EARTH Today

This page was designed to provide real-time or most recent information regarding various features of the changing Earth. Recency of information  becomes crucial for an understaning of the relationship between human activities and global environmental changes.  In order to  access and view the images and animations provided by the sites listed below, you may need to install some 'Plug-in' softwares in your computer. If you have any recommendable sites meeting the purpose of this page, please let us know. 

1998. Created by Jae-Young Lee from the Earth Systems Education program, The Ohio State University. 



Earthalert
This site includes the latest data related with volcanoes, floods, wildfires, rain, cyclones, El Nino, draught over the world.

U.S. National Weather Service
All about current U.S. weather including active warnings



New Real-Time Water Data from USGS
http://water.usgs.gov/realtime.html

Water Flow
USGS Daily Water Flow Monitoring Data [Map and Table ]

El Nino
Color Maps of El Nino at 10-Day Intervals [Map]
El Ni?o Visualizations [Map]

Volcanism
Earth's Active Volcanoes [Map]

Earthquakes
Global Earthquake Report [ Table ]
Near-Real Time Earthquake Bulletin  [ Map and Table ]

New All about the Earth
Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction
Earth Science Links

New Geoscience Links
Universities, national and international organizations
Iinformation centers

Sea Level and Temperature
NOAA: Near-Real Time Sea Level
Global Sea Surface Temperature maps

Hurricanes & Tornadoes
Hurricane/Tropical Data
DAILY SEVERE WEATHER REPORT
Latest Satellite Images, Updated Every 15 Minutes (250KB)

Endangered Species
Endangered Species Update

Clouds
Interactive Global Infrared Satellite Data Selector
New Having a Bad Air Day
Realtime air Pollution and Visibility Monitoring
 

Global climate change

New Case study on the impacts of CLIMATE CHANGE on the Great Lakes
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/impacts/water/cs_glum1.html
New HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS of the Great Lakes
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/hcgl/
The Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
http://www.ipcc.ch/
United nations Framework on Climate Change
http://www.unfccc.int/
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
 http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/
Global Climate Coalition
http://www.globalclimate.org/oldsite/
Global Change Digest
http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/trends.htm
 

Glaciers  on the Lake
Last ice age blessed Minnesota with its 12,000 lakes


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