Understanding Science
| Collectif Pêche et Développement |
| Council on Ocean Law (COL) The Council on Ocean Law has established this web site to serve as a reference center, document library, and guide to information related to (1) the development and application of ocean law, including the LOS Convention, its status and application, (2) the United States position and actions with regard to the convention, and (3) ocean policy issues in the US and other countries and organizations. |
| Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) NILOS program of work focuses on the international processes by which a new international law of the sea is formed, as well as the substantive outcome of such processes. Additionally, it examines the unprecedented problems of policy formulation and regulatory responsibilities in relation to the law of the sea at the national level. This with the aim of contributing through research to these international processes and their outcome and with the aim of assisting (developing) states in the formulation of national policies and legislation. |
| High North Alliance The organisation was established in response to the campaigns calling for a total ban on all commercial whaling and sealing; and the even more radical ones calling for a total ban on the killing of marine mammals for any reason whatsoever. HNA's task is to provide alternative information to these campaigns. The organisation's objective is to protect the rights of whalers, sealers and fishermen to harvest renewable resources in accordance with the principle of sustainable management. HNA also works towards consolidating the knowledge and skills necessary for the ecologically sound management of marine mammal resources. |
| International Seabed Authority The International Seabed Authority is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Authority is the organization through which States Parties to the Convention shall, in accordance with the regime for the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (the Area) established in Part XI and the Agreement, organize and control activities in the Area, particularly with a view to administering the resources of the Area. |
| Oceana - Europe |
| Tethys Research Institute The Tethys Research Institute, founded in 1986, is a non-profit NGO dedicated to the preservation of the marine environment. It focuses on marine animals and particularly on cetaceans inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea, and aims at protecting its biodiversity by promoting the adoption of a precautionary approach for the management of natural resources. Public awareness and conservation activities, coupled with education and capacity building, find their strength in the Tethys\' internationally recognized scientific background. The activities conducted by Tethys - inspired by compelling scientific evidence - seek to prevent the decline of whales and dolphins and to encourage a sustainable use of the marine environment, particularly where habitat degradation makes it necessary. With a core of about 50 active collaborators (largely marine biology professionals and students) and a membership averaging 300/year, the Tethys Research Institute has involved in its campaigns thousands of people from all over the world, and has developed a network that is constantly growing. |
| The Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) TWNSO is a non-governmental organization founded in 1988, at the initiative of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), by ministers of science and technology and higher education and heads of science academies and research councils in developing countries to promote science-based sustainable economic development in the South. In 1990 TWNSO acquired consultative status with UNESCO. |
| United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea The Division serves as the secretariat of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and provides information, advice and assistance to States with a view to promoting a better understanding of the Convention and the related Agreements, their wider acceptance, uniform and consistent application and effective implementation. |
| University of Bologna Law of the Sea Page A Guide that contains a wide range of selected and annotated links. It is one of the largest collections put on the Net regarding International Law. |
| Wetlands International Wetlands International is the leading non-profit organisation dedicated solely to the crucial work of wetland conservation and sustainable management. Well-established networks of expert and close partnerships with key organisations provide Wetlands International with the essential tools for catalysing conservation activities worldwide. Our activities are based on sound science and carried out in over 120 countries around the world. |
| Tsunami Research Program of the Pacific Marine Environment Marine Laboratory (PMEL) The PMEL Tsunami Research Program seeks to mitigate tsunami hazards to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Research and development activities focus on an integrated approach to improving tsunami warning and mitigation. Update :: Delete |
| Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway The Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway - which is the oil pollution node of the GPA Clearing-House Mechanism - is the result of a co-operative effort of the UNEP GPA Clearing-House Mechanism and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The objective is to establish a clearing-house, a gateway, for providing information on and a forum for exchange of information on the global, regional and local problems caused by marine oil pollution. Here one will find information on the efforts made by the international community to address the problem, and find ways to take preventive action on the global, regional and national level. |
| International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds 1971 and 1992 (IOPC Funds) are two intergovernmental organisations which provide compensation for oil pollution damage resulting from spills of persistent oil from tankers. |
| Deep Sea Conservation Coalition A growing number of organisations are working together to protect seamounts, cold-water corals and vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems. The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is calling on the United Nations General Assembly to secure a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling and protect these fragile and unique pockets of life in the deep seas before they are destroyed forever. Update :: Delete |
