Fall 2006



 

Flooded Homes in New Orleans - September 2005

 












 

 Feb. 1998 floods in California (CA Gov. Office Photo)

 The Earth Today

 Worth Publishers -- survey of current hazard events, links to events

 CNN

  CNN - see weather and sci-tech sections for current hazard events

 FEMA

  Federal Emergency Management Agency - disaster assistance

 California

 CERES - Floods/Highways/Warnings - Natural Resources Data Base

 

   

 NOAA

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Homepage

 USGS - Global Change

USGS - Global Change Research Program

 Satellite Views Change

 USGS-EROS Satellite Images of Environmental Change

 Greenhouse Effect

 Some background on the Greenhouse Effect (from NASA)

 EPA - Global Warming

US-EPA Global Warming Site - good discussion/links

 Global Hydrology/Climate

 Global Hydrology & Climate Center (GHCC) - impacts on climate

 VA Climate Advisory

 Virginia Climate Advisory - check Current Wisdom section (global)

 

 

 

 El Nino - U of I

 Univ. Illinois, El Nino/Meteorology/Climate Site -links, explanations

 El Nino - NOAA

NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. El Nino Home Page

 ENSO

 NOAA - ENSO (El Nino - Southern Oscillation) Home page 1-stop

 

  Mt. St. Helens, WA (17 yrs post-eruption).

 Volcano World

  UND and NASA numerous links, lessons, and current data

 USGS CVO

 USGS - Cascades Volcano Observatory

 Electronic Volcano

  Dartmouth Univ. - Electronic Volcano

 Monserrat

 Soufriere Hills Volcano, Monserrat - Now Erutping 1997-98

 Volcano Hazards

 USGS CVO -- Fact Seets & Links on Volcanic Hazards

 

   Damage from Northridge, CA earthquake in 1994. USGS photo

 Seismo Surfing

 Good list of links to many related sites

 USGS

 National Earthquake Information Center

 National Seismic Haz Map

National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project - USGS

 IRIS

 Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (has locator)

 Earthquake Locator

 World-wide earthquake locator - current, U Edinburgh

 1994 Northridge CA

 USGS Northridge CA earthquake 1994 - open-file report

 CERI

 Center - Earthquake Research/Information - U. Memphis mid-cont q.

 Utah Seismic

  Univ. Utah - Seismic network - Utah earthquake threat/Wasatch front

 PAC NW

 Earthquakes in Pacific Northwest - links

 SCEC

  Southern California Earthquake Center

 

   

 Soils Web Sites

 Univ. Florida - Soil Web Sites - many links, search capability

 Soil Survey

 USDA Nat. Res. Conserv. Service - The U.S. Soil Survey

 Reactive Soils - Buyers

  Colorado Home Buyers Guide to Reactive Soils - CO State Geol Survey

 Expansive Soils

 Expansive clays & shales - from Standford Univ.

 

   Mega-slump, Valles Marineris, Mars. (Viking Mission - NASA)

 US MAP

 USA Map of Landslide Hazards - USGS (1997)

 NLHP

 National Landslide Hazards Program - USGS
 CA Landslide - Realtime  Real-time Monitoring of a Landslide in Northern California - USGS

 Mt Rainier

 History of landslides & debris flows at Mt Rainier - USGS-OFR

 Tully Valley NY

 Tully Valley NY landslides - USGS OFR
  Virginia Debris Flows   USGS - Madison County 1995 flows

 Appalachian Hazards

 Richmond Times 1997 - Appalachian Debris Flows & Development