HYDROSPHERE

  the ocean world
marine life
coastlines
the water cycle and water quality
freshwater ecosystems

GEOSPHERE

inside the earth
plate tectonics
modeling the earth
earthquakes
volcanoes
avalanches
living at risk
planning for hazards

ATMOSPHERE

  the earth system
paleoclimates
the global carbon cycle
modeling the climate
global warming
el niño & la niña
climate & biodiversity
climate & society

Course Content
Geosphere: Inside the Earth

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital
Charles F. Withington, U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) General Interest Publications

The Dynamic Earth
José Rial, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Earth Monitoring System
José Rial, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Earth Sciences: Earth Catastrophes (selected lectures)
Thorne Lay, UC Santa Cruz

Gemstones
Gordon T. Austin, General Interest Publications, USGS

Geologic Hazards: Inside the Earth
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Gold
Harold Kirkemo et al., USGS

Natural Gemstones
USGS General Interest Publications

Natural Hazards and Earth Structure
Kevin Robinson, Earth System Science Education, San Diego State University

The Rock Cycle
David Bice, Department of Geology, Carleton College

Skarns and Skarn Deposits
Larry Meinert, Washington State University

A Tour of the Earth's Interior
Jeroen Jansen et al., Volcanoes Online (A ThinkQuest Project)

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Geodynamics: Tracking the Earth's Interior Deformation
Hans-Peter Bunge, Department of Geophysics, Princeton University, and James Painter, Advanced Computing Laboratory

Numerical Model of the Geodynamo
U. Christiansen et al., Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

Rocks
Andrew Warnock, FieldMap.org

Virtual Geodynamics: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries
Paul Morin and Kent Kirkby, University of Minnesota

EXERCISES AND LABS

Big Bend Virtual Field Trip
Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University

Modeling the Periodic Table
NASA

Petroglyph
Eric Christianson et al., Brigham Young University

RESEARCH & POLICY

Folding of Viscous Layers: Mechanical Analysis and Interpretation of Structures in Deformed Rock
Arvid M. Johnson and Raymond C. Fletcher (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998)

IRIS Web Site
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)

Minerals and Metals: Towards a Sustainable Future
Environment Canada