| Environmental impact of the offshore oil and gas exploration and production This site provides information on the impact of the offshore oil and gas industry on the ocean environment and living resources. |
Hydrotermal Vents
| Black Smokers Expeditions Links to video clips - you can watch a black smoker in action! There are links to games, teacher resources, and more. |
| Hot springs and strange creatures A very readable descriptions of vent discoveries, background, vent processes, submersible Alvin at work, beautiful photos of vent animals such as tube worms and giant clams. |
| Hot Vents A brief description of an expedition done by the submersible Alvin to a mid-oceanic ridge with fantastic pictures (hot vent fauna and flora, and 'smoking chimneys'). |
| Learn the basics Learn the What, Where, When, Why, How, and Wow of Hydrothermal Vents. |
| PMEL Vents Program Information on hydrothermal systems: plume studies, physical oceanography, modelling, geology, geophysics/acoustics and chemistry. Related geographic sites and activities. |
| Studies on communities at the Azores The objectives of the research are to determine the extent and distribution of shallow water submarine hydrothermalism at the D. João de Castro shallow seamount at the Azores and quantify the geochemical and heat fluxes from this venting and the communities associated. |
Public and Schools
| Bolton Museum and Aquarium Small Public Aquarium situated within a Museum & Art Gallery, specialising in Freshwater Fish. Successful in breeding many species of F/W fishes including many conservation-sensitive spp. |
| BRIDGE - US Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Centre The Bridge is supported by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, and is sponsored by the National Marine Educators Association and the national network of NOAA/Sea Grant educators. |
| BUBL Link: Oceanography Education Indexed catalog of WWW sites. |
| Ciencias del Mar |
| classroom at sea Classroom at Sea aims to bring real marine science into the classroom. The project intends to involve schools in the research done by scientists at sea. Teachers participate in research cruises to work with the scientific team reporting back to the Classroom@Sea website how scientists do the science. |
| Digital Library for Earth System Education DLESE is the Digital Library for Earth System Education, a geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. DLESE is funded by the National Science Foundation and is being built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels. |
| Exposition "La mer, terreur et fascination" Exposition "La mer, terreur et fascination" which took place in Paris, France, between 13 October 2004 and 16 January 2005. |
| Fisheries and Maritime Museum The Fisheries and Maritime Museum was opened on the occasion of Esbjerg Harbour's centennial in 1968. Is the largest institution of its kind in Denmark focusing on Danish fisheries and marine biology, the tidal wetlands (Wadden Sea), west Jutland coastal shipping and the North Sea offshore industries. |
| Follow the Fleet (Ireland) |
| ICSU - International Council for Science The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-governmental organization representing a global membership that includes both national scientific bodies (101 members) and international scientific unions (27 members). Through this extensive international network, ICSU provides a forum for discussion of issues relevant to policy for international science and the importance of international science for policy issues and undertakes activities of relevance in both science and society. |
| Ifremer gallery of photos on fishing activities Ifremer gallery of photos on fishing actvities |
| Mar-Eco The project MAR-ECO, an element of the Census of Marine Life, rises to the challenge and investigates the diverse animal life along the vast underwater mountain chains of the open ocean. MAR-ECO is an international research project in which scientists from 16 nations take part. Norway, represented by the Institute of Marine Research and the University of Bergen, co-ordinates the project which will enhance our understanding of occurrence, distribution and ecology of animals and animal communities along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Iceland and the Azores. |
| Marine Science by phone The public relations department of the DFG-Research Center and MARUM respectively have been cooperating with the German special interest magazine. |
| Met Office Education These web pages are designed to help teachers and pupils by extending their knowledge of weather and climate - in the UK and around the world. |
| National Maritime Museum - UK The National Maritime Museum (NMM) was formally established by Act of Parliament in 1934 and opened to the public by King George VI on 27 April 1937. It includes the 17th-century Queen's House and, from the 1950s, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. There is also a small museum at Cotehele Quay on the Tamar, Cornwall, with the NMM/National Trust sailing barge Shamrock, and the ‘Valhalla' ships' figurehead collection on Tresco, Isles of Scilly. The collections comprise about two million items, many on loan to museums elsewhere in Britain. The public galleries at Greenwich display a thematically arranged selection and the remainder are accessible for public interest and research in various ways. |
| NeMO Education The research activities at NeMO provide an extraordinary educational opportunity, both from the daily reports from expeditions at sea and from creative learning materials based on NeMO results. Here you could find curriculum materials designed for high school and middle school students. |
| NOAA Education Resources NOAA's many educational activities are distributed across the agency. This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced. |
| NOAA Ocean Explorer NOAA Ocean Explorer is an educational Internet offering for all who wish to learn about, discover, and virtually explore the ocean realm. It provides public access to current information on a series of NOAA scientific and educational explorations and activities in the marine environment. The site provides a platform to follow explorations in near real-time, learn about exploration technologies, observe remote marine flora and fauna in the colorful multimedia gallery. |
