Geography

         Alternative Energy
         Geothermal Energy www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/geothermal.htm 

           Links to solar, wind power, geothermal, tides, and hydroelectric                               http://www.cc.utah.edu/~ptt25660/tran.html 

          Energy efficient housing http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_std2.asp?PID=388

         Heating, cooling and insulation http://www.energyaudit.com/ouchea/help_tips_hci.html 

           http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/  Energy sources including alternate energy

Asia
Comprehensive site on Asia provides useful information with links to Asia Source site on which can be found current news maps and statistics, articles and speeches and a useful reference section, as well as two separate sites on food and business. http://www.askasia.org/

 

Australia

The Guide to Australia: Australian topics include facts and figures, geography and weather, info about animals and plants, culture, tourism, travel, history and government.    http://www.csu.edu.au/australia

Australian Bureau of Statistics  http://www.abs.gov.au

 

Environment

Sea - www.seasky.org/sea.html  

Ocean http://www.ocean.com/  - Vital aspects of the world's oceans are investigated, with particular emphasis on the environment, commerce and recreation.

Greenhouse effect and global warming. Air pollution   
www. msnbc.com/news/EARTHDOG_Front.asp

Global warming issues. Ozone danger. Litter    www.verde.com/

Pollution prevention and links to other relevant sites.     http:/es.epa.gov/ 

National Pollutant Inventory - pollutant emission in each region.    http://www.npi.gov.au

Preventing and responding to oil spills. Laws and regulations.     www.epa.gov/oilspill/

Effect of oilspills on marine life and ocean waters. News on recent leaks.    www.api.org/oilspills/

Campaign to protect ozone layer and links to other ozone related sites.     www.greenpeace.org/~ozone/

Water pollution solutions.    www. epa.gov/region4/water/nps/ 

Whaling:  http://www.whaling.com  Latest news on whales and whaling from newspapers around the world + 40 related links.

Great site on ocean pollution.   
  www.jp.kids.commons.net/vc 96vc-13/ocean-pollution/ocean/.htl

General educational site on environment. Includes climate change, energy and ozone depletion.    www. solstice.crest.org/environment/eol/toc.htm/

Air quality and monitoring. Global warming and greenhouse effect. Pollution from energy sources.    www.envirolink.org/elib/Air/Air_Pollution

Plantery changes due to deforestation. Human and natural disasters.     www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html  

Natural Resource Management.  http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/education/ 

 

Photos, facts sheets etc. re deforestation.    www.greenpeace.org/~forests/f_index1.html

Australian environment on-line: A very comprehensive guide of environmental problems and solutions. Headings include: Air, Land, People, Life, Coasts. Topics covered : weather, Greenhouse effect, conservation, forests, landcare wetlands, topography, vegetation, endangered species, pollution.    www.kaos.erin.gov.au:80/erin.html

Environmental education on-line. A directory of sites for study of a range of environmental studies. Divided into Environmental resources for Students and Environmental Resources for Teachers.    www.envirolink.org/enviroed/

This site links to many news and education resources on Acid Rain.     www.econet.apc.org/acidrain/#es

Information on causes and effects of acid rain.    www.epa.gov/acidrain/student/student2.html

U.S EPA Office of Air and Radiation site. Information on a variety of topics including causes, effects and prevention of air pollution.    www.epa.gov/oar/oarhome.html 

 

Fishing  

Sunfish:  http://www.sunfishqueensland.org/

DPI:  http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb

Whaling:  http://www.whaling.com  Latest news on whales and whaling from newspapers around the world + 40 related links.

 

 

Forestry

Aspects of forestry in Queensland and the world including forest management plantations , forest industry and recreational use.  www.dpi.qld.gov.au/forestry/

Forestry Australia -  www.nafi.com.au/home.html

An accessible and easily used archive of high quality images related to forest health and silviculture -   www.forestryimages.org

 

 

General  

National Geographic On-Line is a great site for environmental studies, other countries etc. Very good graphics and audio features.  www.nationalgeographic.com/index.htm

Statistical, demographic, and cultural information about every country in the world, run by the US Central Intelligence Agency.  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Information and activities for geography including links to other sites.   http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/pickoftheweek

Yahoo countries page.  http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries 

Antarctica panorama - virtual tour of the South Pole base. http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/

 
What is the Capital City of...?  http://www.what-is-the-capital-of.com 

Natural Resource Management.  http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/education/ 

 

Great Barrier Reef  

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority  www.gbrmpa.gov.au

 

Maps  

University of Minnesota map library: contains many maps which may be useful for assignments.    www-map.lib.umn.edu/resources.html#1   

View of the world at night with a brief explanation. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html 

Maporama - site can be used to pinpoint streets in towns throughout the world http://maporama.com/share/default.asp

Statistics  

Australian Bureau of statistics  http://www.abs.gov.au

World-wide data/maps for Population, Water resources, Coastal & Marine Ecosystems, Climate, Energy.....   www.earthtrends.wri.org

 

Sustainable Development 

World Summit on Sustainable Development - excellent site includes Biodiversity, Land Degradation, Climate Change, Oceans and Fisheries, Poverty Reduction and Globalisation
http://www.birdlife.org.za/resources/wssd2002/

 

 

Weather  

Bureau of Meteorology - www.bom.gov.au/

Weather conditions (Australia) for the day.  http://weather.ninemsn.com.au/

 Tracking map of current Tropical Cyclone activity is at this address    www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/Gif/swp.latest.gif

USA Weather Today -  Allows world-wide links.  www.usatoday.com/weather/

Climate History  - Allows you to select one of the specified times from a historical list and learn what the Earth's climate was like million of years ago.  www.scotese.com/climate.htm