[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Water pollutants can have an effect on both the ecology of ecosystems and on humans. As a result of water pollution, humans may not be able to use a waterway for...

This site defines and describes causes of ocean pollution. Easily navigated links to education, research, and current issues on pollution.

Excellent site covers all types of water pollution. Hundreds of links including books, articles, organizations, specific topics.

This site, from an archived Smithsonian exhibit, describes and illustrates the effects of toxic materials on wildlife in bodies of water.

Smithsonian Institution presents ?Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities?. Through this series of six interdisciplinary lessons, students will look at such things as the organisms in different marine ecosystems, the...

Home page of the Save Our Seas Organization which seeks to protect all the oceans of the world.

Clean up your understanding regarding the effects of polluting the oceans. Create a poster to share your knowledge.

Students learn about oil spills and their environmental and economic effects. They experience the steps of the engineering design process as they brainstorm potential methods for oil spill clean-up, and then design, build, and re-design...

A lab experiment, in a series of experiments, that investigates fisheries. In this lab, students test the effects of fertilizers and other pollutants on a model ecosystem. Students also examine 2 years of ocean color (chlorophyll...

Learn about issues that are major threats to the health of our oceans; read personal stories of how these threats affect people whose lives are connected to these valuable resources. Includes possible solutions and things you can do to...

Learn about the mysterious jellyfish blooms that have occurred in the world's oceans. Because the resulting alteration to the marine food web has had devastating effects, researchers grow and study jellyfish at the Monterey aquarium....

Source provides key facts and figures as well as pictures on various oil accidents. Site information is divided up into three categories: Sources, Accidents and Cleanups. This is part of an archived Smithsonian exhibit.

This article from Science a GoGo describes the risks that increasing noise pollution in ocean waters may pose to the creatures that live there. Once you read it, you'll never tap on a fish tank again!