EXTERNAL LINKS TO SITES OF GENERAL INTEREST

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Micro My Earth - a portal for geological resources
Renewable Resources
Wind Turbines
Biofuels
Dinosaurs and Marine Reptiles
Remote Sensing
Weather and Climate
Crustal Movement and Changes
Space Science
Mineralogy / Caves
Classic Fossil Sites
Glaciers
Archaeology
Good General Interest links

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asteroid impact

Micro My Earth

Micro My Earth - a Swiss-based portal offering links to...
Virtual Field Trips
Geowebinars
Podcasts
Virtual Field Trips
Thin Sections and Models
and Geological Resources including online courses
https://micromyearth.com/

Weather and Climate

What is the Water Cycle?
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/water-cycle/

The Hydrologic Cycle
Description of the Hydrological Cycle from the National Weather Service
https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/hydro

Practical Meterology - algebra based
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/

Palaeoclimate
paleoclimate overview
https://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/paleoclimate/
paleoclimate simulations
http://www.scotese.com/paleocli.htm

Australian Severe Weather
http://australiasevereweather.com

Tropical Cyclones - detailed overview
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/prmet102/Ch16-TropCycl-v102.pdf

Indigenous Australian Weather Knowledge
http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/?ref=ftr

Australian Climate Influences
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/about/

What Causes Tsunamis?
https://legacy2.ctic.ioc-unesco.org/tsunami-info/what-causes-tsunamis

Rainbows
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/rainbow/

Atmospheric Optics
https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/~nriemer/education/optics_learning_module.pdf
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gl)/guides/mtr/opt/home.rxml
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/mse3/Ch22-Optics.pdf

Crustal Movement and Changes
The Science of Earthquakes
https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/science-earthquakes?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

Australia Through Time - describes the geological, climate and flora changes throught geological time
Good links to more information on each sub-topic
http://www.austhrutime.com/index.htm

Plate Tectonics USGS Dynamic Earth site
https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

Volcanos
Volcano World Oregon State University
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/

Mass Wasting
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-090-the-environment-of-the-earths-surface-spring-2007/course-textbook/earthsurface_10.pdf

Mass Movement
http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geo/basics/massmvnt.htm

Space Science
American Meteor Society
http://www.amsmeteors.org

Our Sun
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/

Our Planets
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/

Kuiper Belt
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt/

Oort Cloud
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/

Exoplanets
https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/

Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
https://science.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-meteors/

Hitchhikers Guide to the Moon
- everything you want to know about the moon
http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/hitchhiker.html

Build a solar System -make a scale model of a solar system
- requires java http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/index.html

The Solar System Live - shows what planets are visible at your latitude and longitude in live time
- requires java http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Solar

Star Child - early primary school award winning site
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Powers of Ten -based on the multi-award winning video
of the same name uses powers of ten to zoom outwards from a scene on earth
to the edge of the universe
then zooms back in to the original scene
then continues downwards to the sub-atomic level
http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm

Terrestrial Impact Craters and Their Environmental Effects
http://osr.org/en-us/articles/the-crater-page/
The environmental and biological consequences of cratering.

The Basics of Space Flight
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/ A slick introduction into the basics of space flight.

Coolcosmos - a view of the earth and universe in the wavelenghts of infared
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/

Neocam - finding asteroids before they find us
http://neocam.ipac.caltech.edu/

Gravitational Waves
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/

Astropix
Astronomy Images (+7000 images)
http://astropix.ipac.caltech.edu/

Mineralogy / Sedimentary Rocks /Caves
Athena
http://un2sg1.unige.ch/www/athena/mineral/mineral.html
huge mineral database - but slow

Web Mineral about 4000 minerals
http://webmineral.com/

Mineral Identification Guide
http://fremontica.net/minerals/guide.htm

Description and Classification of Sedimentary Rocks
https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geology/Historical_Geology_(Bentley_et_al.)/05%3A_Earth_Materials_-_Rocks/5.05%3A_Classification_of_Sedimentary_Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks
https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/app/uploads/sites/81/2020/11/Chapter4_overview_20200714.pdf

All about caves - The Virtual Cave
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/

Classic Fossil Sites
A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites
All aspects of the biology and classification of trilobites, including morphology, ecology, localities, reproduction, development, behavior, biostratigraphy ...
http://www.trilobites.info/

Life History and Ecology of Trilobites
Most trilobites lived in fairly shallow water and were benthic; they walked on the ... Cambrian and Ordovician trilobites generally lived in shallow water
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/trilobita/trilobitalh.html

Australian Trilobites
http://www.amnh.org/our-research/paleontology/paleontology-faq/trilobite-website/trilobite-localities/australian-trilobites-wonders-down-under/

Ediacara -Australia
http://austhrutime.com/ediacaran_fauna.htm

Smithsonian Institute - Burgess Shale Page
https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/paleobiology/burgess/

Burgess Shale Foundation
http://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/

Berkley University - Burgess Shale
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/burgess.html

Burgess Shale - Virtual Fossil Museum
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Sites/burgessshale.htm

Chengjiang Deposits - Maotianshan Shales - China
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Sites/Chengjiang.htm

Crinoid Fossils
http://tolweb.org/Crinoidea

Green River Formation Fossils
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tertiary/eoc/greenriver.html

Tyrannosauras rex
http://www.unmuseum.org/tyran.htm

Archaeopteryx - a bird, a dinosaur, a fraud?
http://eol.org/pages/4433761/details
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/archaeopteryx/info.html

Glaciers
http://geology.com/articles/glaciers/

Archaeology

Interesting archaeology sites and blogs

http://www.greatarchaeology.com
http://archaeologyexcavations.blogspot.com

Good general interest links
A library of Java, Flash... simulations for Earth Sciences, Maths, Physics
from the University of Colorado Boulder - most require download
https://phet.colorado.edu

EarthHow is an extensive earth science website with great graphics
The site's focuus is on Atmosphere, Career, Geology, Life Science, Outer Space and Water Science
https://earthhow.com/

The Geology of the Kingdom of Zanskar - the highest permanently populated place on earth
- only accessable by a considerable journey on foot
-the scarcity of cultivable land also implies that the population has to remain stable.
-- rather efficient birth control system in Zanskar was achieved
by the common practice of polyandrous marriage
(several brothers are married to the same wife)
and the widespread adoption of celibate religious life.
http://zanskar.geoheritage.ch/CHAPITRE1/page1.html

Extremophiles - creatures that live in extreme conditions and locations
- articles on life forms found in extreme environments, ot springs, under glaciers, undersea volcanos ...
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/extremophile.html
http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/extreme/extremophiles.html

Current World Winds - interactive 3D globe
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-211.92,-3.57,437

Space Infographics from JPL
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/infographic.view.php?id=11149

Global Positioning Systems GPS Tutorials
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/gps-basics
https://trakkitgps.com/how-gps-works/
https://geographicbook.com/working-principles-of-gps/

Great Circle Calculator

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/calculators
computes the distance between any two points on earth

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index

holds more than 230,000 maps covering every area of the world.

EXTERNAL EARTH SCIENCE LINKS

Earth Science Australia's

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How Wind Turbines Work

How Electricity Works

Micro Hydro (electricity)

Volcanos

Interesting archaeology sites and blogs