Earth Science: Websites

Represents and serves the geoscience community by providing collaborative leadership and information to connect Earth, science, and people.

Maps the surface and subsurface geology of the state that are available for public use.

Federal source for science about the Earth, providing information on resources, hazards, landscape or Geology as a discipline.

Over 90,000 maps.

Maps focusing on the geology of the United States.

An international nonprofit organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the science of paleontology; invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, micropaleontology, and paleobotany.

Full-text, free online journal.

A public database of paleontological data that anyone can use, maintained by an international non-government group of paleontologists.

Focuses on encouraging everyone to learn about and enjoy the fascination of dinosaurs, and supporting the work of people engaged in forwarding the science of paleontology.

Seeks to describe the diversity of extinct invertebrates and vertebrates, and explore the mechanisms driving their evolution and extinction.

Breaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more.

Science and information to increase understanding of ore formation, mineral potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environm

Database of minerals and other substances.

Relevant earthquake science and information knowledge for reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage from earthquakes through understanding of their characteristics and effects and by providing information and knowledge needed to mitigate these losses.

Focused on reducing long-term losses from landslide hazards by improving our understanding of the causes of ground failure and suggesting mitigation strategies.

Monitors and studies active and potentially active volcanoes, assesses their hazards, and conducts research on how volcanoes work.

Science, service, and stewardship to the rapidly changing Arctic region, its inhabitants, and the Nation.

Manages and distributes scientific data, creates tools for data access, supports data users, performs scientific research, and educates the public about the cryosphere.

Provides scientists across the United States — and the globe — with a host of tools, from community models to research aircraft to supercomputers to workshops.

Provides the paleoclimatology data and information scientists need to understand natural climate variability and future climate change.

A catalog of NASA images.

Online publications through the Geological Society of America, including open access sources.

A federal science center operated by the U.S. Geological Survey that works to map, monitor, and analyze land change across our nation and around the world.