Earth Sciences

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

Sub-headings:

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:

Earth
http://www.alexandria.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.

Earth and Sky
http://www.earthsky.org/

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

Earth Fact Sheet
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.htm...

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

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
http://echo.gmu.edu/

Thousands of "websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry."

The Environment Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com/

"It is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries."

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."

Global Change Master Directory
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.

The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum
http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/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.

Intelligent Satellite Data Information System
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."

Know Your Watershed
http://www2.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/

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

MadSciNet: the 24-hour exploding laboratory
http://madsci.org/

Provided by the Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, the MadSci Network site provides an Ask-A-Scientist service, as well as MAD Labs (a collection of demonstrations illustrating science concepts); "The Visible Human",(a digitized guided tour); and the MadSci Laboratory,(organized web links for a wide variety of science fields.) "The MadSci Network fields questions in 26 different subjects, covering topics in astronomy, the biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, and physics."

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."

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.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov/

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an organization run by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This government organization "conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun, and applies this knowledge to science and service that touch the lives of all Americans." The website includes current news, factual information and statistical information on: weather, ocean, satellites, fisheries, climate, research, coasts and charting and navigation throughout the nation.

The Observatorium
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/core.shtml.html

"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."

PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/

"PSIgate aims to provide high quality Internet resources for students, researchers and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in: astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and science history and policy. Along with the other hubs that make up the RDN, PSIgate provides an online database of relevant, high quality Internet resources, the Internet Resource Catalogue (IRC). Each resource has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists to ensure relevance and quality. A full description of each resource is provided, together with direct access to the resource itself."