Oceanography

Page Updated December 2024

All About Snails  Snails can be found in gardens, ponds and even in the sea. They belong to a group of animals with a soft body called mollusks (mollusks) which are related to oysters, clams, and other shellfish.

Dive and Discover  Learn about the greatest undersea mountain range in the world with its towering volcanoes, hydrothermal vents and black smokers.

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary  Learn about marine life and the exquisite underwater world of the Florida Keys.

How SCUBA Works  Advances in SCUBA gear have opened up the underwater world to more people than ever before. Find out how SCUBA works.

Jean-Michael Cousteau: Ocean Adventures  Join Jean-Michael Cousteau and his team of ocean adventurers as they explore dangerous and spectacular places around the globe.

Lost Liners  Join Dr. Bob Ballard on a tour of the greatest lost liners in maritime history.

Monsters of the Deep  Dive to the deepest reaches of the world's oceans and discover the bizarre, alien creatures who live in these dark and strange places.

NEMO Explorer  This web site will take you a mile down beneath the ocean surface to explore Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano just off the Oregon coast. Using virtual reality, we can put you in a 3-D model of the seafloor. Movies require Quicktime.

NOAA Fisheries  NOAA fisheries is dedicated to protecting and preserving our nation's living marine resources through scientific research, fisheries management, enforcement, and habitat conservation.

NOAA Ocean Explorer  Explore the ocean realm without getting your feet wet. Follow ocean explorations in near real-time, learn about ocean exploration technologies, observe remote marine flora and fauna, review NOAA's 200-year history of ocean exploration.

Ocean Currents   This is a comprehensive web site detailing the various ocean currents around the world and gives meteorological and historical backgrounds. Lists scores of currents in every ocean of the world.

Ocean Explorer: Deep East  This is a great site with fascinating information about some of the most current marine discoveries. The most recent expeditions and explored portions of the Atlantic Ocean along the Eastern US coast.

Oceanus Magazine Highly rated digital magazine from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute! The visual and audio materials (slideshows, multi-step presentations, whale calls, etc.) are quite detailed and a number of them also link to the articles from Oceanus Magazine in which they were first featured.

Photos of Luminous Organisms  Look at amazing photos of jellyfish, octopi, and other sea mollusks.

Reef Life  This site contains great photos and information about many different reef animals.

Riverhead Foundation For Marine Research  Located in eastern Long Island the Riverhead Foundation is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of seals, sea turtles, whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography  An informative page about research and programs associated with oceanography.

Ship Mates  Explore the Gulf of Maine as oceanographers do. This site brings oceanographic research data online for student use.

The Horseshoe Crab  Did you know that an extract of horseshoe crab's blood is used to ensure that injectable medications are free of bacterial contamination? Visit this Web site to find out more about this intriguing creature.

Tsunamis  General information on how earthquakes generate local tsunamis. This site has animations, virtual reality models of tsunamis, and summaries of past research studies. Start with The Basics: Life of a Tsunami. Plugins are needed for some features.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Observatory  The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth, yet it is the least understood ecosystem on the planet -- and it remains largely unexplored. Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a world leader in the field of oceanography.