Earthguide: Educational Resources in Earth, Marine, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

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New ! Earthguide Online Classroom

San Diego Fires 2007
Maps, data, images

Ocean - The Basics

Weather
Forces of Nature

Sea Floor Science

Living with
Coastal Change

Tsunami Quickguide

Earthquakes in Southern California

Diatoms: Living opals

MAR: Descent to the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Waves

Beta ! Tide Calendar
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Beta ! Motion in a wind wave and seiche

Beta ! Sonar methods

Preview ! Geologic Map of San Diego

Preview ! Geologic Time Scale

Expanding Your Horizons

Howard Hughes Summer Science Camp

NOAA OEP

The science and nature of the Earth, its oceans and our environment. An interactive educational resource.

Friday, June 13, 2008

In the News:

Tourmaline crystal from the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA.
Photographer - James McEwen, Lehigh Minerals.

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• Severe Floods in Iowa
• Water Shortage in CA
• 7.9 Earthquake China
• Cyclone Nargis Satellite Photo
• Cyclone Nargis on CNN
• No Fishing for Chinook Salmon
• 5.2 Earthquake rocks Illinois
• Two Keelings, Two Curves
• Dolphins save Whales
• Asbestos at Libby, Montana
• Lake Mead Dry by 2021?
• Scratching up the sea floor
• Dead zones in the Pacific
• The Dawn of the
"Anthropocene"
• Hydrogen the New Carbon?
• Global Coastal Change
• Keeping an Eye on Oceans
• Do Brown Clouds Provide Cooling Shade?
• Coral Reefs and Climate Change
• Giant Crystal Caves
• The Last Little Sweetwater Trout
• Global Warming: Int'l Summary Report
• Where Old Ships Go to Die
• The Extent of Container Shipping at Sea
• Lost Cargo at Sea
• About the Port of L.A.
• "Altered Oceans" 5-part News Series
• Hot Times, Less Water for California

Brain Drain
Test your EQ!
*Earth-knowledge Quotient

Take the 5-part challenge.
How well do you know
YOUR home planet?

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Expedition:
Descent to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Map courtesy Donna Blackman.
Descent to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Join Scripps researcher, Dr. Donna Blackman and the entire scientific team, as they guide the deep submersible Alvin to probe the depths of the North Atlantic—exploring undersea mountains of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Descent to Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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