Ciesin.org is the website of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, which is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment. You can explore this website by its categories located at the left hand side of the homepage, including: About Us, Programs and Projects, Data and Information, and Education and Outreach. The Programs and Projects include socioeconomic data and applications center, world data center, northeast information node of the NBII, geoinformatics for geochemistry, and other programs and projects. At the Data and Information section, you can browse by subject, search for data, find online tools and applications, and browse the metadata catalogues. And the last category includes information on training, publications, meetings, educational resources, discussion lists, and much more. 
