Download a movie about the 1982 landslides of the San Fransisco Bay Area. Shows many devastating stories, scientific discoveries, and the destruction the landslides caused. [58:27]

Description, facts, maps and history of Mt. Rainier, in Washington State. Also links to recent research and publications.

This site is an interesting article about Lake Baikal in Russia. This unique lake is helping scientists to learn more about the patterns of ecological change in the world and about the history of the world.

Learn how to enhance economic development and growth. Learn the role of the United States Geographic Survey on locating, quantifying and qualifying non-renewable resources.

This site from the United States Geological Survey provides a description of the scientist and his accomplishments.

This site provides information on glaciers from around the world. Its two-page fact sheet can be downloaded as a PDF file.

This site from the US Geological Survey contains four pages full of information. The introduction discusses how volcanoes are monitored, the technique page discusses the equipment and the case studies show data. There is a conclusion at...

The U.S. Geological Survey offers a nice listing of available documents on cadmium and cadmium mining.

The U.S. Geological Survey provides information on what a desert is, how the atmosphere influences aridity, where deserts form, types of deserts, desert features, eolian processes, types of dunes, remote sensing of arid lands, mineral...

A clear map of the Ring of Fire, with each volcano named. There are a few sentences of caption under the map.

Pictures and text describe the source and appearance of many of the stones used in the buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. Included are a geologic time chart and an illustrated map of the geologic and geographic features of the...

Heinrich Schliemann is briefly mentioned as part of a larger discussion about the geology of gold. A brief history of the precious metal refers to the gravesites discovered by Schliemann at the ancient city of Mycenae in Greece.

Illustrated, step-by-step directions on how to build a birdhouse for a bluebird or other similar species.

Facts and figures on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March, 2011. Be sure to click on the tabs across the top that provide: summary, maps, scientific and technical information, as well as information on the tsunami.

Learn about acid rain and the devasting effects it has on the U.S., particularly on our nation's capital and monuments.

The Rocky Mountains are unique among mountain ranges because they are found so far from a coastline. Explore the ideas geologists are proposing to explain the formation of this mountain range.

This informative site delves into the difficulty of prospecting for gold. A detailed description of placer deposits and lode gold is included in this site.

Access, from one index page, to three-dimensional photographs of all U.S. national parks. Standard photographic images and tours and selected geological resources (e.g., stratigraphic maps) for each park can also be linked to from this...

An explanation of the differences between limestone and marble, including some excellent pictures.

NWHC offers a brief history of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), followed by consideration of what the recent spread of the disease to relatively densely populated white-tailed deer in the US Midwest may mean.

Maps and images that show liquefaction, the process by which water-filled sediment loses strength and acts like a fluid.

This resource presents current information regarding the US Geological Survey activities in Alabama.

The basics of earthquake science including factual information about how and why they happen. Also includes some hands-on activities and experiments for students.

Disease maps that trace the incidence of West Nile virus, encephalitis and dengue fever across the United States and its territories demonstrate one of the many uses of geography.