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Geosciences Web Sites

About Geography
Maps and other information

AGI GIS Dictionary
GIS terms

Climatology and Paleoclimatology Resources
Links to internet sites

Earth Science Web Sites
Geology, hydrology, paleontology, etc.

Earth Science World
Images provided by AGI, geoscience careers, etc.

Earth Sciences and Map Library Internet Resources
Links for earth science information

Earth Trends: The Environmental Information Portal
Water resources, agriculture, climate, etc.

Earthmaps
Create your own map

Encyclopedia of Earth
Information about the earth, its natural environments, and interaction with society

Envirolink
Links to environmental information

Geo-Guide
Scholarly websites related to geosciences, geography, and mining

Geodata.gov
Find data, make a map, etc.

GEODE
Interactive maps, relief maps, etc.

Geospatial & Statistical Data Center 
Geospatial and statistical data

Geographic Information Systems
GIS technology

Geologic Ages of Earth History
Beginning and length of geologic ages

Geophysics on the Internet
Geoscience education

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names On Line
Places with latitude, longitude, and political/physical hierarchies

Global Land Environments Since the Last Interglacial
Past global climate records

Global Volcanism Program
Volcanic activity and data, reports, and FAQs regarding volcanoes

Great Globe Gallery on the World Wide Web, The
Geological and environmental maps

Internet for Geography
Learning and teaching resources for geography

Kansas Geological Survey
Geophysics, geology, water, and energy

Links for Mineralogists
A site for geologists, petrologists, mineralogists, and crystallographers

LW’s Geo Site
Geology links

Meteorology
Sites for weather information

Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom, The
Information on minerals and gems

NASA’s Earth Observatory
Information on life, energy, oceans, and the atmosphere

NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
Standard spellings of foreign place-names, latitude, longitude, etc.

NODC: National Oceanographic Data Center
Global oceanographic and coastal data, products, and information

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Satellite images, missions, etc.

National Geographic Xpeditions
Maps, lesson plans, and activities

National Geographic.com
Maps to print, photo galleries, etc.

National Geophysical Data Center
Data on earthquakes, cyclones, etc.

National Water & Climate Center
Publications, news, etc.

National Weather Service
Forecasts, maps, warnings, etc.

Nice Geography Sites
Geography and GIS sites

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Climate, weather, coasts, etc.

NRCS: National Resources Conservation Service
Natural resource and conservation photographs, publications, etc.

Oceanography Hotlist
Oceanographic websites by geographic region

Oceanography Resources
Maps, data, references, etc.

Oceans of Kansas Paleontology
Includes information regarding the Sternberg Museum

Oddens’ Bookmarks
Maps and mapping

Ohio Earth Science Teacher Association
Resources for teachers

PALEOMAP Project
Plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents

River Systems of the World
Statistics about rivers

SIR-C/X -SAR Space-Radar Images of Earth
Images of the earth

UNIP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
Aerial map images, photographs, maps, information, etc.

U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Physical and cultural geographic features

U.S. Census Bureau Maps and Cartographic Resources
U.S. maps with geographic data

U.S. Gazetteer
Enter name and state or zip code to find places, counties, or MCD’

USGS: U.S. Geological Survey
The largest earth science library plus information on geology, geography, water, and biology

USGS: Earthquake Hazards Program
Latest quakes, facts, lists, a glossary, etc.

USGS: Geologic Time
Eras of time, an index for fossils, a radiometric time scale, etc.

USGS: Water Resources of the United States
Maps, data, publications, etc.

Volcano World
Volcanoes, current eruptions, interviews, etc.

Water Resources of the United States
Publications, data, maps, etc.

World Climate
World weather information

World’s Water, The
Links to sites, data, books, etc.

list created by Judy Salm [08/18/06 (updated 03/19/09)]