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Government Organizations
- NOAA Coral Health and Monitoring Home Page (CHAMP) NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories.
- National Hurricane Center A great site. Includes up-to-date information on current tropical cyclones, archives of past hurricanes, hurricane names through 2009, hurricane tracks since 1851, comprehensive FAQS, and more.
- USGS Water Resources of the U.S Water Resources' mission is to provide water information for major watersheds around the world, including publications, data, maps, and applications software.
Government Organizations
- Environment Canada the Canadian weather service, environmental protection agency, and environmental research organization
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada the oceanic agency of the Canadian government
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) the descendant of the Defense Mapping Agency/National Imagery and Mapping Agency. NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U. S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation
- National Institute of Standards and Technology an agency of the U.S. Department of Commere
- National Science Foundation supports environmental research through many programs
- National Sea Grant a partnership between the nation's universities and NOAA - links to information about Sea Grant programs, history of Sea Grant, publications, the National Sea Grant Library, etc.
- United States Army Corps of Engineers - Centers of Expertise responsible for investigating, developing, and maintaining the nation's water and related environmental resources
- United States Coast Guard a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance, and search and rescue
- United States Federal Emergency Management Agency flood data, flood plain maps, etc. as well as many joint publications and programs with NOAA
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service U. S. Department of the Interior
- Federal Register the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents
- Federal Statistics official statistical information produced by the Federal Government from more than 100 Federal agencies
- The U.S. Code the U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the United States laws (U. S. House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel)
- The National Archives preserves and provides access to the records of the Federal Government
- United States Geological Survey U. S. Department of the Interior - many ocean, coastal, and mapping programs
- Government Printing Office the Federal Government's primary centralized resource for producing, procuring, distributing, and preserving the official information products for all three branches of the Federal Government, as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House and other Federal agencies, and the courts.
- FDsys - GPO's Federal Digital System links to Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, U.S. Government Bookstore, Federal Depository Library Program, Congressional Reports (House and Senate Reports 1995 forward), Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids, public and private laws, history of bills, etc.
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