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Extreme Science
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ever wonder what the biggest, baddest, and the best are in the natural world? Check out these world records and meet some of the scientists who are studying this stuff.
http://www.extremescience.com/
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NOAA Ocean Explorer: Submarine Ring of Fire 2006
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Submarine Ring of Fire: This recently accomplished mission charted the underwater volcanoes of the Mariana Arc. Don't miss the jaw-dropping video, especially of sulfur chimneys, "huge bushes" of tubeworms, and the fantastic eruption of the Brimstone Pit.
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/welcome.html
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USGS Biological Resources Discipline Home Page
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details the activities of a group whose mission is "to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources." The page links to 24 national activities of the Division, ranging from Arctic Science Program to the Vegetation Mapping Program.
http://biology.usgs.gov/
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All About Glaciers
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comprehensive glacier guide, including fascinating facts, answers to common questions, a gallery of historic photos, an extensive glossary, lists of books and articles, plus links to other glacier information on the Web.
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/
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American Geological Institute - Serving the Geosciences Since 1948
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includes lesson plans on faults, groundwater movement, petroleum exploration, earthquakes, building a weather station, soil, floods, volcanoes, hurricane tracking, thunderstorms, lightning, sinkholes, disaster supplies kits, caves, mud fossils, global change, acid mine drainage, mineral identification, water filtration, water cycle, fresh water and sea water, watersheds, water use at home, wetlands, and ocean currents.
http://www.earthsciweek.org/
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Atlas of the Biosphere
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The idea behind this website is simple: gather as much information about the environment as possible, and deliver it to as many people as possible. We are dedicated to bringing environmental information to the widest possible audience. Although we specifically target high school to university students and teachers, anyone can benefit from a stroll through our collection.
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/atlas/index.php
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Earth and Space Science
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The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs.
http://www.edinformatics.com/il/il_earth.htm
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Earth Floor: Spheres
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"Spheres, spheres, spheres, spheres, spheres! The universe is full of spheres! A marble is a sphere. A basketball is a sphere. A balloon is a sphere--well, almost. The Sun is a great, big, giant, super-colossal, boiling hot sphere! Even Earth is a huge sphere. In fact, you can think of Earth as a whole bunch of spheres, one inside the other, something like the colored layers inside a jawbreaker.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/spheres.html
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Earth Science Picture of the Day
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Each day a different image or photograph is featured, with an
accompanying caption, that deals with various topics in Earth Science.
http://epod.usra.edu/
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Earth's Interior - Mantle
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Five billion years ago the Earth was formed in a massive conglomeration and bombardment of meteorites and comets. The immense amount of heat energy released by the high-velocity bombardment melted the entire planet, and it is still cooling off today. Denser materials like iron (Fe) from the meteroites sank into the core of the Earth, while lighter silicates (Si), other oxygen (O) compounds, and water from comets rose near the surface.
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/interior.html
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Earth's Spheres
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Everything in Earth's system can be placed into one of four major subsystems: land, water, living things, or air. These four subsystems are called “spheres.” Specifically, they are the lithosphere (land), hydrosphere (water), biosphere (living things), and atmosphere (air). Each of these four spheres can be further divided into sub-spheres.
http://www2.cet.edu/ete/hilk4/intro/spheres.html
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EARTHFORCE in the crust
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Go outside, find a flat piece of ground, and stand perfectly still. You won't be able to notice it, but the ground beneath your feet is moving. Imagine that you are balancing on a raft on a pond, gently drifting. If you live on the North American continent, the ground beneath you is one giant raft drifting westward very slowly, about 2.5 centimeters (one inch) per year. Get a ruler and think about that. Imagine that you move just one inch during an entire year. That seems pretty slow, but, considering the size of the continent, the force of that movement can be huge. If a bicycle moved an inch and bumped into you, it wouldn't really hurt. If a car moved an inch and bumped into you, it might make a bruise. If a school bus moved an inch, the bump might break a bone. If a tractor trailer bumped into you, you'd notice.
http://www.fi.edu/earth/crust.html
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EarthquakeAlert SeismeAlerte
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We predicted Earthquake Indonesia M9.0 and M8.7(maximum aftershock/causing earthquake) SUMATRA Indonesia. EarthquakeAlert is covering about equal to or more than 90 % ( being equal to or more than 97 % with the precision up ) of the big earthquake ( M equal to or more than 5.5 ).
http://earthquakealert.cocolog-nifty.com/global/
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Earthquakes In The Last Week
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Map of the world's latest earthquakes using data provided by the U.S. Geological Survey with maps provided by the Google Maps API
http://earthquakes.tafoni.net/
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Glaciology Home
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The glaciology group, within the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at UBC, has a long history of research activity. Since 1969, we have been conducting a long-term field study of Trapridge Glacier, an alpine surge-type glacier in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory. The aim of this project is to gain knowledge about subglacial physical processes, in particular those that influence glacier flow.
http://www.eos.ubc.ca/research/glaciology/index.html
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Google Earth Explorer - Home
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Large community-submitted collection of Google Earth and Google Maps most famous places worldwide. Explore your Earth.
http://explorer.altopix.com/
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GPS Visualizer
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GPS Visualizer (GeoVisualizer) is a free utility that creates customizable maps and profiles from GPS data (tracklogs & waypoints), addresses, or coordinates.
http://gpsvisualizer.com/
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The Biosphere
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The term "Biosphere" was coined by Russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky in the 1929. The biosphere is the life zone of the Earth and includes all living organisms, including man, and all organic matter that has not yet decomposed.
http://www.geology.ufl.edu/Biosphere.html
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The EarthComm Home Page
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EarthComm is an Earth Science curriculum developed by the American Geological Institute (AGI) and supported by the National Science Foundation and donors of the American Geological Institute Foundation. Through EarthComm, AGI focuses attention on the national deficiency in high school Earth Science education (grades 9-12) and on development of a complete high-school Earth Science curriculum.
http://www.agiweb.org/earthcomm/
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World Sunlight Map
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Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight, darkness, and cloud cover based on current weather satellite data.
http://www.die.net/earth/
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