Physical Geology Links:

General resources:

• Free Open Access Textbooks
• Here is a cool website at the University of Tromso, Norway that has nice Flash-animations dealing with volcanoes, geologic structures, and more.
• This page has information on careers in Geology from Geology.com.
• Recent Geology news: See this Geotimes site.
• Check this University of Houston site out to experience virtual Geology field trips.
• The US Geological Survey's Dynamic Earth web site is a great resource for introductory Geology.
• Amazing resources from NASA’s Earth Observatory.
• A great oceanography web resource from NOAA with a gallery of helpful photos and animations.
• Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers.
• Check out this site called RealClimate which provides explanations by climate scientists to the major climate questions facing us.
• Dr. Christopher Scotese's Paleomap Project has great plate tectonic reconstructions, maps and animations.
• From the author of "The fault in our stars", John Green: Is going to college / university worth it?

Elements and Minerals:

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Minerals
• Several Other Web Sites for Minerals

Formation of the Earth and other planets:

• Planets
• The Nine Planets of Our Solar System
• Here is a good short story from the BBC about the Earth's core.
• Earthquake Activity
• Meteorite Impacts
• Global Impact Sites
• NASA's Visible Earth searchable web site with thousands of images and animations of the Earth.
• This short story highlights some recent discoveries about the Earth's magnetic field.
• This site maintained at NASA's Johnson Space Center contains the most complete collection of all photographs of the Earth taken by astronauts from 1961 to the present. NASA uses this site for its own research archive needs.
• This site provides a zoomable satellite image of the complete earth.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes:

• USGS Earthquakes Page
• To learn more about Composite or Strato-volcanoes check out this great US Geological Survey web site for Mount Rainier.
• To learn more about Intra-plate volcanoes like Hawaii check out this great US Geological Survey site.
• Check out this US Geological Survey web site to get information about just about any volcano in the world.
• FIRE and MUD: Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
• USGS Volcanoes Page

Climate and weather:

• This is an amazing near real-time global wind map created by Cameron Beccario. You can zoom in and rotate the virtual Earth. Check it out!
• This model by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg gives a nice high-resolution view of the U.S. This near real-time map for the U.S. was the original (Cameron Beccario based his global model (above).
• Here is a summary of climate with several good climate links

Topographic Maps and Global Positioning Systems:

• Wisconsin digital map database from the Wisconsin DNR.
• Here is a great source of digital maps from around the world at the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Library, University of Texas, Austin.
• See this comprehensive collection of map sources from academic, public, and commercial suppliers from James Associates.
• Here is a good source of information on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) from Peter Dana and The Geographer's Craft Project, University of Colorado at Boulder.
• See NETSTATE.COM for maps and information about the states of the USA.

Water Issues (groundwater, pollution, and drinking water):

• For information about global water resources check out this world water organization site.
• This UN web site is a great resource for fresh water issues.
• This US Department of Agriculture web site shows total wind and water erosion of soil.
• Do some virtual spelunking at this Virtual Cave web site.
• A case study of a major flood event in Colorado: The Big Thompson River Flood, 1976.

Resource Issues (energy and mineral resources):

• Here is a link to the U.S. D.O.E. "Energy in the United States Report".
• Information on Iraq's petroleum reserves.
• The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration home page is a great place to obtain data on usage, imports, global production, etc. for all types of energy resources.
• Energy Information from the US Department of Energy.
• World Petroleum Reserve estimates by region from the U.S. Geological Survey.
• The Energy Bulletin.
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
• American Petroleum Institute.
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.
• The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO) is a Sweden based organization concerned with "Peak Oil".

Miscellaneous Information:

• For all kinds of information about countries, see the CIA World Factbook Page.
• Check out this very good digital library resource (DLESE) page for online references and links.
• Professional Organizations.