From geographer Cooper Thomas of Esri's Story Maps team, An Atlas of Electricity provides visitors with a fascinating, multimedia glimpse into how electricity is created and distributed in the United States. This eight part story map opens with a description of the 2003 Northeast blackout, an incident that signaled the fragility of the North American power grid. From here, the story map portrays...

The New York Times recently published Antarctic Dispatches, an engaging multimedia feature about ongoing scientific research on the history and future of Antarctica. This series features reporting by climate reporter Justin Gilles accompanied by animated maps, photography, and four virtual reality (VR) films. To create this feature, Gilles was joined by VR specialists Graham Roberts and Evan...

Over the past few years, organizations like National Geographic and the National Academy of Sciences have been offering up interactive features on their websites. Many print newspapers have entered this arena as of late, including the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Recently, the Tribune offered up this tremendously interesting and visually engaging portrait of the effects of global...

In early spring, some people’s hearts turn to thoughts of love and ardor. For some, their hearts may turn to thoughts of archaeological digs in Albania, ancient Cyrene, and even Bolivia. For those in the latter category, the website of Archaeology Magazine should be a most welcome find. The site has a number of fine features, including interactive digs of George Washington’s distillery and the...

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) was created in 1988 with the goal of facilitating discussion of important arctic research initiatives, and also producing science reports with research community recommendations for arctic science priorities. Visitors to the site can learn more about their work by clicking on the "About ARCUS" section. After that, visitors should look through some...

In 1937, the Arkansas General Assembly enacted the nation's first conservation district law. Since that time, the state has grown to create entities like the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to help protect its various natural resources. On this site, visitors can look through seven different sections, including Water Development, Conservation, and Arkansas Water Plan. Within each of these...

Threatened Amazon tribes fight against the odds http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096414383 Indigenous Peoples in Brazil [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/indexenglish.htm Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries [Macromedia Flash Player, pdf] http://www.opec.org/home/ Woods Hole Research Center: Amazon Ecology Program...

Bringing together a diverse set of stakeholders (including "states and tribes, federal agencies, nonprofit partners, wetland professionals, educators, wetland enthusiasts and many others,"), the Association of State Wetland Managers exists to study and sustain wetlands. The site has a variety of materials, from Publications such as the Wetland News Digest (a monthly compilation of wetland stories,...

At this website, visitors can monitor geomagnetic activity and find out when the aurora borealis may be visible from the UK. Lancaster University offers background information on the characteristics and causes of an aurora, plots of both same day and previous day activities, and magnetometer data. Students and educators can learn how to make their own pop-bottle and compass aurora detectors....

There are numerous scientific endeavors funded by national governments and other interested organizations around the world, many of which have hundreds of persons in their employ. Of course there are some equally worthwhile projects out there bringing science to a broad audience, and the AuroraWebCam project has a staff of two bringing live broadcasts of the auroras from Alaska. The project is the...