Related Web Links Vicki M. Harder

Earth Systems and Cycles

• Earth Viewer-View either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specifiedby latitude, longitude and altitude, or from a satellite in Earth orbit. Images can be generated based on a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth.
  • U.S. Gazetteer
• Climatic Data Sets-Contains data sets of world-wide climatic data including atmospheric carbon dioxide content, tree-core/precipitation correlations, historical air temperatures, pressure, and precipitation for world, paleoclimate to 6000 B.P., historical weather station data back to 1800's and more.
• Earth and Environmental Science
• ERIN (Environmental Resources Information Network)-ERIN is an Australian network designed to draw together and distribute any information on the environment.
• Global Change Master Directroy
• Ozone Depletion
• Plate Tectonics and the Dynamic Earth

Earth Structures and Materials

• The Northern Miner-Information on rocks and minerals.
• Petrographic Workshop-An interactive database on petrography. The program is designed as a source of mineralogical information used in the identification process of rocks and minerals.
• Photographs from the famous Clausthal Mineral Collection
• Rock "U"-Explains various rock groups with images and text.
• The Active Tectonics Web Site
• Structural Geology HomePage
• Rock-forming minerals

Earthquakes

• Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics-An introduction via text and a few diagrams by the USGS
• Access to the current seismicity
• The April 22, 1991 Valle de la Estrella Costa Rica Earthquake
• Earthquake Information
• Earthquake Report
• Oklahoma Earthquake Catalog
• International Data Center
  • Recent Seismic Events
• The Southern Arizona Seismological Observatory An online seismograph.

Volcanics

• The Electronic Volcano
• Eruptions of Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska-Photographs of the 1992 eruptions.
• Volcano Watch
• VolcanoWorld
• World-Wide Volcanism
• The Southern Arizona Seismological Observatory-An online seismograph.
• Natural Disaster Info-This site, created by students, is an excellent introduction to all kinds of natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes.

Tsunamis

• Tsunami Homepage
• Hawaii Tsunami Page

Subsidence

The Edwards Aquifer Home Page

Floods

Mississippi River-This image shows regions of the southern United States that are prone to flooding.

Hazards of Ocean and Weather

• Sea-Level Increase
• Weather Maps & Movies

• Hurricane Dynamics
• Hurricane Tracking Map - scanned image of a blank tracking map
• Hurricane Watch - Hurricane Tracking Resources by NetCreations
• Hurricane.com - will accept information, pictures, or data about any present or future hurricane or tropical storm
• Hurricane/Tropical Data
• Hurricane: Living With Tropical Weather Systems - Information and graphics packed resource on Hurricanes and Tropical Weather. Practical information on preparing for, surviving and recovering from a Hurricane.
• Tracking The Eye - Hurricane Tracking Software For Windows - For Windows or Windows 95. Also this page provides links to current hurricane coordinate information.
• USA Today - Guide to Hurricanes
• VNO: All About Hurricanes
• Worldwide Hurricane/Typhoon Tracks and Forcasts

• Bloom, Steve - Stock Photography - digital photographic artist specialising in wildlife and 'impossible' photography. See his running cheetah, charging rhino, leaping dolphins, tornado and exploding prism.
• Bears Cage - Storm chaser information. Links to other Chasers. Pictures of tornados and other weather images.
• The Tornado Page - an introduction to tornadoes.

• Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
• Planet Earth Home Page - Virtual Library Text Version
• Planetary Geophysics HomePage
• Ames Area Amateur Astronomers
• MIAC - Antarctic meteorites
• Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazard
• NASA Ames Space Science: Discoveries
• FIREBALL REPORTING FORM
• Earth Science and Solar System Exploration Division
• Mars