Societies & Organizations:
Environmental Science
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) (free subscription on acadiau.ca on-line addresses)
- Centre for Analytical Research on the Environment (CARE)
- ECO Canada
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
- Environmental Science.org
- Four Degrees - Environmental Geoscience blog
- Glossary of Environmental Terms
- National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- Nova Scotia Environment
- Think Green Degrees
Provincial Geological Surveys
- Alberta Geological Survey
- British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines & Low Carbon Innovation
- Chamber of Mines of Eastern British Columbia
- Manitoba Mineral Resources (Geological Survey)
- New Brunswick Natural Resources & Energy Development
- Newfoundland and Labrador Industry, Energy and Technology
- Nova Scotia Department of Resources and Renewables
- NS DNR Data Locator (for downloading aerial photos) - note only works in Internet Explorer
- Northwest Territories Geological Survey
- Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
- Saskatchewan Energy and Resources
- Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources
Map Resources
- Digital Chart of the World - user-chosen maps of all countries, states, provinces, with roads, relief, etc., as chosen
- Earth and Moon Viewer
- Google Maps - the ultimate source for satellite or air photo location worldwide (see also Google Earth - download to your computer)
- Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
- Map It - a compendium of map resources from Wadsworth
- Maps of the local area - location of Acadia University and Wolfville.
- Toporama - Canadian NTS maps
- Topozone - every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map for the entire United States
- Worldmapper - the world as you've never seen it
Volcanoes and earthquakes information
- Acadia seismograph in Huggins Hall - screen capture updated every 5 minutes
- Volcano World - a good starting place for information on volcanoes
- Keweenaw Volcano Observatory - everything from ice volcanoes to fountains of lava
- Eruptions - blog of all the latest in the world of volcanoes
- Earthquakes - information on the latest earthquakes from USGS
- Global Volcanism Program from the Smithsonian Institution
- World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics
- Seismic-Eruption - from State University of New York, Binghamton
- Seismic Waves - from State University of New York, Binghamton
- Highly Allochthonous - blog commonly featuring volcanoes, earthquakes and hydrology
- Earth and Space Science Today - from NESTA, several links to real-time data on natural phenomena
- Recent Earthquakes Teachable Moments - from University of Portland
Mineralogy
- Athena - an excellent searchable mineral database
- Mineral Database - every mineral you'd ever want to see, by Dave Barthelmy
- Mineralogy open access textbook by Dexter Perkins
- Mineralogy of Nova Scotia - by Ronnie Van Dommelen
- Handbook of Mineralogy - Mineralogical Society of America
- Microscopes - Polarizing, Petrographic, Geological, by Greg McHone
- Mineral Museums around the World from the Mineral Collectors page
- Practical Aspects of Mineral Thermobarometry, by Dave Waters at Oxford
- Nova Scotia Mineral and Gem Society
Petrology
- Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures - from U. North Carolina
Economic Geology
- Metals prices from the USGS
- CAPP - Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers - links to over 200 energy companies
Paleontology
- Natural History Museum
- The Burgess Shale - Parks Canada site
- The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology , Drumheller, Alberta - dinosaurs and many fossils links
- Palaeos - Life through Deep Time
Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Rocks
- Siccar Point, Scotland : The original unconformity
- Sequence Stratigraphy from University of South Carolina
- International Commission on Stratigraphy
- USGS Bedform Site
- Geological Digressions - articles on sedimentary rocks and many other things by Brian Ricketts
- Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Names
Isotopic dating
- Geochronology - from USGS (all the systems, technique and equipment)
Structural Geology and Tectonics
- Plate motions measured by satellite GPS interferometry
Geomorphology
- Canadian Landforms and Landscapes
- All About Glaciers
- Highly Allochthonous - blog commonly featuring volcanoes, earthquakes and hydrology
- Earth and Space Science Today - from NESTA, several links to real-time data on natural phenomena
Oceanography
- Ocean and Climate Change Institute - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Meteorology and Climatology
- Intellicast - weather worldwide.
- Environment Canada with many links to current conditions, weather forecasts and publications
- North Atlantic synoptic chart
- SpotWx - the most detailed weather forecasts you'll find
- Local Nova Scotia radar map
- Port Williams weather station - the nearest detailed weather data
- The Online Guides - lots of maps, 12 and 24 hour loops, satellite images, surface conditions for North America
- Ventusky - weather forecasting for anywhere in the world, up to 10 days out
- Canada Climate Atlas
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a good source of graphics on climate change
- Global Change Master Directory - from NASA
- hurricane forecasts for the season
- El Nino theme page
- TOMS (Tropical Ozone Mapping Spectrometer)
- The State of the Cryosphere - all the data about changes in ice, sea-ice, permafrost, glaciers from climate change
- Earth and Space Science Today - from NESTA, several links to real-time data on natural phenomena
- Yale Climate Connections - a weather blog, featuring Jeff Masters and Robert Henson
- Frequently asked questions about climate change - Fourth National Climate Assessment
Professional Registration
- Geoscience in Canada
- Geoscientists Canada
- APEGA
- APGNS (Nova Scotia)
- The Acadia Geology and EnvGeoscience degrees and professional registration (by C. Stanley):
Other
- Geology Departments on the WWW - Canada and the U.S.
- WWW Tide & Current Predictor- see what the tides & currents will be like for a given day and time
- NOAA site- everything you need to know about tides
- Tide times - worldwide, graphic format from the UK Admiralty Office
- EPOD (Earth Picture of the Day) - every day a new picture relating to the Earth or Space
- MODIS Image of the Day - (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, but don't be put off by that!) a new image from space every day - some show amazing landscapes and details
- Old Maps Online
- Nova Scotia's Geoheritage
- Local Field Trips around Acadia University
- Field Trips in Earth and Environmental Science
- AUGC: useful information (based on this SMU page)
- Autostitch (2D photostitching software)