalo Museum of Science - Collections of over 700,000 specimens and artifacts represent all facets of the natural world with an emphasis on Western New York as well as man-made objects spanning the globe.
• Carnegie Science Center - Pittsburgh, PA.
• Great Lakes Science Center - Cleveland, OH.

SOILS

• Soil Science Society of America
• Cornell University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
• Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE educates communities about water resources and agricultural environmental management
• Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory - "Grape Lab" located in Portland, NY.

VOLCANOLOGY

• USGS Hawaii Volcano Watch Reports
• MONTSERRAT web page

WATER

• National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
• Universities Water Information Network
• USGS Earth & Environmental Sciences: WATER

• USGS Water Resources Publications

• The Chautauqua County Water Network (Water Net)