Research Guides: Government Information Research Guide: Environmental

Environment

Envirofacts Maps and Information
A database for environmental information.
Environmental Topics
Provides the ability to search for EPA content relating to popular topics.
Environmental Publications Search
A tool for searching environmental publications.
National Geologic Map Database
A map database containing maps and related data about geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology and marine geology.
National Ocean Service
The official website of the National Ocean Service.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The official website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA: Coastal Zone Information Collection
Contains more than 5,000 coastal related documents and provides nearly 30 years of data and information crucial to the understanding of U.S. coastal management and NOAA's mission to sustain healthy coasts.
Oceanographic Data Archive
A tool for searching the Oceanographic Data Archive of the National Oceanographic Data Center.
Soil Surveys
Includes current and archived soil surveys, soil maps and data, and interactive tools. Most U.S. counties covered.

National Defense (SciTech Connect)
"SciTech Connect is a portal to free, publicly-available DOE-sponsored R&D results including technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia and data information."
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (U.S. Department of Energy)
Serves "to collect, preserve, and disseminate both unclassified and classified scientific and technical information (STI) emanating from DOE-funded research and development (R&D) activities at DOE national laboratories and facilities and at universities and other institutions nationwide."
Accelerator Science
A gateway to science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.
Wind Research
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's website on Wind Research. Includes, projects, publications, news, etc.
Geothermal Research
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's website on Geothermal Energy (extracting energy from below the surface of the Earth).

Aviation Weather Center (NOAA)
NOAA's National Weather Service site for Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS). Includes advisories, forecasts, observations, tools, and links to other aviation weather sites.
Global Climate Change
A NASA website about global climate change that includes key indicators, evidence, causes, effects, uncertainties, etc.

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
OPEN ACCESS. NCEI is responsible for hosting and providing access to one of the most significant archives on Earth with comprehensive oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical data. NOAA's former three data centers—the National Climatic Data Center, the National Geophysical Data Center, and the National Oceanographic Data Center, which includes the National Coastal Data Development Center—merged into the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

National Climatic Data Center Online Document Library (NCDC)
Database of full text weather and climate publications, many with statistical data to the local level and many covering the 1940s-present.
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Titles include: Local Climatological Data, Climatological Data, Hourly Precipitation Data, Storm Data, Monthly Climatic Data for the World, COOP Data, Climatological Data Summary, and others.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The official website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Climate Data Online (NOAA)
Includes search by map; climatology and extremes; surface, upper air, marine, and satellite data; climate inventories; and research.
Storm Prediction Center
Includes information, news and interactive maps concerning storm prediction.
Weather
The official website of the National Weather Service.
World Data Center for Meteorology, Asheville
The official website of the World Data Center for Meteorology, Asheville.