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Volcanoes Loom as Sleeping Threat for Millions part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This National Geographic news article from July 2002 describes world wide volcanic hazards. Due to the increasing population near dangerous volcanoes, the importance of volcanic monitoring and hazard ...
A Geologic Walking Tour of Building Stones of Downtown Baltimore, Maryland part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website describes a geologic walking tour of Baltimore Maryland. The tour has a map, lots of photos and descriptions of twelve structures built from a variety of rocks. The tour provides a ...
Asbestos Hazard Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of ...
Urban Flooding: It Can Happen in a Flash! part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This module features an audio and visual tour of sites affected by the Fort Collins, Colorado urban flood that occurred on 28 July 1997. The tour is led by Matthew Kelsch and includes eyewitness ...
Boulder Creek: A Virtual Field Study part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site presents a field lesson that is designed to enhance classroom education about urban resource management issues. The lesson consists of web materials and a self-guided field study of Boulder ...
State of the Land part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (part of the US Department of Agriculture) developed this site to provide data and analysis on land use, soil erosion and quality, water quality, wetlands, ...
American Forests part of SERC Web Resource Collection
American Forests is a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and ...
Urban Forestry: Laboratory Exercisess part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These forestry lesson plans and field activities teach students: how trees function in an urban setting; how to collect data on trees in their urban environment in order to determine how well the ...
Tree Link part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site was created to provide information, research, and networking for people working in urban and community forestry. It is meant to inform, educate, and inspire the researcher, arborist, ...
Urban Tree Planting: Beyond Aesthetics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This two-minute sound segment discusses the reasons for planting trees in the city. The speaker says planting trees has a number of benefits which we often do not think of, including providing shade. ...
