T: Introduction

Ocean Data Skills - Data Display

EXAM 1 | NOTES 1 | HOMEWORK

T 1: The Origin of the Ocean

T Appx III: Longitude and Latitude, Time and Navigation
T Appx IV: Maps and Charts

T 2: A History of Marine Science

• link to Columbus's voyages
• An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach
• Two ROVs to Join the U.S. Academic Research Fleet
• Making Underwater Cables SMART with Sensors
• A Transatlantic Communications Cable Does Double Duty
• Deep Ocean Drilling
  • Integrated Ocean Drilling Project
  • Tour of the Gulf Coast Repository
  • About the JOIDES Resolution
  • There is No JOIDES in Mudville
  • The JOIDES Resolution Embarks on Its Final Expedition
  • Expedition 403: Sailing the Last Expedition of the JOIDES Resolution
• Ocean Observatories Initiative: A Window into the Changing Planet (YouTube video)

EXAM 1 | NOTES 1 | HOMEWORK

T 1: The Origin of the Ocean

T 3: Earth Structure & Plate Tectonics

• GPS Velocity Viewer

virtual earthquake (complete for 10 pts. extra credit)
notes: Do NOT go to the NEW version. Be sure to enter my e-mail address; the program will e-mail me so you will receive credit.

EXAM 1 | NOTES 1 | HOMEWORK

T 4: Ocean Basins

• Mapping a River Beneath the Sea
• Draining the Oceans
• New Seafloor Map Only 25% Done, with 6 Years to Go

FRI: EXAM 1 DUE (11:59 pm)

EXAM 1 | NOTES 1 | HOMEWORK

T 5: Sediments

• A Library of Mud video
• The Importance of Archiving the Seafloor
• Mud on the Move
• Marine Snow Grows Faster and Fluffier as It Sinks
• The renewable energy transition has companies looking out to sea
• The Unexpected Role of Magnetic Microbes in [the formation of Mn Nodules]

EXAM 2 | NOTES 2 | HOMEWORK

T 6: Water and Ocean Structure

• Oceanic Cacophony
• Scientists Tune In to Blue Whale Feeding Rhythms
• Making Underwater Cables SMART with Sensors
• Tracking Marine Heat Waves

EXAM 2 | NOTES 2 | HOMEWORK

T 7: Ocean Chemistry

• Our Ocean’s “Natural Antacids” Act Faster Than We Thought
• Shallow Seawater Chemistry May Make Reefs More Resistant to Ocean Acidification
• Our Evolving Understanding of Biological Carbon Export
• The Science We Need to Assess Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
• River Alkalinization and Ocean Acidification Face Off in Coastal Waters
• Could Bubbling Oxygen Revitalize Dying Coastal Seas?

Ocean Data Skills - Ocean Salinity Data Exercise

Ocean Data Skills - Ocean Data Explorer

EXAM 2 | NOTES 2 | HOMEWORK

T 8: Atmospheric Circulation

• Marine Heat Waves Make Tropical Storm Intensification More Likely
• When Winds and Currents Align, Ocean Mixing Goes Deep
• The Past 3 Years Have Been the Three Hottest on Record (Jan 2026 story)

Visualizations:

• https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31139
• http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002900/a002901/index.html
• http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002900/a002902/index.html

THU: EXAM 2 DUE (11:59 pm)

EXAM 2 | NOTES 2 | HOMEWORK

T 9: Circulation of the Ocean

• After 25 Years at Sea, Shipwrecked Lego Pieces Are Still Washing Ashore on Beaches in England
• 'Moby-Duck': When 28,800 Bath Toys Are Lost At Sea
• How Are Microplastics Transported to Polar Regions?
• Ted Talk: Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• Meltwater from Antarctic Glaciers Is Slowing Deep-Ocean Currents
• Melting Glaciers Mix Up Waters More Than We Thought
• Disrupting the deep: Ocean warming reaches the abyss
• The AMOC of the Ice Age Was Warmer Than Once Thought

EXAM 3 | NOTES 3 | HOMEWORK

• Wind waves
  • Four-story high rogue wave breaks records off the coast of Vancouver Island
• Storm Surge
• Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment: Storm Surge Guidance for Emergency Management and Real-Time Decisions
• Seiches
• Tsunamis
  • Anatomy of a Tsunami
  • Once and Future Tsunamis
  • NOVA: Japan's Killer Quake
  • U.S. Tsunami Warning Center
  • International Tsunami Information Center
  • Looking to the Sky for Better Tsunami Warnings
• NOAA Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper

EXAM 3 | NOTES 3 | HOMEWORK

T 11: Tides

• Ocean Tide visualization
• NOAA: Where do I find tides and currents data?
• https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/tides.html
• UNESCO Sea Level Station Monitoring

T 12: Coasts

• NASA Sea Level Projection Tool
• Climate Change Indicators: Coastal Flooding
• Sea Level Science and Applications Support Coastal Resilience
• Measuring the Ins and Outflows of Estuaries
• Houses are falling into the ocean on North Carolina's Outer Banks

EXAM 3 | NOTES 3 | HOMEWORK

T 12: Coasts

WED: EXAM 3 DUE (11:59 pm)

T 13: Life in the Oceans
T 16: Marine Communities

• Characteristics of Life
• Physical and Biological Factors that Effect Life
  • The Open Ocean, Aerosols, and Every Other Breath You Take
  • In Hot Water and Beyond: Marine Extremes Escalate
  • Saharan Dust Carries Iron That Feeds Life in the Distant Ocean

EXAM 4 | NOTES 4 | HOMEWORK

T 13: Life in the Oceans
T 16: Marine Communities

EXAM 4 | NOTES 4 | HOMEWORK

Ocean Hypoxia Exercise (part of homework)

• Worksheet (includes instructions)
• link to website

University of California Museum of Paleontology

• Understanding Evolution
• Evolution 101
• Understanding macroevolution through evograms (includes whales, tetrapods, jaws to ears, birds, and humans)

Videos

• Your Inner Fish
  • YouTube Playlist (watch all three episodes here)
  • PBS site (explore clips and other resources here)
• What Darwin Never Knew

EXAM 4 | NOTES 4 | HOMEWORK

T 14: Primary Producers
T 15: Marine Consumers

Zooplankton Migration Exercise (part of homework)

• Worksheet (includes instructions)
• link to website

Videos & Images

• Cuttlefish
• Marine Flora & Fauna of Norway
• Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates
• 12 Facts about Sea Otters

More interesting stuff

• Smithsonian Institution: Ocean Life
• Ocean Acidification May Drive Diatom Decline
• Ice Diatoms Glide at Record-Low Temperatures
• Algal Mats May Be a Key to the Arctic Food Web
• The Bottom of the Arctic Is Blooming
• Where Do Antarctic Submarine Canyons Get Their Marine Life?
• Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies
• As Seas Rise, Corals Can’t Keep Up
• Great Barrier Reef Corals Hit Hard by Marine Heat Wave
• Deep-Sea Pressure Crushes Carbon Cycling
• Mysterious Seafloor Pits May Be Made on Porpoise
• Hungry Stingrays Shift Serious Amounts of Sediment

EXAM 4 | NOTES 4 | HOMEWORK

TUE (May 5): T 15: Marine Consumers

THU (May 7): Discussion of Final Exam & Presentations of Marine Organisms (10 pts.)

THU (May 7): EXAM 4 DUE (11:59 pm)

THU (May 7): Discussion of Final Exam & Presentations of Marine Organisms (10 pts.)