Links to USGS Science Activities with an International Component

SCIENCE THEME: Ecosystems and Predicting Ecosystem Change

NBII International Activities and Initiatives [http://international.nbii.gov/]

Ecosystems Development, Dissemination, and Applications [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=400]

Remote Sensing Technologies [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=360]

Invasive Species Databases [http://biology.usgs.gov/invasive/databases.html#nisbase]

US Mexico Border Environmental Health Initiative [http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov/IMS.html]

Coral Ecosystems [http://marine.er.usgs.gov/coral-plan/]

SCIENCE THEME: Climate Variability and Change

Coastal-Change and Glaciological Maps of Antarctica [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3055/]

Coral Mortality and African Dust [http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/african_dust/]

Land Cover Applications and Global Change [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=345]

USGS Providing International Leadership in Land Imaging [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=421]

SCIENCE THEME: Energy and Minerals

Energy

Oil and Gas [http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-060/]

Coal Resources [http://energy.er.usgs.gov/coal_quality/wocqi/index.html]

Energy Resources and Environmental and Health Issues [http://energy.usgs.gov/healthenviron.html]

Coastal and Marine Geology [http://marine.er.usgs.gov/locator.php?selected_topic=-1&selected_region=9&selected_content=-1]

Minerals

International Minerals Statistics and Information [�http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/ ]

Quantitative Global Mineral Resource Assessments [http://minerals.usgs.gov/east/global/index.html]

SCIENCE THEME: The Role of Environment and Wildlife in Human Health

Global Wildlife Disease News Map [http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp]

Wildlife Disease Information Node [http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/]

Avian Influenza [http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/index.jsp]

SCIENCE THEME: Water Census

Activities of the International Water Resources Branch [http://water.usgs.gov/international/]

U.S. National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme [http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/IHP/]

SCIENCE THEME:� National Hazards, Risk and Resilience Assessment

Natural Hazards Support System (NHSS) [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=402]

Landsat: A Global Imaging Project [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=333]

Radar Applications Development [http://discoverytool.cr.usgs.gov/show_results.php?taskid=438]

Volcanoes

Volcano Hazards Program [http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/���]

Volcano Status Map [http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/index.php]

Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) [http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Vdap/framework.html]

Earthquakes

Earthquakes Hazards Program [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/]

�Recent Earthquakes around the World:

• Click-able map: [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/ ]
• List [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html]

National Geomagnetism Program

International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network Intermagnet (Intermagnet) [http://www.intermagnet.org/ ]