NOAA’s new Ocean’s Role in Weather and Climate website features materials to help teachers and students understand factors that impact the Earth’s weather and climate and how changes in temperature or air circulation are part of complex, long-term cycles. The website offers classroom resources, teacher tutorials, web seminar archives, and more.
Ocean Priorities Report
The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative has released Changing Oceans, Changing World: Ocean Priorities for the Obama Administration and Congress, a report that outlines priority actions for ocean and coastal policy and management, international leadership, ocean science, and funding for ocean and coastal policies and programs. For details, see the Commission website.
Climate Literacy Guide
NOAA has released Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science, a 13-page guide that includes information on how individuals and communities can help reduce climate change and its impacts. To download, see the NOAA Climate Program Office website.
Undersea Glider Video
developed by the University of Washington recently returned from a record breaking six months of operating under the ice close to the Arctic Circle. Data collected by the glider helps explain how freshwater affects climate change. Watch the video.
Education Director, Washington State
Marine Scientists Return from Expedition to Erupting Undersea Volcano
Marine Debris to Energy Project
The New Hampshire Marine Debris to Energy Project studies marine debris at sea and on the shore, incorporating waste-to-energy and recycling as part of cleanup efforts. The website includes individual beach debris breakdowns, a reporting form, and more. Individual beach maps will be available in the future. Visit online
Long Island Sound Resource Guide
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