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Dive and Discover - Dive and Discover brings you right on board a series of research cruises to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and gives you access to the latest oceanographic and deep submergence research as it happens! Be at the front line of scientific inquiry and join scientists - geologists, geophysicists, chemists and biologists - who are exploring the seafloor and making amazing deep-sea discoveries. Daily updates, photos, videos, and e-mail correspondence with scientists aboard research vessels allow you to follow the progress of the scientific mission and find out about life on the floating laboratories at sea.
EO Laboratory: Mission: Biomes - Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a different part of the world? What would the weather be like? What kinds of animals would you see? Which plants live there? By investigating these questions, you are learning about biomes. A biome is a community of plants and animals living together in a certain kind of climate. Scientists have classified regions of the world into different biomes. Here you can explore coniferous forests, temperate deciduous forests, deserts, grasslands, rainforests, shrublands, and tundras. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to investigate biomes, then test your knowledge about the biomes by completing each mission.
NOVA Online - Into the Abyss - Follow this expedition's daring attempt to retrieve bizarre structures and life forms from the volcanic seafloor off the Pacific Northwest
Ocean 98 - 71% of the surface of the globe is water. The oceans influence all life on earth, yet, we actually know relatively little about the oceans. This site has tons of information, the latest news, virtual expeditions, and interactive adventures that explore the ocean.
Ocean Planet-Smithsonian - Ocean Planet, premiered at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from April 1995 to April 1996, where it attracted nearly two million visitors. This electronic online companion exhibition contains all of the text and most of the panel designs and images found in the traveling exhibition.
Oceans ALIVE - The oceans are alive! Our planet, mostly covered by water, is filled with movement and life. Learn all about our global seas in Oceans ALIVE!
Secrets@Sea - Help Ace crack the case as he is assigned to assist investigator Paula Pacific examine unusual behaviours noticed in killer whale populations in the Alanamorris Strait.
Sustainable Seas Expeditions - learn about this five year project to study the plants, animals, and habitats in the twelve marine sanctuaries protected by the U.S. Includes facts, photos, and live web chats with experts.
Victor the Vector - Victor the Vector flows with the ocean currents. He and his mother Vera went in different directions and now he is trying to find her. He learns about currents, temperature, waves, fronts, upwelling, and other things about the ocean. He gets into trouble along his journeys and makes many animal and plant friends.
What's It Like Where You Live? - This site explores the different biomes (desert, tundra, rainforest, taiga, grassland and temperate) and the freshwater and marine ecosystems. Come learn all about the different environments here on planet earth.
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