All Earth and Environmental Science (Geology): U.S. Geological Survey and Related Govt Websites

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems related to energy resources, natural hazards, climate, water, and ecosystems.

Links to USGS programs on natural hazards related to volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, coastal and marine geology.

"The USGS undertakes scientific research, monitoring, remote sensing, modeling, synthesis, and forecasting to address the effects of climate and land use change on the Nation’s resources. " Included: carbon sequestration, climate effects...

"The Volcano Hazards Program goals are to advance the scientific understanding of volcanic processes and to lessen the harmful impacts of volcanic activity."

"The EHP provides information and products for earthquake loss reduction, including hazard and risk assessment, and comprehensive real-time earthquake monitoring."

Information on streams and lakes, droughts and floods, water use, water contamination...

The U.S. Department Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service provides science-based soil information, including the Soil Surveys.

Overview of the activities related to oil surveys of the U.S. from the U.S. Department Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Create your own soil survey on the web.

The Geospatial Data Gateway is the source for environmental and natural resources data. Order map layers for areas of interest.