Also known as geoscience, earth science is a broad term for those sciences that relate to the planet earth, including geological attributes of rock, fossil, sediment, soil, landform, and water features, as well as the natural processes that create them.
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Recommended Resources
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping is a nonprofit educational organization. You can find out how to get certified as a surveyor on its website. The site also has a section for students interested in knowing more about this field.
http://www.acsm.net/
Australian Global Positioning Systems Society Inc
The Australian Global Positioning Systems Society Inc is an organization that helps people in the Global Positioning Systems disciplines and related subjects. You can also join the organization through this website. There is also information on the IGNSS conference.
http://www.gps-society.org
Provides facts and information about the planet and all living things contained in it. Covers wold biomes, plants, animals and climate.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org
A government organization that provides advice and analysis on subjects relating to geoscience. You can find out about the economic benefits of the Earth science here. The website also has a popular geology section that makes this field of science easy to learn.
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/
This website provides information on Cornell University's Geoscience Information System. Students interested in learning about the Earth with the latest electronic tools will find this website especially interesting. The site's data sets can easily be downloaded so that you can use it for your own research.
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/
Earth Sciences Australia website collects together information on earth sciences in Australia. The website also provides freeware tools on Earth Science. The website also explains geological processes and structures, fossils, energy and minerals. You can also find online education resources here to learn more about cyber education.
http://www.earthsci.org
Earthquake Engineering Research Center
The Earthquake Engineering Research Center is a database of research on earthquake engineering. Scientists and engineers will find this a valuable resource to develop their own ideas. You can also download software programs that can help you analyse and understand earthquakes.
http://www.eerc.berkeley.edu/
Geoscience Australia is scientific service of the Australian government. The website has a number of interesting sections: geomagnetism, natural hazards and onshore energy and minerals. You can also find out the collaborative scientific research endeavors in geoscience that Australian government engages in.
http://www.ga.gov.au/
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) is a scientific organization that encourages the study of earthquakes and related events. You can use this website to obtain seismology data and software. The website also has a basic introduction for students interested in seismology.
http://www.iris.edu
The magazine of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides information on the research and work of this organization. The NOAA website also has material explaining space weather as well as floods, drought and hurricanes. The site's archive goes back to 2001.
http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/
International society for persons working in the mineral sciences, for the advancement of mineralogy and its application to crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental science and economic geology. Offers support through meetings and the publication of books, journals and monographs.
http://www.minersoc.org/
The National Climate Data Center is a scientific information website provided by the US Department of Commerce. You can find a variety of free data on the state of the climate here. The website also has some resources – including maps – available for purchase as well.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Northern California Earthquake Data Center
The Northern California Earthquake Data Center is a scientific project dedicated to understanding how and why earthquakes happen in this region of California. You can access the project's data collections here, a feature that will be particularly useful to other scientific researchers.
http://www.ncedc.org/
Maintained by the Rare-Earth Magnetics Association, this site provides general information about the science and technologies related to the production of rare-earth magnets, as well as a guide to industry corporations and associations, and safety guidelines for handling rare-earth magnets.
http://www.rareearth.org/
Stanford University: Geophysics
The Stanford University School of Earth Sciences site about geophysics includes updates on news and upcoming events, ongoing research, and academic as well as student resources.
http://pangea.stanford.edu/departments/geophysics/
University of Alaska Fairbanks: Geophysical Institute
Conducting research in atmospheric studies, seismology, and permafrost, just to name a few, the Institute has arms which are dealing with geological, volcano logical, and planetary sciences.
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/
The official website of the Earthquake Hazards Program at the United States Geological Survey provides information about earthquakes around the US and the world. The site also has regularly updated maps of the world which plot where earthquakes have occurred. You can also read about the science that explains why earthquakes happen.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
