SUNY Cortland
Geology Department web page
National
Geographic's 2004 article on Louisiana: In the first
few paragraphs, the author pretty much predicts the current situation
in New Orleans.
Population sites: U.S.
Census POPclock and United
Nations Population studies
Week 2
Earthquake exercise site: Virtual
Earthquake
Earthquake fiction vs. fact
site: Major
errors in NBC's "10.5" miniseries
USGS
Earthquake bulletin: the latest earthquakes around the globe.
Indonesian Tsunami information:
NOAA
Week 4
Asbestos:
The EPA's webpage about asbestos.
Asbestos
Institute: Lots of information on Asbestos use and
controversy.
Zonolite abatement claim form.
Week 5
USGS Volcano
Web page: Information on all volcanoes in the U.S.
Week 6
Igneous
Rocks: Information on and photos of igneous rocks put
together by James Madison University.
Sedimentary
Rocks: Information on and photos of sedimentary rocks put
together by James Madison University.
Metamorphic
Rocks: Information on and photos of metamorphic rocks put
together by James Madison University.
Week 7
Geologic Time site: UCBerkeley's
On-line version of the Geologic Time Scale
Week 8
Mass Wasting site: USGS Tully
Farms Landside
Week 10
Lead in
Drinking Water: EPA page with information on what to do if
you suspect there is lead in your tap water
Week 11
Rivers and Flooding site: USGS
National Streamflow Map
Week 12
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
webpage: see
how it was moved!
Week 14
Climate Change site: NOAA's
Paleoclimatology Program
Paleoclimatology:
Info about past climate on Earth: what is was and how scientist figure
it out.
More
Paleoclimatology: The actual data for the paleoclimate over
the last 1000 years.
IPCC: The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's webpage with all the latest
summaries of the scientific work, and recommendations to policy makers.
More
info on Global Warming and "An Inconvenient Truth": www.climatecrisis.net
Week 15
USGS Mineral
Information page: Information on mineral resources in the USA
and in the world.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell
technology: For more info than you can possible read in a
day!
Scan
of Fuel cell description: from the 3rd edition of your
textbook.
