Earth Science Web Links

MAPS & RESOURCES
MapQuest
Earth and Moon Viewer
The Degree Confluence Project
Graphic Map's World Atlas and Geography Facts

GIS Data Depot
IMAGES
Terra Server: Satellite Images
NASA Earth Observatory
Earth from Space
National Park Service Digital Image Index
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Virtual Field Trips

CLIMATE
USDA/NRCS Climata Data Retrieval
UNISYS Weather Server
Weather Underground

SSEC Satellite Imagery
NOAA National Hurricane Center
State Climate Office of North Carolina
IPCC Climate Change Reports
U.S. Global Change Research Program

BIOGEOGRAPHY
Wikipedia: Biome Classifications

Maps of U.S. Forest Types
The World's Biomes (U. of California - Berkeley)
Nearctica: Ecoregions of the United States

SOILS
Soil Geography of the USA (the 12 soil orders)
USDA Soil Order Descriptions and Maps
State Soils of the USA (soil series)
Soil Profile Images
NC Division of Soil and Water Conservation

GEOLOGY
USGS - This Dynamic Earth
NC Geological Survey
Volcano World

Geology by Lightplane

LANDFORMS

Color Landform Atlas of the USA
Glacier Image Database
Carolina Bay Menu

RIVERS & FLOODS
US Geological Survey - Water Resources Data
USGS Sediment Database
Dartmouth Flood Observatory
EPA -- Surf Your Watershed
Lower Cape Fear River Program

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
US Geological Survey
US Army Corps of Engineers

US National Park Service
USDA Forest Service
USDA Fish and Wildlife Service
US Environmental Protection Agency
NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources
National Science Foundation - Geosciences Directorate
The Geological Society of America
Association of American Geographers
National Geographic Online
Soil Science Society of America