Earthquake : Geoscience Australia. (Includes links to recent earthquakes, earthquake basics, earthquake capabilities, earthquake search, reports on earthquakes, research reports - earthquakes)
Earthquakes from USGS science for a changing world. Includes the latest earthquakes, lists, statistics
Landslide : Geoscience Australia (basics. capabilities)
Landslides from Weather wizkids (questions, types, definitions, safety, activities
AIARE : The American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. Be avalanche aware
Avalanche.org : Education, resources, professionals, other links
Awful avalanches
Earthquakes and other natural disatsers
Fearsome forest fires
Natural Disasters
Seismology by
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Tsunami facts and information from the Bureau of Meteorology ( What is a Tsunami, the physics of a tsunami, what happens to a tsunami as it approaches land, How are tsunamis measured or observed and The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004)
Tsunami (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Includes basic information, educational sites and animations of Tsunamis.
Tsunami : Australian Government Geoscience Australia (Basics, capabilities, offshore hazards)
The 10 most destructive Tsunamis in history (Australian Geographic)
What is a volcano? Geoscience Australia
Volcanoes. From ready.gov. Has links to other natural disasters.
Bushfire CRC : For school students. (has links to other websites within Australia and around the world) This site is no longer maintained so the information has not been updated since 2015, however, a lot of the material is stiill useful.
Bushfire & Natural hazards CRC (has information about preparing children for bushfires)
Kids' Health - Topics - Bushfires. ( How bushfires can affect your life, What if you lost things in a bushfire, How you can help your family, if you family lost things in a bushfire etc)
What causes Bushfires? : Geoscience Australia
Bushfire front (The Bush Fire Front is a Western Australian voluntary organisation dedicated to protecting householders, farmers and forests from the ravages of bushfires. Our focus is the southwest corner of WA, where hundreds of thousands of people, valuable property, public assets and priceless forests are threatened by wildfire.)
You will find more information about Plate Tectonics on the Science page
Where do you find Geography & History 910 Geography & Travel ~ 920
You will find a box of additional resources in the library.
