Chapter 2:

The Nine Planets Introduction

Images and information

Earth and Moon Viewer from the Sun or Moon

Satellite images

The Third Planet -A Walk Through Geologic Time

Nautical Charts

Historic and recent coastal charts, oceanographic maps

Chapter 3:

The Third Planet - Virtual tour of the earth's history

Take a walk through Geologic Time.

National Earthquake Information Center

Plate Teconics - The Cause of Earthquakes

images and information

Tectonic Plate Motion

Satellite data and maps.

Submarine Volcanoes - Descriptions

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Home Page

RIDGE Multibeam Synthesis Project

Check links to other sites.

Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Journey to the sea floor and hot vents.

Vents Program

Study of hydrothermal venting systems

Item of Interest - Listening for Sea Floor Spreading

Acoustic detection of a seafloor spreading episode

Chapter 4:

Predicted and Measured Seafloor Topography - charts

World Data Center A for Marine Geology & Geophysics

bathymetry,sediments,ocean drilling

Law of the Sea and Ocean Affairs

issues, policy, national and international

Item of Interest - Undersea Robots

Deep Sea Robots

WHOI Marine Operations - National Deep Submergence Facility

Go to ALVIN, ROVS, AUVs, Future Directions - images and information.

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Lab

Images and information

WHOI Deep Submergence Lab

Japanese Exploration Systems

Information images and animation

Chapter 5:

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) Home Page

Information on climate, marine mammals and ATOC Tests.

Ocean Accoustics Lab, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Go to Ocean Acoustic Tomography- information, images, sound.

Item of Interest - Arctic Ocean Section

Arctic Ocean Section, 1994

United States Coast Guard - Virtual Photo Alblum.

United States Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea

Chapter 6:

Satellite Images and Weather

Links to servers and images

Climate Change Research Center

Stratospheric Ozone - EPA Home Page

Science, regulations, and consumer questions concerning ozone

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center -

Global climate change information and images.

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - Trends

Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide trends and data.

Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (OACES)

Oceanic sinks and sources Images, information, and other references.

Clarifying Ocean's Role in Global Climate

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Global Climate Change Information.

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An El Nino Theme Page

Access to information and other El Nino links, Information, images.

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National Hurricane Center

Information , images and predictions.

Item of Interest - Clouds

Index -- UIUC Cloud Catalog

Clouds and Precipitation: online meteorology guide

Chapter 7:

Ocean Currents

Polar Science Center - Polar Oceanography and Meteorlogy

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Parallel Ocean Program (POP) Simulation

Various simulations of Worlds Oceans including tha Arctic Ocean

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Could Hold the Key to Clean Power Generation

Item of Interest - Toy Spill

Pacific Toy Spill Fuels Ocean Current Pathways Research

AGU Web Site

Chapter 8:

Tsunami!: The WWW Tsunami Information Resource

International Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific

Tsunami Data and Information

Tide and Tidal Current Prediction

Coastal & Estuarine Oceanography Branch NOAA. prediction information, glossary

Chapter 9:

Coastal and Marine Geology - US Geological Survey

Search Coastal Hazards

The National Marine and Coastal Geology Program; 1994 online doc

National Program and Policies.

National Geographic Data Center Support to Coastal Programs

Program information

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management Plan - NOAA

Office of Ocean Resource and Assessment - ORCA

Programs and Links.

Coastal Services Center - NOAA WWW Home Book

Links to programs.

San Francisco Bay and Delta, Water Quality

Chesapeake Bay - Maryland Sea Grant

Facts, studies, images

Coastal types and Management - Netherlands

Coastal types and coastal zone management, policies and programs.

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Boston Harbor Cleanup

history, laws, treatment plants

United States Code - Navigation and Navigable Waters

Laws re: ocean dumping and pollution

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NOAA's Oil Spill Emergency Response and Planning

Major oil spill information

Oil Spill Basics: A Primer for Students

Oil Spill Intelligence Report

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A Primer on Environmental Citizenship

Series from Environment Canada

Item of Interest - Biological Invaders

Marine Invasions and the Preservation of Coastal Diversity

San Francisco Bay Program - USGS

Biocontamination, Toxins.

Chapter 10:

Primary Production - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Item of Interest - Antarctic Food Web

Features of Antarctic Krill

Chapter 11:

Web Lift to Information onTaxa

Go to the Protists (Marine Plankton) and Basal Vertebrates (Fish).

PLANKTON

Agal Microscopy and Image Digitization, Diatoms

Go to images, and Scanning Electron Micrographs.

Dinoflagellates

Images and Red Tide Links.

Red Tides in Western Gulf of Maine

Algae Blooms - Red Tides

Ciguatera Toxin

Ciguatera

Shellfish Toxins

NEKTON

Marine Animals in Sea World Animal Resources

Go to whales, fishes, seals, manatees, sea turtles, etc.

The Cephalopod Page - squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish

Excellent images and links to more information

Underwater Pictures - Smithsonian

Fish pictures and information

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States

Go to Fisheries.

National Marine Fisheries Service - Home Page

Status of Fisheries Resources off Northeastern U. S.

Go to Species Synopses for information on fish and mammals

Ocean Planet Overfishing

Go to information on Atlantic Cod, Salmon, Bluefin Tuna, bycatch, etc.

Whale Information Network

sightings, information, images

Cetacean Society International Home Page

Chapter 12:

Seaweed Information Server

Go to links, go to the Forgotten Treasure of the Tide Pools - seaweed images.

The various uses of Algae

Web Lift to Information onTaxa - Go to Animals.

Includes seaweeds, corals, starfish, sea cucumbers, sponges

The Cephalopod Page

Life in a Massachusetts Tide Pool

Coral Health and Monitoring Program

Global Relief Effort for Coral Reefs

Links to other coral sites.

The State of the Reefs - ICRI's Major Concern

Caribbean Coastal Studies - Coral Reefs

Underwater Photography Portfolios - Smithsonian

Coral reefs of Belize, Panama, and Florida

Ocean Planet, Overfishing

Go to crab and shrimp.

Aquaculture Trends - FAO

Aquaculture Links

General Oceanography

A talk.origins Age of the Earth Debate

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