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Prime Sites

• Columbia University (US), Center for International Earth Science Information network (CIESIN) - non-profit, non-governmental organization, provides info for scientists, decision-makers, & public: programs and projects (socioeconomic data and applications, world data, Northeast Information Node, geoinformatics for geochemistry), data & info resources (browse, search, downloadable data, online tools and applications metadata catalogs), education & outreach (training, publications, resources, metadata, discussion), news

• EnviroLink Network (US) - non-profit organization, grassroots online community uniting organizations & volunteers around the world: actions, articles, educational, e-mail lists, events, govt resources, jobs & volunteering, maps, organizations, publications, resources for non-profits, agriculture, air quality, climate change, ecosystems, energy, environmental (disasters, economics, education, ethics, legislation & policy), forests, ground pollution, habitat conservation, human health, natural history, outdoor recreation, population, sciences (social & humanities), sustainable (business, development, living), transportation, urban issues, vegetarianism, waste management, water quality, wildlife

Other Sites

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science (US), Understanding Oceans through Research & Education - research (biological productivity of marine food webs), education (resources for formal & informal education)

• California University (US), Earth Sciences & Map Library Internet Resources - earth sciences, planetary sciences, geography, geophysics / seismology, climatology and weather, oceanography

• Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (US) - focuses water expertise of HE on evolving water concerns & problems:research projects and publications, new reports, newsletter, water research expertise (academic faculty, federal agency contacts), additional resources, events, meetings/seminars, research

• Franklin Institute (US), Earth Science Resources - online exhibits, general geology, volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks & minerals, ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, background information and facts, images, teacher resources

• Geological Survey (USGS) (US) - provides scientific info to describe and understand, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources, enhance and protect quality of life: maps, products & publications, partnerships, education, newsroom, jobs, calendar, biology, geography, geology, geospatial info, water

• Gloucestershire University (UK), Geography Discipline Network (GDN) - pedagogic resources for geography, earth & environmental sciences in HE: projects, active learning initiatives, publications (GDN, online publications and reports, conference and discussion papers), resources (database, journal abstracts, benchmarking and programme specifications, International Network for Learning & Teaching, introductory web-based learning package on origins of earth and origins of life)

• Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) (UK) - supports, enhances learning and teaching: news, events, projects, planet, resource database (case studies of good practice, tutorials, journal articles, course textbooks, books, CDs)

• Hong Kong Geographical Association (HK), Linkages for Geographical Education - landforms, weather & climate, population (growth & size, distribution, problems & solution), man & land relationship (agricultural activities, farming system, manufacturing activities, urban settlements), man-land interaction (natural hazard, energy resources, urban problems, pollution, substainable development), reference (physical geography teaching resources & lecture notes)

• The Hydrogeologist's Home Page (US) - employment, organizations, Software collections, Weather and climate data, Geospatial data resources, Items of broad geologic interest, Travel, Communications, Shipping, business resources, Earth Sciences Resources

• Illinois University (US), Online Guides - instructional resources: meteorology (topics in meteorology from fronts to el niño), remote sensing (remote sensing technologies and their applications in meteorology), reading and interpreting weather maps (info for correct interpretation of weather products accessible from ww2010), projects & activities (curriculum aids for integrating web-based educational resources)

• Minnesota University (US), Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series - provides sustainable landscape info to public & horticulture/landscape industry: landscape design, implementation (plants, soils & amendments, hard-goods & features), plant selection (elements of design, plant selection program), maintenance (selecting grasses, site preparation, lawn installation, herbaceous plant types, woody plants)

• NASA, Earth Sciences Division (US) - atmospheric & biospheric science, Calendar, Org Chart, Awards, Seminars, Publications, Postdoc Opportunities, Earth Image of the Day

• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)(US) - scientifically-based soil information for geographers, soil scientists, land use managers, teachers and students, city and county planners: soil (survey, use, education), photo gallery, technical references, partnerships, web soil survey, USDA soil texture calculator, ground-penetrating radar, soil suitability maps

• San Diego State University (US), How Vocanoes Work - describes science behind volcanoes & volcanic processes, intended for education of U students of geology & volcanology & teachers: eruption dynamics, volcano landforms, eruption products & types, historical eruptions, planetary volcanism, volcano crossword, links

• Wales University (UK), Centre for Education in the Built Environment - discipline based support for learning and teaching in built environment subject communities of architecture, landscape, urban planning, housing and transport, construction and real estate: architecture and landscape, planning, housing and transport, construction, surveying & real estate, key discipline specific issues, news and events, publications, projects and initiatives

Associations, Consortia, Networks

• dmoz (US), Open Directory Project - geology: organizations

• Waterloo University (CA), Scholarly Societies project - Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

• Yahoo! Directory - geography organizations

Journals & Newsletters

• Directory of Open Access Journals - earth sciences (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geology, geophysics and geomagnetism, meteorology and climatology, oceanography)

• Genamics JournalSeek - earth sciences (atmospheric sciences, earth-surface processes, economic geology, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, geotechnical engineering, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, petrology, planetology, remote sensing/photogrammetry, sedimentology, seismology/seismics, volcanism