Geosciences

Free learning resources for secondary and higher education.

UN body assessing the science related to climate change.

Access to large amounts of atmospheric, coastal, oceanic and geophysical data.

Free access to NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information. These data include quality controlled daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly measurements of temperature, precipitation, wind, and degree days as well as radar data and 30-year Climate Normals.

Secure and timely access to global environmental data and information from satellites and other sources. (NOAA)

Federal interagency mandate to coordinate and integrate drought research, building upon existing federal, tribal, state, and local partnerships in support of creating a national drought early warning information system.

The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change.

UN's authoritative voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources

Combines USPA Permafrost Alert Program (2011 - Present); Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology (1900-2011); Antarctic Bibliography (1950-2011). (AGI)

USGS Hydrologic Atlas 730 (Miller, 2000), describes the location, hydrologic characteristics, and geologic characteristics of the principal aquifers throughout the 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Chemical Disclosure Registry.

Stream gauge data from the US Army Corps of Engineers districts.

Current daily streamflow conditions in the US.

Explore America's larger streams by tracing upstream to the source or downstream to where they empty.

Mobile-friendly app that finds real time lake, stream and rain sites in Texas and Oklahoma

Legacy dashboards.

Crystal structure database that includes every structure published in the American Mineralogist, The Canadian Mineralogist, European Journal of Mineralogy and Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, as well as selected datasets from other journals. (MSA, MAC, NSF)

Minerals, mineral collecting, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.

Free subset of GeoRef; no longer current. (AGI)

Contains 4700+ individual mineral species descriptions and an image library, arranged by crystal form, XRPD, element composition, Dana and Strunz classifications, etc.

A free informational and educational guide to rocks, minerals, gemstones, and jewelry.

Integrated database of Raman spectra, X-ray diffraction and chemistry data for minerals.

Information on ore formation, undiscovered mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environment.

Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global analysis.

Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, national security, and protection of the environment.

CNMMN was established in 1959 for the purpose of controlling the introduction of new minerals and mineral names, and of rationalizing mineral nomenclature.

Website and associated educational resources provide information on the science of hurricanes, methods of observing hurricanes, modeling and forecasting of hurricanes, how hurricanes impact society, and how people and communities can prepare for and mitigate the impacts of hurricanes.

Search bibliographic records from Deep Sea Drilling Project, Ocean Drilling Program, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program and International Ocean Discovery Program research 1969-present. (AGI/GeoRef)

Geological Society of America.

A project by C. Scotese. The web site is quite dated and some links are broken.

Database of significant, publicly-funded research and development literature, photographs, data, and software in earthquake, structural, and geotechnical engineering. It includes full text for EERC, SEMM, and PEER reports published at UC Berkeley, the NISEE software library, and images from EQIIS.

History, mechanisms, and animation of plate tectonics from the University of California-Berkeley.

Plate tectonic and geologic reconstructions.

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology.

The European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology (EUROVOLC) project covers seismology, physical volcanology, geodesy, geochemistry, petrology, rock and fluid mechanics, earth observation, meteorology, social sciences and informatics.

There are 169 potentially active volcanoes in the U.S. The mission of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program is to enhance public safety and minimize social and economic disruption from volcanic unrest and eruption. We accomplish this by delivering effective forecasts, warnings, and information about volcano hazards based on scientific understanding of volcanic processes.