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Ocean

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Atlases. (2)
Australia (2)
Exhibitions (2)
Health aspects. (1)
Measurement. (3)
Photographs (3)
Pictorial works (5)
Remote sensing (1)
Remote-sensing images. (2)
Statistics (2)
Study and teaching (5)

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1998: The Year of the Ocean

This week's In the News section deals with the Year of the Ocean. The six sites discussed provide information of various types about, and related to this topic. The United Nations declared 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean to bring attention to the "importance of the marine environment."

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/se/1998/0204
American Museum of Natural History: Milstein Hall of Ocean Life

This Web site is the online companion to the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). The Educational Resources section provides links to dozens of AMNH activities and articles, mainly geared toward elementary school students. Also, the online guide to the exhibit is itself a terrific educational resource. For example, the Dioramas section offers great graphics...

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean-life
Blue Planet

This Web site is a companion to the Discovery Channel/ BBC television series Blue Planet: Seas of Life. The Web site includes images, games, and expeditions all related to oceanography and marine biology. One feature that is particularly interesting is Ocean Alert, an interactive, current events feature where users can identify the topics that most interest them. News headlines, with links to more...

https://www.discovery.com/?page_id=17
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IPCC: Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

In September 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special report that "assessed the latest scientific knowledge about the physical science basis and impacts of climate change on ocean, coastal, polar and mountain ecosystems, and the human communities that depend on them," and also highlights "options for achieving climate-resilient development pathways." At the...

https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/home/
NASA's SeaWiFS Project: OceanColor Web

NASA's SeaWiFS Project created the OceanColor website to provide data, images, and information on its ocean color-related activities. Using the Global Ocean Color Browse Utility, visitors can view global images produced by the SeaWiFS Project from 1997 to the present. Through a detailed description and short animations, visitors can learn about SeaWiFS, the SeaStar Spacecraft, and the SeaWiFS...

https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Education: Oceans and Coasts

Created as a section of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Educational Resources page, Oceans and Coasts provides an annotated listing of NOAA's educational resources related to all aspects of marine life and ecology. The page lists approximately a dozen sites primarily aimed at the elementary and secondary school levels. Each site takes a slightly different focus,...

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-co...
OCMIP: Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project

The Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP) goal is "to develop an international collaboration to improve the predictive capacity and accelerate development of global-scale, three-dimensional, ocean carbon-cycle models through standardized model evaluation and model intercomparison." Visitors to the site can learn about the objectives, reports, and other details about the two...

http://ocmip5.ipsl.jussieu.fr/OCMIP/
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Deep-Sea Sample Repository

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Deep-Sea Sample Repository archives sediment and rock deep-sea core data for marine geology and oceanographic research and education. Students can learn about the process of taking the cores, the characteristics of the specimens collected, and their benefits. Researchers can search over 300 datasets for cores sites, mineralogy, micropaleontology, and other core...

https://corerepository.ldeo.columbia.edu/
The Princeton Ocean Model

The Princeton Ocean Model (POM), a sigma coordinate, free surface, ocean model, can be "used for modeling estuaries, coastal regions, basin, and global oceans." Users can find helpful guides on how to use the freely distributed POM. The web site offers downloads of the proceedings of past meetings. Researchers can find links to data sources, national agencies and labs, and organizations. The...

http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/POMWEB/
The Voyage of the Odyssey

PBS Online presents the Ocean Alliance's Voyage of the Odyssey, a multi-year project that is gathering baseline data on ocean health, using whales, albatrosses, and pelagic fish as environmental indicators. Students can read or listen to daily logs from the ship and track the voyage, while Science from the Field offers several video and audio reports. Be sure not to pass by the Interactive Ocean...

http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/index.html
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