http://www.netvouz.com/tag/oceans?feed=rss Bookmarks tagged with "oceans" on Netvouz http://animals.galegroup.com/web/grzimeks/biomes/biomes_Ocean The oceans are great interconnected bodies of salt water that cover 71 percent of Earth’s surface, a total of 139,400,000 square miles (361,100,000 square kilometers). They contain 97 percent of all the water on Earth, a total volume of 329,000,000 cubic miles (1,327,000,000 cubic kilometers). pdboyer Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:33:29 GMT http://games.noaa.gov/ Some fun IWB games to play. Includes a humpback whale migration board game that tells a lot about the trip from alaska to hawaii or japan. Another is a jigsaw puzzle. Large page of various selections. pdboyer Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:38:55 GMT http://earth.google.com/ocean/showcase/#hope-spots Hope Spots I Hope Spots Part 1 Take a tour with Mission Blue of eight special places that are critical to the ocean's health. pdboyer Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:29:06 GMT http://www.downloadatoz.com/home-education_directory/the-whale-game/ In The Whale Game you'll observe the health of several oceans, test the DNA of whale meat bought in Japan or Iceland, and encounter hostile whaling fleets, hurricanes or typhoons,tsunamis, industrial fishing fleets, fishers using destructive driftnets, rogue waves, and many kinds of ocean pollution, including oil spills, plastics, sewage, fertilizers, and toxic chemicals. You'll try to divert a naval fleet heading for a collision with a pod of whales and witness titanic struggles between whales and giant squid. And by the way, you'll also have to accurately identify any whales you see! When you return home, you'll present your data and observations to the world community. Hopefully, whales and their ocean habitat will be protected! Game available for $5 pdboyer Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:30:24 GMT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061103074315.htm Its findings are startling. A global study lead by Dalhousie's Boris Worm shows current trends projecting the collapse of all currently fished seafoods before 2050. The international group of ecologists and economists show that the loss of biodiversity is profoundly reducing the ocean's ability to produce seafood, resist diseases, filter pollutants, and rebound from stresses such as over-fishing and climate change. Articles Kiri Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:28:37 GMT