Earth Sciences Categories

1 Earth Science Enterprise

http://www.earth.nasa.gov/

The mission of NASA ESE is to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural or human-induced changes to enable improved prediction capability for climate, weather, and natural hazards to answer the following question: "How is the Earth changing and what are the consequences for life on Earth?".

2 Earth and Space Data Computing Division (ESDCD)

http://sdcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Our planet is best studied in a truly three-dimensional medium made possible by our supercomputers, high-speed networks, scientific visualization techniques, and information management tools.

3 CIESIN

http://www.ciesin.org/

Center for International Earth Science Information Network does interdisciplinary research relevant to human interactions with the global environment and has searchable environmental related databases.

4 Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches. Lets the user view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and explore galaxies in the night sky. Features detailed geographical content.

5 Penn States Earth System Science Center

http://www.essc.psu.edu/

Departments of Geosciences, Meteorology, Geography, and Energy, Environmental, and Mineral Economics have collected information on the Earths physical processes and past and future global change.

6 EPA

http://www.epa.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is dedicated to the protection of earths environment.

7 The National Service Center for Environmental Publications

http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/

The National Service Center for Environmental Publications maintains and distributes EPA publications on the environment.

8 The Terminology Reference System

http://www.epa.gov/trs/index.html

The TRS has been created as a single resource of environmental terminology for the Agency by compiling collections of terms from EPA and other sources.