GeoCommunity

http://www.geocomm.com

This is a great site from which to start. It offers a search engine geared specifically toward geography that can be very helpful. Also useful for geography majors is the GeoForum, which advertises available jobs in the field and allows free resume posting.

The FAO Forestry Internet Site

http://www.fao.org/forestry/

If you want to know anything about the forestry industry, conservation of forests, or related legislation, start here. This site will give you lots of helpful information, as well as plenty of links that will help you contact legislators. It is very organized and helpful.

NASA Climate News and Research

http://www.climatenews.com/

This site analyzes the climate of the world, mainly in relation to global warming. Other interesting features include up-to-date pictures of the weather, anywhere in the world, from space. You can even watch the movement of the clouds over a given period of time. It contains a great deal of useful and interesting facts.

Earth Observatory

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

This is a great place to go if you want to know about different features of the earth and its climate. It has better animation choices than the NASA site, and is a much broader source of information. The Laboratory provides activities for students in order to help them better understand concepts like oil spills, hurricanes, and more.

NOAA Photo Collection

http://photolib.noaa.gov/

Photos of almost every marine animal or landscape you can imagine are here, as well as weather and space images. If you want to see anything related to the ocean or the sky, visit this site.

World Book Around the World Climates

http://www.worldbook.com/fun/atw/climates/index.htm

Here, areas are classified on the basis of types of climates similar to those types studied in GEOG 1114. That makes this a pretty good supplement to the textbook for students who may be confused, though some different names are used to label the areas. Red dots on the map point out areas with unusual weather. This is the sort of trivia you can use to impress your friends.

United States Geological Survey Website

http://www.usgs.gov/

Go here to find the top headlines in the world of geology. Because the USGS is a bureau of the Department of the Interior, you can find lots of information on Congress and its actions on this subject. Also, you can look up geology-related news items that specifically affect your area.

World Lecture Hall

http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/

This is a great site for any student. Professors from around the world put lecture notes here so you can study any subject, any time. Of course, the notes will differ from your professor’s, so this is not an excuse to skip class. However, it can be a great site if you have any questions about a certain concept in geography, or any class, and you can not talk to your professor.

Television News Archive

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/

This is another site that is not necessarily geography-specific. However, it can be a great help if you want to research a topic that has been broadcast on the news. It can provide abstracts of events that have happened since the 1960’s.

National Environmental Publications Internet Site

http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/nepishom/srch.htm

If you want to know anything environmentally related issues, this is a wonderful resource. You can search through the EPA’s publications and download or print the documents. From here you can jump to the homepage and find out lots of information about the EPA itself, laws and regulations, environmental news, and much more.

Weather Channel.com

http://www.weather.com/

Both fun and educational, this site can tell you the current weather or forecast for any city or zip code in the world. You can also find audio and video forecasts, maps of current and past weather, and weather related news stories here.