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Geography Links

The following links lead to a variety of great sources of earth science information.

Meteorology	Climate	Paleoclimates of North America Global Climate Change Student Guide (Manchester Metro. Univ.) NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center NOAA Paleoclimatology Program Alaska State Climate Center Alaska Climate Research Center National Climate Data Center
	Atmosphere	The Magnetosphere (NASA) Ozone Depletion (U.S. EPA)
	Weather	The Weather World 2010 Project World Meteorological Organization National Weather Service, Alaska Region
	Auroras	Aurora Borealis (UAF Geophysical Institute) Auroras: Paintings in the Sky (the Exploratorium)
Geology	General Geology	Physical Geology – Online (U. of Houston) Radiocarbon Dating Information (U. of Waikato) Solar System Geology (U. of Oregon)
	Rocks	Igneous Rocks (Cal Poly Pomona) Metamorphic Rocks (Cal Poly Pomona) Rocks and Minerals (USGS)
	Structure of the Earth	Earth’s Interior (U. of Nevada – Reno)
	Geologic Time	Dr. Bob's Geologic Time Page Geologic Time (UC-Berkely) The Paleomap Project From Pangea to the Present (U. of North Dakota)
	Volcanoes	Alaska Volcano Observatory Cascade Volcano Observatory Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
	Earthquakes	National Earthquake Information Center (USGS) West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center The Alaska Public Seismic Network Alaska Seismic Studies (UAF, USGS) The Soil Liquefaction Web Site (U. of Washington)
	Fossils	Alaska Dinosaur and Marine Reptile Fossils (AK Museum of Natural History)
Hydrology	Glaciers	The Retreat of Midwestern Glaciers (U. of Illinois) Glacier and Snow Program (USGS - Water Resources Division) All About Glaciers (National Snow and Ice Data Center)
	Oceanography	Univeristy of Alaska - Fairbanks Institute of Marine Science El Nino (U. of Illinois) NOAA's El Nino Page
	Rivers	USGS Water Resources Data GeoExplorer – River Links
	Wetlands	National Wetlands Inventory Wetlands Resources (USGS)
Environment	Paleoenvironments	Global Atlas of Paleovegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum Paleovegetation of the Americas Paleoenvironment of the Arctic Climate Change and Alaskan Vegetation (USGS) Alaska Quaternary Center (UAF)
	Biogeography	Forest Service Forest Information (USFS) Tongass National Forest Facts (USFS) Alaska Geobotany Center (UAF) Climate Change and Alaska’s Vegetation (USGS)
Human	Global Economic History	Maps and Diagrams of Europe Maps of China Guns, Germs & Steel (PBS)
	Cultural Geography	Indo-European Languages
Maps & Map Data		National Atlas of the United States Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (USGS) – Alaska map data Terraserver (Microsoft) National Geographic’s Map Machine The Great Globe Gallery Digital Chart of the World Resource Data, Inc. (David's Employer) ArcExplorer (a free tool from ESRI for viewing map data)
Other Sites of Interest	Images	Geomorphology Images from Space (NASA) Earth Science Images from Space (NASA) NOAA Image Library
	General Science Info	Elemental Geosystems Website (your textbook) The Alaska Science Forum (UAF Geophysical Institute) The Natural History of Prince William Sound Ice Age Paleontology of Southeast Alaska (U. of South Dakota) Earth (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
	Libraries	Alaska Resource Library and Information Services (ARLIS) Anchorage Municipal Libraries
	Fun	Society to End the Holocene Myth Geography of Fall Colors
	Other UAA Geography Websites	UAA Dept. of History and Geography Dorn Van Dommelen's Website

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