Sub-Topics Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Research Southern Ocean Also Try Oceans Creatures and Fish Oceans in Ecology Lists Oceans Research, College and Professional Levels (Science.gov) Provides links to organizations conducting research on the oceans and marine life. 05-07 Oceans Research, College and Professional Levels (Science.gov) Provides links to organizations conducting research on the oceans and marine life. 05-07 News -01-06-09 Largest Marine Conservation Site Ever Established (CNN News) "Nine sites in the central Pacific will be set as sanctuaries for marine life and bases of research for scientists, President Bush said Tuesday." "The sites, designated in three regions of the central Pacific, will make up the largest expanse of ocean set aside for marine conservation in the world: 195,280 square miles." 01-09 -05-16-07 Antarctic Waters Yield Hundreds of Species (MSNBC News) "Carnivorous sponges, blind creepy-crawlies adorned with hairy antennae and ribbed worms are just some of the new characters found to inhabit the dark abysses of the Southern Ocean, an alien abode once thought devoid of such life." 5-07 02-01-07 Cause of "Ocean Smell" Determined (MSNBC News) "The smell comes from a gas produced by genes recently identified by researchers in ocean-dwelling bacteria." 01-07 Papers A History of Modern Pirates (Time.com) "Today's pirates pursue their prey with outboard motors instead of oars and tote rocket-propelled grenades instead of cutlasses." 11-08 Crack in Africa Will, in a Million Years, Form a New Ocean (Yahoo News) "Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days. Dabbahu, a volcano at the northern end of the rift, erupted first, then magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began 'unzipping' the rift in both directions, the researchers explained in a statement today." 11-09 Indian Ocean (Wikipedia.org) "The Indian Ocean is the third-largest body of water in the world, covering about 20% of the Earth's water surface." 10-04 Ocean Sounds (OceanLink) Describes ocean sounds and how they are made. Includes whale songs and dialects. 02-06 Oceans (Wikipedia.org) Provides information on five oceans. 10-04

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