Websites

Topic	Links to Interesting and Possibly Useful Websites
Find Good Information on Oceanography	Use the search features and links on these websites to search for good websites on oceanography: National Science Digital Library Digital Library for Earth Systems Education List of Government Websites NOAA "Bridge" National Ocean Service NOAA "Ocean Explorer"
Marine Biology Sites	Ocean Link (Click on "Ocean Matters.") Saved by a Shark (Oceans Live*)
Introduction to Oceanography	Marine Science (Great for the Basics, Good Pictures) Thank You Ocean (Good Information on How the Ocean Affects Your Life) Maps of Global Population Phytoplankton, Short Video Groundwater and Aquifers, Short Video Trenches, Short Audio
Density Lab	Buoyancy: Don't Even Sink About It! (a lesson on density)
Living in the Ocean	Plankton Pictures (National Geographic Magazine)
Science & Oceanography	Manufacturing Scientific Doubt Bias in Publishing Medical Results Heading Due South (SIO Mag., Earth's Magnetic Field) Extremophiles, Short Audio
Map Skills
Atoms	Hydrogen Bonds Animation Dissolving Animation Acidic Ocean Dissolving Plankton (National Geographic Magazine) "Age" of Deep Water, Short Audio
Waves	Rogue Waves Article
Tsunami	Asian Tsunami 2004 (Videos) See the videos from Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Beaches	Rip Currents (Brochure, great picture of a rip current) Coastal Erosion, Short Video
Shorelines	Estuary Pollution, Short Video Ecosystem Services, Short Video
Tides	Tide Going Up and Down (Sped Up) "What Causes the Tides?" Strange Tidal Patterns and Their Causes Moon Phases, Spring and Neap Tides, and Bulges Largest Tides in the World, Short Audio
The Atmosphere and Winds	Solar-Powered Earth, Short Video Ozone Layer, Short Video Coriolis Effect, Short Audio
Hurricanes	Coriolis Effect, Short Audio
Ocean Currents	Gulf Stream, Short Audio Animation: Change in Temperature (Seasons, Ocean Currents)
El Niño
Phytoplankton	Phytoplankton, Short Video SEAWIFS Global Primary Productivity Choking Oceans (SIO Mag., Low Oxygen Levels)
Life in the Deep Ocean	Video of Black Smokers SIMoN Says (Note the Marine Snow) (Oceans Live*) Extremophiles, Short Audio
Coral Reefs	Coral Reefs, Short Video Coral-Algae Phase Shift Video (video.google.com) Great Barrier Reef 1 (video.google.com) Great Barrier Reef 2 (video.google.com) Coral Sand, Short Audio Polynesian Story (Oceans Live*)
Kelp Forests	Ghost Forest Video (video.google.com) About Kelp
Plate Tectonics	Smithsonian Interactive Map (link on right) Trenches, Short Audio Natural Disasters (Oceans Live*) Heading Due South (SIO Mag., Earth's Magnetic Field) Galapagos Hotspot Hawaiian Hotspots (Oceans Live*)
Deep-Sea Sediments	SIMoN Says (Note the Marine Snow) (Oceans Live*) Videos of Copepods Videos of Copepods II
Climate Change	Greenhouse Effect, Short Video Greenhouse Effect II, Short Video Tree-Ring Data, Short Video Greenland's Ice, Short Video Climate Change up in the Mountains, Short Video Glacier National Park, Short Video Changes in the Arctic (Polar Bears), Short Video Information about Ice at the Poles Changes in Life, Short Video Climate Variability, Short Video Extreme Weather, Short Video Aerosols, Short Video Ice Ages, Short Video Effects of Rising Sea Level on California Sea Level Rise and the Maldives Islands, Short Video NPR (and National Geographic) “Climate Connections” "Age" of Deep Water, Short Audio Summary of a Report on "Abrupt Climate Change" Ocean.com
Ocean Resources	Uses of the Ocean (United Nations Site)
Ocean Pollution	Pollution (Pew Oceans Commision) Nuclear Tests at Bikini Atoll, Short Audio Surfrider Foundation Volunteer Monitoring (Oceans Live*) LA Stormwater Program Reducing Urban Runoff, Short Audio Polluted Water Bodies of California, Short Audio Water Pollution The 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill and the Beginning of the Environmental Protection Agency Marine Debris (Plastic Pollution), Short Audio Trash in the LA River, Short Video Estuary Pollution, Short Video Invasive Species, Short Audio Restoring Beaches
Overfishing	Monterey Bay Aquarium (Seafood Recommendations!) "Heading for the Final Fillet" (article) Sardine Fishery, Short Audio Predators Among Us (Shark Fins), Short Video (Oceans Live*) "Fisheries with a Future" (brochure) Overfishing and Marine Reserves (Pew Oceans Commision) Marine Protected Areas (Oceans Live*) California's New Marine Protected Areas (story on radio) CA Marine Life Protection Act, Short Audio CA Marine Protected Areas, Short Audio "Individual Fishing Quotas" (transcript of an interview) Aquaculture (Pew Oceans Commision) NOAA "Fish Watch" Rediagnosing the Oceans Video Seaweb (Radio Shows, "Briefings") Ocean.com
Cabrillo Alternate Site Activity
Rocky Shores Alternate Site Activity
Ocean Cruise Alternate Site Activity
Sandy Shores Alternate Site Activity

* To watch "Oceans Live" videos, click on the red slider bar, and hold down on your mouse button as you drag the slider until you see the video you want. Then, click on the picture of the video, and press the "play" button in the video viewer.