| Ocean Adventure Are you ready for an AdVENTure into the Abyss, Earth's last frontier? - Description of a mission to hydrothermal vents in the sunless depths of the world's oceans, discovering some of Earth's most bizarre creatures thriving in one of its strangest habitats, marveling at megaplumes of super hot water and encountering fantastic geological formations. |
| Ocean Institute The Ocean Institute is a laboratory for the creation, testing, and dissemination of new ideas, strategies, and technologies for teaching and learning. The Institute is a leader, serving as a resource to museums, school districts, teachers, and others who seek to enhance and strengthen an educational program. The curriculum crosses all traditional disciplines, but draws heavily from history and the sciences using content derived from the ocean. |
| Oceanology project for education Project Oceanology is a marine science and environmental education organization operated by a non-profit association of schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. Project Oceanology provides boats, oceanographic equipment, a waterfront laboratory, instructional materials and staff to enable more than 20,000 students and adults each year to learn about the ocean through first-hand, on-the-water experiences. |
| Oceans4Schools Oceans4schools is a web magazine about oceanography. It is produced at Southampton Oceanography Centre and is aimed mainly at secondary school students. Oceanography is the study of the world's oceans - their physics, geography, chemistry, biology and geology. Oceanography is not just for scientists - the oceans play an important role in shaping our environment, particularly our climate. The site is created and maintained by a small group of scientists in the Laboratory for Satellite Oceanography, who would like to share their love of oceanography with others. Much of the material on the site is produced by the core team, but we also receive contributions from other scientists in the oceanography centre, and students in the School of Ocean and Earth Science. |
| OceanWorld Oceanworld is an educational site we maintain for students and teachers in middle and high school. Plus there are three on-line courses for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students, an on-line textbook. |
| ODSN Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service This is the platetectonic reconstruction service. In this section you can calculate platetectonic reconstructions of any age back to 150 My. Please read the reference information for more info on how these maps are calculated and what data is used. There's also a reference you might want to cite if you use one of these maps for a publication. An animation (330 kb) using 5 my timesteps is available too (this is a new one, the old on is still here). Be aware it might take a while to download. The rotating earth above shows a 65 My reconstruction in an orthographic projection. |
| Presentation of the Climate System This is a web page dedicated to a lecture on the climate system. |
| Savage Seas Resource based on a television series of the same name, examining the danger, beauty and mystery of the seas. Offers information about waves, including tsunamis and freak waves, and features a simulator which demonstrates how the power of waves is affected by wind speed, fetch, and duration. Provides facts about the survival of objects, creatures and humans beneath the surface, illustrated by a deep sea simulator, and details of weather conditions such as cyclones, icebergs and global warming. |
| Submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting Vents conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean. |
| The EU Portal for the Mobility of the Researchers EU portal with information for scientists planning to move in Europe. |
| The Great Globe Gallery Collection of several hundred images (or maps) of the globe, indexed according to topic, including many earth science themes. [Unfortunately many of the image links to the originating programs are out-of-date.] |
| The Royal Meteorological Society The Royal Meteorological Society assists schoolteachers by making available information leaflets free of charge, producing material for the classroom, organizing international projects and selling books, resource packs, slide sets and other teaching aids. It also lends instruments to its members. Here you can find links to the principal education pages of the Royal Meteorological Society. |
| The UNESCO BILKO Project The UNESCO Bilko project was initiated in 1987 under UNESCO's then Marine Sciences Training and Education Programme (TREDMAR) to develop training capability in coastal and marine remote sensing through a series of computer-based learning (CBL) modules. Using a specially commissioned educational image-processing software package (Bilko) which was designed to operate on personal computers, the project has provided seven modules of computer-based lessons to over 500 marine science laboratories and educational establishments and over 600 individual users in over 70 countries around the world. |
| UN Atlas of the Oceans The Atlas is an information system designed for use by policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and by scientists, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to sustainability. |
| Yellow Submarine This webpage has been developed by a group of students from the "Louis Majorelle de Toul (FRANCE)" school under a multidisciplinary project. It describes the technology used to explore the deep seas and provides some activities for the students and a "maquette" of a submersible. |
| Oceanology - blog about World Ocean and Underwater Life Russian popular science blog "Oceanology" contains various questions and answers about oceans, seas and underwater life, thematic news from key Russian and international mass media, publications about lighthouses, famous navigators and ocean explorers. Also you can find thematic e-books, screensavers and image collections. Blog is targeted on absolutely different groups of Internet audience, interested in World Ocean, global warming issues, students and even school students and their parents. Blog language is Russian. |
| EcoEarth.Info is a one of a kind Environment Portal - with genuine Internet search, cutting biocentric commentary, social network & constant news and link tracking - all dedicated to achieving global environmental sustainability. |
| Ocean Conserve is an Ocean Conservation Portal and Internet Search Tool that provides access to reviewed ocean conservation news and information. |
