The Ocean Project
A design lab
Jon Isherwood
Betsy Sherman
Websites
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
- National Assoc of Marine Labs
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- New England Aquarium: Conservation and Research
- Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO): Marine and Atmospheric Research
Geophysical processes
- Sculpting the earth
- Sonar of seafloor
- The engine that drives the earth
- Mid-oceanic ridges
Environments and Ecology
- Marine ecosystems: EPA site with links to NOAA
- Seafloor vents
- Mangrove communities
- What are coral reefs
- Reef fish populations open or closed
- Deep sea
- Saving New Orleans
- Krill, currents and sea ice
- Mid water
Marine Life
- Life in the ocean
- Uprooting the tree of life
- The origin of animal body plans: 1) Scientific american paper, 2) NY Times article
- Evolution of life on the seafloor
- The ocean's invisible forest
- Color of reef fish
- Echinoderms body plans
- Killer whales and marine mammals
- Manatees
- Ocean microbes
- Slime hag
- Shark's electric sense
- Life's rocky start
- Transparent animals-marine
Pollution
Problems affecting marine biodiversity
- Overfishing
- Ode to a codfish
- Coral reef bleaching
- Coral reef degradation
- Fishkilling in reefs
- Marine fish pop collapse
- Counting the last fish
- Reviving marine dead zones
- U.S. ocean fish recovery
- Confronting the coral reef crisis
- Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services
Climate and Oceans
- Defusing global warming
- Climate change and marine plankton
- Coral reef extinction risk
- Climate change and marine plankton
- Climate change and biological invasions
- Climate change and fish
Law, ethics, politics
- Launching a sea ethic
- Law and the sea
- U.N. Resolution: Oceans and law of the sea
- Website: Researching International Marine Environmental Law
- U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century
- House Resolution 21: Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act
- Ocean commissions
- Marine Protected Areas
- Supreme Court Case: Navy vs. Natural Resources Defense Council
- The tragedy of the commons by Garrett Hardin - one of the original clarion calls to action in the environment
Environmental Concerns
Eve Mosher, high water line: http://www.highwaterline.org/
Marina Zurkow (several projects about rising water levels, animated/video etc.)
http://www.o-matic.com/play/weights/
http://o-matic.com/play/paradox/index.html
http://www.o-matic.com/play/poster/
Michael Mandiberg, oil standard and the real costs, firefox plugin:
http://www.therealcosts.com/
Natalie Jeremijenko, environmental health clinic:
http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/
Exhibitions
Eyebeam has a sustainable research group, they did the exhibition feedback (many links)https://www.eyebeam.org/
Smart Museum in Chicago, Beyond Green exhibition cat.:
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/publications/Beyond_Green_CatalogueWEB…
Exit Arts "Social-Environmental Aesthetics" series (SEA):
http://www.exitart.org/site/pub/exhibition_programs/SEA/index.html