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
- Filterable Minerals A-Z database
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.