Clean Water: Links

Clean Water for the 21st Century and Beyond Related Websites

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) websites

SIO Center for Coastal Studies
Check out the SIO Center for Coastal Studies and find out about current ocean conditions
http://cdip.ucsd.edu/cdip_htmls/quick.shtml

Scripps Pier-cam
See the surf from the Scripps Pier at http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/divein/piercam/piercam2a.shtml
http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/divein/piercam/piercam2a.shtml

Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Visit the Blue Planet Exhibit at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps http://www.aquarium.ucsd.edu
http://www.aquarium.ucsd.edu

Other Institutions, Organizations and Programs

American Oceans Campaign
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://americanoceans.org

National Aquarium in Baltimore
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.aqua.org

California Coastal Conservancy
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.coastalconservancy.ca.gov

Center for Marine Conservation
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.cmc-ocean.org

Clean Water Action Plan
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.cleanwater.gov/

Clean Ocean Action
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.cleanoceanaction.org/

Clean Water Action
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.cleanwateraction.org

Conservation International
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.conservation.org

Environmental Protection Agency Water Pages for Kid's
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/

Izaak Walton League
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.iwla.org/siteindx.htm

National Audubon Society
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.audubon.org

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.NFWF.org

National Geographic Society
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.nationalgeographic.com

National Wildlife Federation
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.NWF.org

NWF's "Clean the Rain" program
NWF's "Clean the Rain" program discusses the danger of mercury in the ecosystem and our food) --- annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.nwf.org/cleantherain/fdarecommendations.html

The Nature Conservancy
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.TNC.org

Neptune's Web
Neptune's Web (sponsored by Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command) http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/neptune.htm
http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/neptune.htm

San Diego Natural History Museum
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.sdnhm.org

US Fish and Wildlife Service
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.fws.gov

World Wildlife Fund
annotation and description of website for teachers
http://www.wwf.org

Coral Reefs

Web

Parrotfish
http://www.aqua.org/animals/species/prprfish.html
National Aquarium in Baltimore

Coral Reef
General information and links to other resources about coral reefs.
http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Coral Reef Ecology
Dr. Dustan's lab page.
http://www.geology.iupui.edu/academics/classes/g130/reefs/ME_20.htm
Dr. Phillip Dustan, Department of Biology, University of Charleston

Coral Reef Protection: a Watershed Approach
General information and links to other resources with a focus on U.S. reefs.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/index.html
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Ocean and Coastal Protection Division, Office of Water

Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000
Report on the state of the world's coral reef by coral reef experts from around the world
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/Status_2000.pdf
Dr. Clive Wilkinson, Global Coordinator - Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Australian Institute of Marine Science

Reefs at Risk
Access to the full text of the 1998 report Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World's Coral Reefs, is the first global assessment of coral reefs to map areas at risk from overfishing, coastal development, and other human activity.
http://www.wri.org/marine/reefrisk.html
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Coral Reef Conservation Issues
Testimony Presentation - Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, Chair: Olympia J. Snowe; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Chair: John McCain; June 30, 1999 hearing.
http://www.cofc.edu/~coral/cousteau/Senate/PDSenate699.html
Dr. Phillip Dustan, Science Advisor, The Cousteau Society

Coral Reef Protection: A Watershed Approach
About coral reefs, links, and more.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/
EPA, Office of Water

Coral Reef Data and Information
Links to a wide variety of coral reef resources.
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/col/projects/coral/coraldata/Coral_datasets.html
National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)

Ocean World: Coral Reefs
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/coral2_sm_table.htm
Texas A&M University

Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Coral Reef Bleaching
Short summary with references.
http://www.ucsusa.org/environment/gw_coral.html
Union of Concerned Scientists

The 1997-1998 Mass Bleaching Event Around the World
"There has been significant bleaching of hard and soft corals in widely separate parts of the world from mid-1997 to the last months of 1998. Much of this bleaching coincided with a large El Nino event, immediately switching over to a strong La Nina. Some of the reports by experienced observers are of unprecedented bleaching in places as widespread as (from west to east) the Middle East, East Africa, the Indian Ocean, South, Southeast and East Asia, far West and far East Pacific, the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean."
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/1997-98-mbe/mbe-00.html
Compiled by Clive Wilkinson, Global Coordinator - Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
Australian Institute of Marine Science

NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/index.html

Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
TBA
TBA

Coral Reefs and Mangroves of the World
World Conservation Monitoring Center central site for coral reefs and mangroves; provides links to other sites, general overviews of corals, mangroves, and their ecosystems, and supplies downloadable distribution maps of coral reefs and mangrove forests in .GIF and .JPEG format.
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/data/coral_mangrove/
World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Silent Sentinels: The Future of Corals
Silent Sentinels was originally broadcast on the ABC TV on 19/5/1999. This site contains Real Audio commentary from scientists.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/coral/story.htm
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Coral Kingdom
Photos of corals reefs. Lots to choose from for your classroom projects.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/reef/
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Kingdom of Coral: Australia's Great Barrier Reef
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0101/feature2/
National Geographic

Coral reefs
Coral Reefs - EPA Office of Water, Oceans and Coastal Protection Division
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/links.html
National Geographic

Coral bleaching.
Brown, B.E., Odgen, J.C. 1993. Coral bleaching. Scientific American, v. 269, pp. 64-70.

Corals and Coral Reefs.
Goreau, T. F., Goreau, N., and Goreau, T., 1979. Corals and Coral Reefs. Scientific American,

On-line course material

Reefs
http://www.geology.iupui.edu/academics/CLASSES/G130/reefs/index.htm
Dr. Lenore P. Tedesco, Department of Geology
Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis

An Introduction to Coral Reefs
http://www.uvi.edu/coral.reefer/
Dr. Teresa Turner, University of the Virgin Islands

Water on Earth

Web

Atmospheric Vapor
http://www.weather.com/
The Weather Channel

Clouds
Shuttle views the Earth: Clouds from space
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/clouds.html

Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water and The West
On the Colorado River (also see Rivers - Colorado River).
http://www.kued.org/glencanyon/
PBS Online and KUED

Hoover Dam
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hoover/index.html
PBS and WGBH: The American Experience

Hoover Dam: National historic landmark
http://www.hooverdam.com/History/essays/biggest.html
U. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

China's Three Gorges dam: Eco-boon or cesspool?
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9711/04/china.dam.reut/
CNN.com

China begins building world's largest dam
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9711/08/china.3gorges/
CNN.com

Valley of the dammed: Harnessing the power of the Yangtze
http://www.discovery.com/area/exploration/threegorges/threegorges.html
Discovery.com

Dams and water: Global issues, local experiences
Dam statistics by global region.
http://www.dams.org/global/
World Commission on Dams

Living with wildlife for kids: Beavers
An animal that makes its own dams.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc/reader/beaver.html
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Dams and Development: A new framework for decision-making
A report from the World Commission on Dams
http://www.dams.org/report/
World Commission on Dams

MTBE in Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/mtbe.html
U.S. EPA, Office of Water

The Edwards Aquifer Homepage
http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/aquifer.html
Gregg A. Eckhardt

All about glaciers
http://nsidc.org/index.html
National Snow and Ice Data Center

Crater Lake
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/crater_lake.html
Volcano World, University of North Dakota

Salton Sea
Satellite image of the Salton Sea
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/SaltonSeaHomePage.html

Salton Sea Authority
http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/myths.htm
Salton Sea Authority

What happened at Nyos?
Summary, expedition info, and use of technology.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mhalb/nyos/index.htm
Michel Halbwachs, University of Savoie

San Diego County Water Authority
Includes links to their educational materials for teachers and list of phone numbers for member agencies.
http://www.sdcwa.org/

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Includes a link to educational materials.
http://www.mwd.dst.ca.us/mwdh2o/pages/education/education01.html

U.S. Monthly precipitation
Monthly rainfall data for stations across the U.S.
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/coop-precip.html
NOAA

Grand Canyon
"A natural wonder... The Colorado River... Meeting the Natives... Resources"
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/grandcanyon/index.html
PBS: Nature

Just doing my job: The Mississippi Flood of 93
Account of flood.
http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/flood/flood_1.html
NASA Observatorium

The "Miracle" of the Rhine
http://www.unesco.org/courier/2000_06/uk/planet.htm
The UNESCO Courier

Water watch: Maps and graphs of current water resources conditions
Click on the nearest stream and see how current flow stacks up with past flows.
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The Water Cycle
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/
NASA Earth Observatory

Water science for schools
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html
U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Water in Living Things
See Section 1C - Water in Living things
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/cw21/sci3/
Earthguide