land, water, climate, sky
Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. The organization's guiding principles include:
- Representing Indigenous nations and people on their own terms and not trying to be an “arbiter” of truth when it comes to territory claims
- Increasing representation and real power of Indigenous people in our organization and with our partners
- Enhancing the visibility and strength of Indigenous history, narratives that combat colonialism, and education initiatives
astronomy - charts, diagrams, etc.
see also stars - atlases
NOAA - national oceanographic & atmospheric administration satellite & information service
Sea level rise calculators
STORMTOOLS
RI Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management
Sea Level Rise Viewer
Artists and Water
River by Jen Bervin
In Jen Bervin's large-scale sculptural installation River an intricate model of the Mississippi River in silver sequins is inverted, mapped from a geocentric perspective.
Flora & Fauna
Atlas of the Flora of New England
GoBotany (Native Plant Trust) Full Key and Dichotomous Key
A Botany of Violence : across 529 years of resistance & resurgence
The 500-page book recounts over 500 years of oppression that began with colonial expeditions rampaging through the Central Andes and Western Amazon River region from the 16th century onwards in search of the elusive Cinchona plant whose bark contains the world’s only natural cure for malaria: the quinine alkaloid.
geological & topographic maps
Geological maps show the structure and composition of the Earth's crust, including the strata of its composition, plates, their mutual relationships, and the successive changes to which their present condition and positions are due.
Topographic refers to maps representing a region at a level of detail or scale between a plan, which is a small area, and a chorographic map, which is a large regional map. Topographic maps include accurate representations of the location and shape of both natural and manmade features. The term refers to maps of various scales in different nations; it is generally limited to maps at scales of 1:500,000 or larger in the United States, but it often refers to scales of 1:1,000,000 or larger in Russia. The term is often mistakenly interpreted to mean maps that only represent natural relief features.
topographic map sites
Terrafly By entering a U.S. address, an aerial photo is retrieved. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data are used for the aerial photo of your selected location. Topos are also available.