Recommended Websites: Science

General Science

EarthSky Science Podcasts: science news, blogs, podcasts and radio shows
Encyclopedia of Earth
Scientific WebPlus: search websites selected by scientific scholars.
Scirus: search engine for websites and journal articles; full text may not be available.
SciSeek: science website directory

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Astrobiology (NASA): Life in the universe.
Becoming Human Interactive multimedia promoting a greater understanding of human evolution
Index to Organism Names
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII): information about wildlife biological resources of the US
Paleontology Portal
Public Library of Science: Biology

AquaNIC: Aquaculture Network Information Center
Canada's Aquatic Environments
Census of Marine Life: A comprehensive global list of all forms of life in the sea (in progress).
Climate Debate Daily: viewpoints for and against the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Ducks Unlimited: wetlands conservation
Global Invasive Species Database
Environmental Portal and Search Engine
FishBase: database that covers over 25,000 species
Freshwater Ecosystems of the World
GREENR | Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NOAA)
Nature Conservancy: conservation science news
Ocean Data Portal: marine data from National Oceanographic Data Centres
Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (EPA)
Organic Center: peer-reviewed scientific info on the benefits of organic farming
Pew Center on Climate Change: follow state, national, and global issues and policies
ReefBase: free information, requires registration
Stewardship for Dummies: blog by WPC students on caring for the planet
Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary: news and resources on climate change.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Global Change Research Forum
Wilderness.net: maps, data, images, and legislation on public wilderness areas
World Water Council: site contains reports on critical water issues

American Association for the History of Nursing: nursing history collections and documents
Charles Darwin - Complete Works
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics (Harvard)
Einstein Archive Online: digitized manuscripts of Albert Einstein
Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Expeditions and Discoveries: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age
IEEE History Center: articles, oral histories, FAQs, and more from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide to Materials in English

American Mathematical Society
Geometry of War (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford)
MathVids: video lessons, lectures, and tutorials on math from middle to college levels
WWW Unit Converter

ChemEurope.com: chemistry search engine
ChemWeb.com: searchable abstracts for over 500 chemistry journals
Coastal and Marine Geology Program: U.S. Geological Survey
Common Chemistry: basic info for over 7000 chemicals of widespread public interest
HubbleSite: information about astronomy and the Hubble Space Telescope
Imagine the Universe: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics educational information.
Marine Realms Information Bank: U.S. Geological Survey
NASA (see also NASA Images)
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Central Library Catalog
Oral History Transcripts in Physics, Astronomy, and Geophysics: physicists talk about their work (some audio)
PhysLink: Physics, Astronomy & Engineering
UN Atlas of the Oceans