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Earth's Systems

• Balance of the Planet (Link)
  Game about economic balances by Chris Crawford...updated recently for Flash.
• Earth on Fire! (Link)
  Are our industrial and agricultural practices changing Earth's climate? You'll examine humankind's impact on the global environment as well as Earth's past in an attempt to answer this important question.
• Eeko World (Link)
  This site might be a bit young for you, but take a look. Games about ecology and environment.
• Geoterra GE Interactive (Link)
  Games about ecological balanaces.
• Global Warming Can Be Fun... (Link)
  Game about global warming under development. This blog tracks the progress.
• Global Warming Interactive (Link)
  Game about ecological, political and economic balances.
• Is Global Warming Strengthening the Power of Hurricanes? (Link)
  A panel of experts from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCSD discuss the relationship between hurricanes and global warming and the potential economic impact. (Streaming video)
• NASA - Earth Observatory (Link)
  The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change.
• NASA - World Wind (Wow!) (Link)
  We usually don't get into the debate about Linux - Mac vs PC, but for this great tool, grab a PC for a few hours (or days). (Did that give away our bias?)
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Link)
  Weather Watches, Ocean, Satellites, Fisheries, Climate, Research, Coasts, Charting & Navigation...and much more!
• Oceans Alive! (Link)
  Boston Museum of Science interactive site.
• Ocean World and Dr. Bob (Link)
  Dr. Bob is a professor of oceanography. He is a wonderful resource for those tough to answer questions about the oceans posed by our students. Please feel free to tap into his knowledge.
• Woods Hole Programs (Link)
  Meet up with world class scientists who are leading programs such as: Education | Forest Function | Global Carbon | Land/Water | Landcover/Land Use | Science in Public Affairs
• Nat'l Geographic Interactive Map of Impacts of Warming (Link)
  Great resource!
• Earth's Energy Budget (Link)
  A colorful NASA diagram of Kiehl and Trenberth's (1997) Energy Budget and link to a great fact sheet.
• Earth's Energy Budget (Link)
  Kiehl and Trenberth's 1997 diagram with explanatory text.
• Earth's Energy Budget (Link)
  Earth's energy balance explained by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
• Gaia Hypothesis - Thinkquest (Link)
  Read about the Gaia Hypothesis in this short article. Is Earth alive?
• Wikipedia on James Lovelock (Link)
  Who is James Lovelock and where did his Gaia ideas come from?
• Wikipedia on Gaia Hypothesis (Link)
  And here is the skinny on the Gaia Hypothesis!
• Gaia Hypothesis - University College Dublin (Link)
  University College Dublin's Energy Research Group provides this fascinating 1989 review of James Lovelock's publication, The Ages of Gaia.
• James Lovelock (Link)
  Learn more about James Lovelock, his Gaia Hypothesis and pro-nuclear energy ideas at his own website.
• Slide Lecture in Climate Dynamics - Utrecht University (Link)
  An interesting series of slides about climate dynamics and the coupling of Earth's atmosphere and biosphere. The presentation connects ideas in evolution, climate change, greenhouse gas emission, the Gaia Hypothesis and Daisyworld.
• Daisyworld - Thinkquest (Link)
  An entertaining animation of James Lovelock's Daisyworld.
• Daisyworld (Link)
  A good written description of the Daisyworld model.
• Daisyworld - Carleton College (Link)
  A little more technical description of the Daisyworld model. You can disregard the sections entitled Model Equations and Experiments for the purposes of STEM Exploration "Earth as a Living System".
• Daisyworld - Clark College (Link)
  This is another nice description of the model Daisyworld. For those of you working on STEM Exploration "Earth as a Living System", just look at Sections 1-4.
• Global Warming Tutorial (Link)
  Colorful graphics illustrate the greenhouse effect and provides some global warming data.