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Web Resources by Subject: Geology 100 — Earthquake, Volcanoes & Natural Disasters

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Plate Tectonics and Geology

• Geology in the National Parks
• Tapestry of Time and Terrain: Regional geology of the United States
• This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics

General Disaster Information

• FEMA hazards

Disaster Planning

• National Hurricane Center Disaster Preparedness
• Red Cross Family Disaster Plan
• Red Cross information on disaster planning

Asteriod or Comet Impacts

• NASA Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards
• NASA Near Earth Object Program

Climate Change

• EPA Global Warming
• NOAA Climate Prediction Center
• NOAA Paleoclimatology
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Drought

• National Drought Mitigation Center
• NOAA Drought Information

Earthquakes

• Assessment of Risks and Vulnerability to Earthquake Hazards in Nevada , by Jonathan G. Price, Jordan T. Hastings, and Christine M. Arritt
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
  Learn about earthquakes and seismic events. Watch educational videos and take in 'teachable moments' about recent earthquakes. Check out earth science animations.
• Loss-Estimation Modeling of Earthquake Scenarios for Each County in Nevada Using HAZUS-MH, by Ronald Hess and Craig dePolo
• Nevada Seismological Laboratory
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Regional Earthquake Hazards Program
• USGS Earthquake Center

Fire

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• National Interagency Fire Center

Flooding

• Assessment of Risks and Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in Nevada , by Jonathan G. Price, Jordan T. Hastings, and Christine M. Arritt
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Flooding information
• Flooding hazards maps online
• Flood Insurance
• USGS Real-time Streamflow Data
• Water Resources of the United States

Hurricanes

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• NOAA hurricanes page
• National Hurricane Center

Land Subsidence and Sinkholes

• Land subsidence from groundwater pumping
• Land Subsidence in the United States Factsheet
• Sinkholes in Florida

Landslides

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• USGS Landslide Hazards Program

Lightning

• NOAA Lightning Information

Severe Weather

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency):
  • Heat
  • Thunderstorms
  • Winter storms and extreme cold

Storms

• National Weather Service
• NOAA Storm Watch

Tornadoes

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• NOAA Tornadoes Information
• National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center

Tsunamis

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Volcanoes

• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Long Valley (California) Observatory
• Montserrat Volcano Observatory
• Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program
• Volcano World
• Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

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