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Earth, Space & Environmental Science

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Encyclopedia of Earth

  • In the style of Wikipedia, this free, searchable reference covers topics "about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society."

 Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems 

  • "... a set of maps showing the distribution of cumulative human impacts over the entire ocean, published in 2008 and updated in 2015."

NASA - Earth 

  • NASA's unique ability to collect data and study our planet contributes to the education and services, including weather forecasting and resource management.  

National Geographic Society

  • Uncovering new insights about the natural and cultural worlds since 1888.

NOAA Photo Library 

  • "The collection includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from whales to the most minute plankton."

Plants Database 

  • "The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories."

Science.gov 

  • "The portal offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies."

U.S. EPA: Water 

  • US EPA research concerning water, wildlife, and other topics that effect the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

  • The Department of the Interior's vast earth and biological data holdings 

USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center 

  • One of the USGS Science centers focusing on the environments of the western United States.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • "The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the ocean and its connection with the Earth system through a sustained commitment to excellence in science, engineering, and education, and to the application of this knowledge to problems facing society."

World Wide Science.org 

  • "WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals."

 

Bad Astronomy 

  • "debunking myths, correcting misrepresentations in the press, and generally educating the public that there is a lot of bad astronomy being passed off as “expert opinion” these days."

NASA Image and Video Library 

  • NASA has extensive image and video galleries online, including historic images, current missions, astronomy pictures, Earth images and ways to search for NASA images. Generally, each mission and program has a video and image collection on the topic page. For example, Space Station videos can be found at here Content can also be found on NASA's extensive social media channels.

NASA STEM Engagement 

  • "Explore STEM Resources for Colleges, Universities, Technical and Vocational Institutions." Includes funding opportunities, projects, internships, careers, citizen science opportunities, and social connections. 

Space.com 

  • "Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier."

 

 

Climate Central

  • Researching and reporting the science and impacts of climate change

 Earth & Environmental Science Research Overview  

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Task Force on the Environment presents integration of research and education

Environmental News Network (ENN) 

  • A newsroom focused on "present and future environmental issues facing the health of our planet and the people it supports."

Environment at a Glance 

  • "The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) holds an important repository of international data and indicators on the environmental, economic, financial and social dimensions of climate change."

Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet 

  • NASA "provides the public with accurate and timely news and information about Earth’s changing climate, along with current data and visualizations"

U.S. EPA: Water 

  • US EPA research concerning water, wildlife, and other topics that effect the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.