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A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the physical processes the control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate that is taught at Yale University. The course covers topics like clouds, rain, severe storms, regional...

Describes research into the pollution caused by plastics that are hidden in the fibers of synthetic clothing, and eventually end up in the ocean after laundering. Cites other research that discovered plastic pellets found throughout the...

This site focuses on water and air pollution in Australia, with a brief mention of sea breezes.

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

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...

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...

Describes the multitude of plastic trash scientists have found on a beach in Hawaii and in the oceans. Explains what a gyre is, and how plastic trash gets trapped in the eye of a gyre. Looks at the serious impact plastic materials have...

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!

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is an interesting and somewhat publicized environmental problem. A swirling soup of trash up to 10 meters deep and just below the water surface is composed mainly of non-degradable plastics. These...

This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.

Read how freshwater moving across the surface of the Earth can become polluted and bad for the environment. Create a model that shows how water can become polluted as it flows downhill.

Increased amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous are leading to "dead" areas on our coastlines. Delve into the details and how to get involved with stopping this from happening.

Dead zones are popping up along coastlines all over the world. Find out what they are and the causes of this destructive phenomenon.

A tragic story comes out of Norway of a whale that could not be saved from debris that had been consumed.