Marine science education and M Guide - Resources and Review

Departmental information and research projects covering topics such as biogeochemical oceanography, tropical coastal management, and marine ecology.
 
International research and training centre based at Stirling University. Conducts courses and projects investigating fish health, reproduction and genetics, environment, aquatic systems and nutrition, and offers directories of Web resources concerned with aquaculture and fisheries, environment quality, and marine, freshwater, and earth sciences. Associated publications and commercial services are detailed.
 
Promoter of marine, maritime and coastal studies and job creation in southern Africa. Most activity falls within the areas of marine mining, marine pollution and marine management.
 
Collection of resources for marine science education including lesson plans, online expeditions, national projects and publications. A data tip is given each month, providing information on topics such as water currents, ocean populations and disasters like oil spills.
 
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.
 
A hypertext guide to Internet resources in aquatic science. The emphasis is on aquaculture and fisheries.
 
One Earth, One Ocean, One Life: The objective is to focus and reinforce the attention of the public, governments and decision makers at large on the importance of the oceans and the marine environment as resources for sustainable development.
 
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