Course Content
Hydrosphere: The Ocean World
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
Hydrovolcanic Processes
Richard V. Fisher, Volcano Information Center, University of California at Santa Barbara
Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Robert H.Stewart, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University
An Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Mathias Tomczak, School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia)
The Remarkable Ocean World
Sean Chamberlin, Earth Science Department, Fullerton College
The Water Planet
Simon Brassell, Department of Geological Scienes, Indiana University
IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES
Earth Update: Hydrosphere
Public Connection, Rice Space Institute and Houston Museum of Natural Science
Expeditions to the Sea Floor
Dive and Discover, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
NewsOne Video
ABC News
Seafloor Images
Karen Grove, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University
EXERCISES AND LABS
Basic Exercises in Physical Oceanography
Matthias Tomczak, School of Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Sciences, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia)
Exploring Our Oceans
Paulette Joyce Byer Silkoff, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Ocean Systems Assignments: Weather, El Niño, and Greenhouse Warming
David Barnes, Western Michigan University
Oceanography: Internet Labs (Navigation, Earth's Radiation Budget)
Roger Hart, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University
The Physics of Underwater Diving
Project Aquarius, National Undersea Research Center, National Ocean and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
Shipmates
Annette deCharon, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (West Boothbay Harbor, Maine)
Seafloor and Ocean Currents: Voyage and Questions
Karen Grove, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University
Submarine Expeditions
REVEL (Research and Education: Volcanoes, Exploration, and Life) Project, University of Washington
Topography of the Ocean Floor
Simon Brassell, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
Underwater Earthquake Expeditions
New Millennium Observatory (NeMO), Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory (Seattle, Washington)
Visit to an Ocean Planet: Life
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Visit to an Ocean Planet: Oceans
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
RESEARCH & POLICY
A Voyage of Discovery
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian National Oceans Office
Ensuring the Health of the Oceans and other Seas
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada
Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) Journal
Marine Reserves: A Tool for Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Stephen Palumbi, Stanford University; Pew Oceans Commission
Project ALERT: Ocean Resources
Ames Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA; California State University System
The Status of Natural Resources on the High-Seas
World Wildlife Fund; World Commission on Protected Areas; The World Conservation Union
Turning to the Sea: America's Ocean Future
Public and Constituent Affairs, NOAA
1972: Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), as amended in 1988 by the Ocean Dumping Ban Act
United States Congress
1987: Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
United States Congress