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Scientists have combined cookies, citizen science and robust research methods to track the diversity of ant species across the United States, and are now collaborating with international partners to get a global perspective on how ants are moving and surviving in the modern world. The School of Ants project was developed to help researchers get a handle on the diversity of ant species across the United States.

Provides access and links to GIS data for the State of Washington and other selected areas.

Good online source of images (and UPDATES) from the original book.

Energy Flow Charts from Lawrence Livermore labs that depicts energy use and sources by states and countries over various years

This is a free, quick and easy carbon footprint calculator. You can calculate for your state, for an individual or a household, and you can see it change as you answer the questions.

Nice parody with good information for garbage unit.

The changing climate impacts society and ecosystems in a broad variety of ways. For example, climate change can alter rainfall, influence crop yields, affect human health, cause changes to forests and other ecosystems, and even impact our energy supply. Climate-related impacts are occurring across the country and over many sectors of our economy. Explore the impacts of climate change by region, by sector, or by state.

Drought conditions have been at record levels in the contiguous United States for much of July, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, which began monitoring drought conditions in 1999. The animated map below shows the spread of drought conditions since January 2012.

There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world and grew at a rate of 4.1 percent last quarter, its fastest pace since 2014. The unemployment rate is near the lowest mark in a half century. What can be harder to decipher is how Americans use their land to create wealth. The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value for business and pleasure.

Get comprehensive energy use and activity data that can help your city plan and implement clean energy projects. A city's energy profile includes summary reports on: Greenhouse gas emissions Electricity generation Natural gas and other fuel source costs Renewable energy resource potential Transportation, buildings, and industry data Applicable policies and incentives Location

This study could work as a follow-up to immigration / emigration island biodiversity / biogeography topics. I would look up the original work through the Nebraska state museums. Dawkins has a lot of good short videos, but be careful to watch them ahead of time for his rather common aggressive social statements that might cause parent issues.

Okay this is a novel one...and maybe a bit ghoulish. This allows you to search cemeteries by country or state (county) for tombs stone records. VERY cool for cemetery lab. Makes comparisons by regions/country possible ...

I use this to relate non-point pollution, source water resources and hazards to water resources to students. This hits home due to the fact it was in our state and a large part of the state was impacted by this leak.

Clearing California Skies California, 1943. The mysterious haze called smog was getting worse - burning eyes, searing throats, literally choking the life out of Californians. The video, Clearing California Skies tells the story of how concerned citizens, top scientists, and local and state government agencies fought back. It took the best science and engineering to control smog forming emissions from factories, shops, incinerators, and the automobile. Despite meteoric population gains, (more factories, more cars, more trucks) - air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years, and along the way California emerged as a world leader in the battle against air pollution.

The Central Valley Science Project in the School of Education and Human Development at California State University, Fresno.

An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of Gasland addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state. Induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking, commonly known as fracking, is a technique used to release petroleum, natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas and coal seam gas), or other substances for extraction.

To get the big-picture, we've created a brand new wildfire tracker that shows where every wildfire is burning with a side of climate.