Mountains/Alpine Environments

   USGS – Global Change Focus on Mountains

               http://nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/global.htm

   Mountain Research Center, University of Montana

               http://mountains.montana.edu/

   The Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Envrionments

               http://www.pph.univie.ac.at/gloria/gloria.html

   Mountain Forum

               http://www.mountainforum.org/

   Mt. Hood Information 

               http://www.uac.pdx.edu/

   Cal Tech - Snow Crystals

               http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

   USDA Snow Unit Page

               http://www.lpsi.barc.usda.gov/emusnow/

   Colorado Avalanche Information Center

               http://geosurvey.state.co.us/avalanche/

   Peakware World Mountain Encylopedia     

               http://www.peakware.com/

   Rand Mcnally              

               http://www.randmacnally.com/

   INSTARR Tundra Cam

               http://198.11.18.33/pri/icam?name=camera1

 

Geomorphology/Physical Geography

   USGS – This Dynamic Earth   

               http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text

   USGS – A Tapestry of Time and Terrain   

               http://tapestry.usgs.gov/          

   Building Digital Earth – Cornell University

               http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/

   USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory

               http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/

   Volcano World

               http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

   How Volcanoes Work – UCSD

               http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

   Geology By Light Plane (Photos)

               http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html

   Resources for Geographic Instruction

               http://personal.cmich.edu/~Franc1m/homepage.htm

   Resources in Physical Geography – University of Texas

               http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/educatio/courses/physical/physical.htm

   Regional Geophysics – Natural Resources Canada

               http://gdcinfo.agg.nrcan.gc.ca/

   Fundamentals of Physical Geography

               http://geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/

   Landscape Evolution – W.M. Davis

               http://main.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/gw/wmd/wmd.html

   Geology Central

               http://homepage.smc.edu/robinson_richard/geologycentral.htm

   Northwest Geological Society

               http://www.scn.org/tech/nwgs/geology_links.htm#Geology_Links

   Virtual Geomorphology

               http://main.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/gw/gw.htm

 

 

Paleoenvironments

   Quaternary Ecology Lab – University of Wyoming

               http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/botany/QPEL/index.htm

   Palynology – University of Arizona           

               http://www.geo.arizona.edu/palynology/

   The Paleomap Project

               http://www.scotese.com/

   NOAA Paleoclimatology Program

               http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

 

 

Soils

   NRCS

               http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

   National Soil Survey Center – Field Book/Soil Description 

               http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/nssc/field_gd/field_gd.htm#intro

   National Soil Survey Center Photo Gallery

               http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/photogal/

   USDA-NRCS Soil Order Photo Gallery

               http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/photogal/orders/ordmap.htm

   Soil Photos – UC Davis

               http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/classes/ssc100/sotd_sol.html

   Soil Science 100 – UC Davis

               http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/classes/ssc100/index.html#PLIST

   Soil Landscape Models – University of Wisconsin

               http://www.soils.wisc.edu/soils/3D_SL_models/3Dsoils.html

   Soil Instruments

               http://www.decagon.com/soils/index.html

 

Climate

   National Climate Data Center

               http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

   World Climate

               http://www.worldclimate.com/

   Global Climate Animations – University of Oregon

               http://geography.uoregon.edu/envchange/clim_animations/

   Global Warming Hotspots

               http://www.climatehotmap.org/

   U.S. Precipitation Statistics

               http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/usstats/precstats.html

   Current Weather and Climate – University of Oregon

               http://geography.uoregon.edu/weather/index.html

   National Weather Service – Storm Prediction Center

               http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

   Tornados – National Severe Storm Lab

               http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/researchitems/tornadoes.shtml

   Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center

               http://www.nwn.noaa.gov/sites/nwac/

   Oregon Climate Service

               http://www.ocs.orst.edu/

   CAMNET - Hazecam

               http://www.hazecam.net/default-redirect.htm

 

          

Cartography/Remote Sensing

   Visible Earth - NASA

               http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

   Earth Observatory - NASA

               http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

   University of Oregon Map Library

               http://libweb.uoregon.edu/~map/

   Terraserver

               http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

   National Geographic

               http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

   NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center)

               http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/gallery/index.html

   USGS – Satellite Images of Environmental Change

               http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents

   USGS – Educational Resources for Cartography and Remote Sensing

               http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/html/1educate.html

 

Professional Societies

   Association of American Geographers

               http://www.aag.org/

   Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

               http://www.csus.edu/apcg/

   Society for Conservation Biology

               http://conbio.net/scb/

   Ecological Society of America - Education

               http://esa.sdsc.edu/education.htm

   Ecological Society of America – EdWeb

               http://www.science.widener.edu/~grant/esa/edweb.html

   International Quaternary Association

               http://inqua.nlh.no/

   American Association for the Advancement of Science

               http://www.aaas.org/

   Pacific Division of the AAAS

               http://biology.umt.edu/aaas/

   Northwest Science Association

               http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/org_NWS/NWSci_Home.htm

   Native Plant Society of Oregon

               http://www.npsoregon.org/

   Oregon Academy of Science

               http://www.wou.edu/las/special_project/

 

    

Government Agencies

   USGS Home Page

               http://www.usgs.gov/

   USGS National Geology Map Database

               http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/

   USGS Water Resources of Oregon  

               http://oregon.usgs.gov/index.html

   USGS Forest and Range Ecosystem Science Center

               http://fresc.fsl.orst.edu/

 

 

Environmental Groups and Information

   Six billion Human beings

               http://www.popexpo.net/english.html

   World as Home

               http://www.worldashome.org/index.html

   High Country News 

               http://www.hcn.org/

   Northwest Environmental Watch

               http://www.northwestwatch.org/     

   Oregon Natural Desert Association

               http://www.onda.org/

   Oregon Sierra Club

               http://www.oregon.sierraclub.org/

   Environmental Careers Organization

               http://www.eco.org/

 

 

Statistics and Science Information

   Statistics Home Page

               http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

   PC-ORD

               http://www.ptinet.net/~mjm/pcordwin.htm

   Physics and Science Reference

               http://www.physlink.com/reference.cfm

   Kimball’s Biology Pages

               http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/

   History of Economic Thought

               http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/home.htm

 

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