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	Career Information Environmental Careers World Online NOAA: Careers in Meteorology Bureau of Labor Statistics: Careers in Environmental Science NASA Kids: Careers in Earth Science AGU: Careers in Science AAS: Careers in Astronomy AMS: Careers in Meteorology AGI: Careers in Geoscience
	Cartography CIA World Fact Book Reference Maps NOAA: National Geodetic Survey Division Johns Hopkins University: Color Landform Atlas of the United States University of Edinburgh: GIS Dictionary St. Andrews University: History of Cartography University of Montana: Map Projections University of California, San Diego - Understanding Maps Google Earth Finding the distance between two points on Earth program U.S. National Atlas Project: Latitude and Longitude Idaho State University: A GIS Primer Harvard University: Digital Elevation Models
	Climatology USGS Global Change Research Program Ozone Action Page Global Warming Update Global Change Master Directory EPA: Climate Change BBC: Climate Change Exploratorium: Global Climate change UCAR: The Greenhouse Effect NOAA: Climate Modeling
	Environmental Science Environment Canada: Atlantic Region U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Home Page Natural Resources Canada: Environmental Geochemistry The Geology of Radon Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: Air Pollution University of Michigan: Water Pollution and Society Acid Rain USGS: Great Lakes Science Center UCAR: Photochemical Smog British Antarctic Survey: Ozone USGS: Acid-Mine Drainage
	General Earth Science Geosciences Link at Einet Canadian Museum of Nature: Earth Science California Energy Commission: Energy Quest for Kids URSA: What is Earth Systems Science? The GLOBE Home Page Georgia Tech University: Busy Teachers' Web Sites K-12: Earth Science Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company: Exploring Earth Visualizations UCAR: Studying Geology
	Geochemistry Virtual Absolute Age Dating USGS: Understanding the Earth Through Chemistry The Geochemical Society Illinois Geologic Survey: Isotope Geochemistry Dr. William White of Cornell University: On-Line Textbook University of Bristol: Geochemistry Course Geologic Survey of Canada: Geochemistry USGS: The Electron Microprobe
	Geology Kansas Geological Survey USGS: Collecting Rocks Whitman College: Anorthosites USGS: Deserts: Geology and Resources USGS: Fossils, Rocks and Time KGS: From Sea to Prairie: A Primer of Kansas Geology The Virtual Cave Geological Society of America University of Texas: Rob's Granite Page Paleomap Project Geologic Eras GSA: Geologic Column University of California Museum of Paleontology: Nicholas Steno Teacher resources in Geology Milwaukee Public Museum: The Virtual Silurian Reef University of St. Andrews: James Hutton
	Geophysics USGS Geophysics National Geophysical Data Center American Geophysical Union Scripps: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Canadian Geophysical Union Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Seth Stein's Geophysics Course and Demonstrations (Northwestern University) Univ. of Texas - Institute for Geophysics Society of Exploration Geophysicists Missouri Southern State University: What is Geophysics?
