There is always new information about Earth's oceans being posted on the Web that may be useful as a supplement to our text or as a jumping off point from which to learn more on your own. Here are a few sites to start with:

• Introduction to the World's Oceans, 7th ed. companion website: Recent articles on the oceans and marine life, links to a host of other sites organized by the chapter of the text to which they pertain, information on job opportunities in the marine sciences, and more. [McGraw-Hill Publishers]

• Global Volcanism Project: Searchable database that provides a wide variety of information about Earth's volcanoes, including their geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude.) [Smithsonian Institution].

• Deep-sea volcanic eruption: Video of an undersea eruption occurring at a depth of about 555 meters near the island of Rota in the Mariana Arc. [MSNBC].

• Plate motion calculator: Program that calculates the components of plate motion at any point on the Earth's surface using the NUVEL1A-NNR model [Chuck Meertens, UNAVCO].

• Farm Belt Runoff Prime Source of Ocean Pollution: News report on a recent study showing that the biological "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is linked to fertilizer runoff from farms in the central U.S. [Allison Aubrey, NPR].

• Monterey Bay Aquarium: Links to pages on the aquarium's exhibits on marine habitats and organisms, as well as its special features and conservation programs [Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation].

• Concealed Weapons: Eels' second set of teeth: Recent research has shown that moray eels have two sets of teeth and jaws to help them capture their prey! [NPR].

• El Niño Watch: Recent maps of sea surface temperatures and atmospheric water contents across the Pacific Ocean basin that show the nature of recent El Niño and La Niña events [NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory].

• West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center [National Weather Service - NOAA].

• Tide and Current Predictor: Interactive site that calculates and enables you to display, in tabular or graphical form, data on tides and tidal currents for sites around the world on any chosen date or range of dates [Dean Pentcheff, Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina].

• Catching stupid lobsters 

• NOAA's Coral Reef Site 

• California Coastal Records Site: Aerial photographic database of much of the Califronia coast searchable by geographic coordinates, selected popular locations, or photo caption text [K. Adelman].

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