Harrison Memorial Library

Science

Animals

Butterflies and Moths of North America
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - See pictures, hear bird calls, participate in citizen science and more at this wonderful site.
Creagrus - Find local and worldwide bird information at this site by local bird expert Don Roberson.
Dinosaurs at the Smithsonian - Interactive exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
FishBase - Search by common or scientific name. You can also identify an unknown fish.

Astronomy

American Meteor Society - All about meteors and fireballs.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Featuring different images or photographs, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
NASA Eclipse Website - Contains times, dates, maps and more on past and future lunar and solar eclipses.
Nine Planets
Planetary Society - Chock full of planetary information.

Botany

The Big List - Tree identification.
California Native Plant Society
California Wildflowers -- Descriptions and colorful photos. You can even search by color!
Plants Database - From the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Chemistry

Web Elements - Online periodic table.

Earthquakes

Earthquakes - past and present, from the U.S. Geological Survey
Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire - Documents, eyewitness accounts, official reports and more from the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.
Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 - Official reports, 9-1-1 transcriptions, photos and more from the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.
USGS Earthquakes Hazard Program - Get information on recent earthquakes around the world along with lots of facts and scientific data.

Environment

CERES - California Environmental Resources Evaluation System's links to governmental information on California's environment.
Earth Observatory - From NASA.
Earth Portal - global resource for science-based information about the environment.
Eco20-20 - Renewable energy & non-renewable energy, clean energy and alternative energy.
EE Link - Environmental education resources.
Endangered Species Program - From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Global Warming: Early Warning Signs

General

BioLinks - Directory of links to many scientific disciplines.
CalPhotos - Images of plants, animals, fossils, people, landscapes.
eNature - Online nature field guides
How Products are Made - from Accordion to Zirconium, plus biographies of their makers.
Scirus - Scientific search engine.
Why? Files - The science behind the news written in an easily understood way.

Genetics

DNA from the Beginning - An excellent primer on DNA and genetics.
Human Genome Project

Marine Science

Cephalopod Page - Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, chambered nautilus.
Marine Mammal Fact Sheets - Information on whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, and walruses, from NOAA.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - Research and development at MBARI.
Shark Week - Companion site to the Discovery Channel's Shark Week program.

Organizations

American Forests
Nature Conservancy
Sierra Club
Sierra Club - Ventana Chapter
World Wildlife Fund
World Resources Institute

Periodicals

Highwire - Full text articles from scientific journals.
Nature
Scientific American
Science News

Technology

Animated Engines - How various types of engines work.
How PCs Work - Explanations about the inner workings of computers.

Volcanoes

Volcano World - Current eruptions, photos, maps, etc.
Volcanoes.com

Water, Weather and Tides

Air Quality Monterey Bay
Historical Weather Records for Monterey Bay Area
National Weather Service Home Page
NOAA's Drought Information Center
Tide Charts - Carmel Bay
Weather Carmel
Weather Underground
World's Water - Fresh water resources around the world.