	Glaciology Glacial Geology at the University of Cincinnati Satellite Images of Glaciers Illinois State Museum: Ice Ages USGS: Benchmark Glaciers Portland State University: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glacier Change USGS: Glaciers and Glaciation Kids Demonstration: Recipe for a small Glacier University of North Dakota: Glacial Features of North Dakota National Snow and Ice Data Center: All about Glaciers
	Hydrology Global Hydrology Resource Center UCAR: Water The Virtual River National Weather Service: Hydrology in Hawai'i USGS: Water Resources of the United States University of Maine: Wetlands Hydrology USGS: What is Hydrology The U.K. Groundwater Forum University of Michigan: Introduction to Geysers
	Meteorology University of Illinois - The Daily Planet The Weather Channel M.I.T.: U.S. Cities Weather and Forecasts NOAA: National Hurricane Center University of Miami: Hurricanes Lightning Exploratorium: Auroras: Paintings in the Sky The Aurora Page The Tornado Project Online! American Meteorological Soceity Purdue Univ: The Weather Processor National Weather Service NCEP Storm Prediction Center Storm Track Home Page University of Oklahoma: Tornado Debris Project Home Page Colorado State University: Tropical Meteorology University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology National Weather Service: Wind Chill Chart NOAA: The Beaufort Scale
	Mineralogy USGS Minerals Page Gold! Natural Gemstones Minerals The Mineral Gallery Jack Rice's Introductory Course on Mineralogy Franklin Institute: Rocks and Minerals The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom USGS: An Overview of U.S. Gemstones New York State Museum: Virtual Mineral Gallery Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection Petrology Basics - Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks UCLA - Petrographic Workshop
	Oceanography Ocean Planet Smithsonian Exhibition The Great Barrier Reef, Australia El Nino Theme Page NASA Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor Home Page TOPEX/Poseidon: Ocean Surface Topography from Space Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution USGS Marine Server Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: SeaBeam Scripps Oceanographic Institutions Parks Canada: Fundy National Park The Bay of Fundy, Canada University of Miami: Ocean Currents UCAR: Ocean Currents California State University - Los Angeles: Life in the Oceans NASA: Ocean Currents
	Paleontology Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction University of California, Berekely Museum of Paleontology Dino Russ's Lair Dinosaurs in Hawaii The Field Museum Online University of California, Berekely Museum of Paleontology: Geologic Time Machine Illinois State Museum: Mazon Creek Illinois Fossil Beds University of Kansas: Invertebrate Paleontology Fossil Database University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Paleontology Portal
	Plate Tectonics University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: The North Pacific and California NASA: Crustal Dynamics Data Information Systems NOVA: Continents on the Move USGS: The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics USGS: Plate Tectonics GIF file animations University of North Dakota: Continental Drift Wheeling Jesuit University: Plate Tectonics UCAR: Plate Tectonics Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics NASA/GSFC Geodynamics Branch Smithsonian Institutions Museum of Natural History: Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes
	Seismology San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 USGS: Earthquakes USGS: The San Andreas Fault USGS: The Severity of an Earthquake National Earthquake Information Center World-Wide Earthquake Locator Public Seismic Network Home Page Earthquake Information from Menlo Park (USGS) Interactive Earthquake Location Exercise USGS: Demonstration: Table Top Earthquakes Alaska Public Seismic Network St. Louis University: Broadband New Madrid Seismic Stations USGS: Exploring Earthquakes Through Space and Time UC-Berkeley: Seismological Laboratory Michigan Tech University: Seismic Intensity Scales
	Soil Science Agricultural Research Service Wind Erosion Unit Soil Science Society of America Franklin Institute: Kids Activity on Soil Elements USDA: Web Soil Survey USDA: Keys to Soil Taxonomy (pdf file) NASA: Soil Science Education Page International Society of Soil Science: World Soil Information Carleton College: Soil Erosion
	Virtual Field Trips NPS: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Big Bend National Park The North Pole USGS: West-Central Florida Coastal Studies Project - Virtual Field Trip University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: Virtual Field Trip of Glacier National Park University of Leeds: Western Gneiss Region, NOrway Paleontological Research Institute: The Rocks of Central New York Cornell University: Galapagos Geology on the Web University of Houston: A Virtual Field Trip to the Stone Forest, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China USGS: Virtual Tours of the Geology of Selected National Parks The Geologic Story of the Ocoee River University of Hawai'i: The Hawaiian Islands Pittsburg State University: The St. Francois Mountains, Missouri Missouri State University: The Oauchita Mountains, Arkansas Hamrahlid College, Iceland: Volcanoes in Iceland Indiana University of Pennsylvania: The Grand Canyon University of Lethbridge, Alberta: Waterton Lakes Virtual Field Trip Oklahoma University: Ascension Island, South Atlantic Winona State University: Grand Teton Mountains, WY Hartwick College: Oneonta, NY to the Hudson River NASA: Glacier Bay, Alaska
	Volcanology Volcano World Volcanoes of the United States USGS: Volcanoes Eruptions of Mt. St. Helens: Past, Present and Future Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present and Future Monitoring Active Volcanoes NASA: Mount St. Helens Blast Recovery Zone USGS: Volcanoes in the Learning Web