Additional reading:
Library research
http://www.carleton.edu/campus/library/reference/coursepages/GEOL/GEOL110bh.html
Hailstorm in Northfield MN August 2006
Plate Tectonics:
| Plate Tectonics | http://rainbow.ldgo.columbia.edu/ees/ |
| http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html |
Geologic Time:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/geology.html
Earthquakes:
| IRIS Earthquake browser | http://www.iris.edu/hq/audience/public/earthquakes |
IRIS Seismic Monitor |
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| USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake | http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/northridge/norpub1.htm |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards | http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/earthquake.html |
Volcanoes:
| Earth's Active Volcanoes | http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html |
Population Reference Bureau:
| World Population Trends | http://www.un.org/popin/ |
| Population Reference Bureau, Population Change, Resources and the Environment | http://www.prb.org/ |
Water Resources:
| Earth's Water | http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html |
| US Water Use | http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/wateruse.html |
| Groundwater | http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/earthgw.html |
| Subsidence | http://lakeaccess.org/russ/oxygen.htm |
Climate / Air Pollution:
| USGS- Acid Rain | http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/acidrain/2.htm |
| EPA - Acid Rain | http://www.homeservicesengine.com/articles/tips_acid_rain_home.html |
| EPA - Acid Rain Program | http://www.epa.gov/docs/acidrain/ardhome.html |
| EPA - Global Warming | http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html |
| Federal Clean Air Act | http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html |
Ice Core Studies:
| World Climate Report | http://www.nhes.com/ |
Waste Disposal:
| Solid Waste | |
| EPA - Pay-As-You-Throw | http://www.epa.gov/payt/intro.htm |
| Hazardous Waste | |
| Radioactive Waste (Yucca Mountain) | http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/Biodegradable |
| http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9905/19/paper.plastic.enn/ |
Energy:
| Renewable Energy Network | http://www.eere.energy.gov/ |
| Cold Fusion Energy | http://world.std.com/~mica/cftsci.html#1989 |
| Energy Sources | http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Energy/ |
Streams and Rivers:
| Restoration | http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/ |
Mass Wasting:
| Real-time Monitoring of Active Landslides Along Highway 50, El Dorado County, California | http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Projects/CalifLandslide/Publications/ReidLaHusen/report_inlined.html |
| Landslide Images | http://landslides.usgs.gov/html_files/landslides/slides/landslideimages.htm |
| Lakes in Rice County and DNR | http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/results.html?start=0&n=36 |
| http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/clmp.html | |
| http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/pwi/maps_se.html |
PICTURE OF THE DAY
| Astronomy Picture of the Day | http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html |
| Earth Science Picture of the Day | http://epod.usra.edu/ |
| Lunar Photo of the Day | http://www.lpod.org/ |