Historical Geology Links:

General Information:

• Historical Geology News: get the latest on Historical Geology -- where all the cool people go.
• The history of Geology -- development of the understanding of Earth history.
• Some major events in Earth history.
• The geologic time scale from the University of California Museum of Paleontology
• The geologic time scale from Geology.com
• Web Resources for Sedimentary Geologists
• The NOAA Photo Library.
• The Earth Science Virtual Library
• Animations, including tsunamis, from Prentice Hall publishers.
• 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.
• Amazing resources from NASA’s Earth Observatory.

Plate Tectonics:

• USGS Volcanoes Page
• To explore how different parts of the U.S. could be affected by earthquakes, check out this U.S. Earthquake Hazards Map Site (from the USGS)
• Here is a link to more information on the recent earthquake in Japan, the tsunami, the possibility of earthquakes in Wisconsin, and other geology in the news.
• Here is a great series of photos that shows overlays of before and after views of the coastal regions struck by the tsunami and earthquake in Japan.
• Go to this U.S. Geological Survey earthquake web page to check out the big earthquake struck Japan. March 11, 2011.
• Here is a good video-slide show on tsunamis from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Biological Productivity and Climate:

• Photos showing the effects of global warming from the BBC.
• From NASA in 2006: Greenland is losing ice much faster than previously thought.
• Check out this NASA article that discusses increased melting on Greenland
• The role of water in the atmosphere and how that might contribute to climate change.
• Greenhouse gas rise today is about 30 times greater than during ancient intervals of global warming.
• Monsoon winds over the Arabian Sea are connected to changes in the northern hemisphere.
• See this NASA site reporting recent increased Coastal upwelling off the coast of California.
• What is phytoplankton? Check out this NASA site to find out.
• Coccolithophids are an important group of phytoplankton.
• How do phytoplankton affect climate? Check out this NASA site to see.
• More generally, can organic carbon sequestration affect climate?
• NASA's SeaWIFS Satellite Images of Oceanic Productivity
• Iron as a nutrient from the Palomar College Oceanography Program
• Biography of John Martin from NASA’s Earth Observatory web site
• Case study teaching notes for "Is Iron Fertilization Good for the Sea?"
• USGS LANDSAT Page
• Chemical Elements in Seawater
• Methane and the evolution of horses: this NASA study suggests there is a relationship between global warming and the evolution of horses.
• This NASA site discusses the human impact on terrestrial ecosystems.
• This NASA site discusses computer models forecast a rapid rise in global temperature if greenhouse emissions continue to increase.
• Climate TimeLine Information Tool: explore weather & climate change over different time scales (powers of 10) (from the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, Colorado and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)).
• Check out this site called RealClimate which provides explanations by climate scientists to the major climate questions facing us.
• The Australian National Oceans Office photo collection:

Coral Reefs:

• Here is a link to a separate page with lots of links to pages that deal with the major stresses on coral reefs.
• New study comparing historical record to recent coral die-off in Caribbean: Science Article and Coral Reef Alliance Paper.
• NOAA’s Coral Health and Monitoring Page
• The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• The University of South Florida’s Reef Indicators Lab
• General information on reefs.
• For information on the Great Barrier Reef see this comprehensive web site by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority of Australia.
• Check this NOAA for a summary of diseases that affect coral.
• NOAA's Coral bleaching hotspot tracking program.
• This is a USGS study of the relationship between African dust and coral damage in Florida and the Caribbean.

More General Information:

• Ocean Explorer: A great web resource from NOAA with a gallery of helpful photos and animations.
• The Ocean Drilling Program.
• This site lets you explore the deep sea drilling ship JOIDES Resolution.
• The World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics in Boulder, Colorado manages all types of data from the ocean floor.
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• Check out this world map showing total sediment thickness of the world’s oceans and marginal seas
• This site gives you access to amazing amounts of oceanic global temperature and salinity data
• University of California San Diego Digital Globe
• 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.
• NASA's Visible Earth searchable web site with thousands of images and animations of the Earth.

Miscellaneous:

• More Geology Links
• More Geology Links
• USGS Volcanoes Page
• USGS Earthquakes Page
• Earthquake Activity
• Population Information
• CIA World Factbook Page
• Energy and Politics I
• Minerals
• Ice Shelf Collapse in Antarctica!
• RIce University's Antarctica Page
• Check out NASA’s West Antarctic Ice Sheet Study