Links and Resources

Ocean Facts

Fish Facts

Taputeranga Marine Reserve

Blue Wellington

Marine & Coastal Information

Save our Sharks

Marine Reserves

Best Fish Guide

Learning Resources

Treasures of the sea - A summary of Biodiversity in the New Zealand Marine Eco-region

Want to see what your ecological footprint looks like.....http://www.myfootprint.org/

Marine Bio - sharing the wonders of the ocean to inspire education, research and a sea ethic

Oceanic Research Group - dedicated to ocean conservation with a large stock photo archive.

Save Our Seas a great site for kids!!!

LiveScience - explains ocean, oceans, ocean pictures, ocean pollution etc

National Geographic - the environment

Environmental Action Planner

NZ Recreational fishing/collecting rules and limits

Planet ocean lesson plans and teaching ideas

Whale Education Kit

Ocean Planet Exhibition - an excellent archive of this 1995 exhibition

Ocean World

NOAA-Earth System Research Laboratory - Educational Resources

Ocean.com - a huge resource of media about our Ocean

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Ocean Conservation & Research

NIWA Group - New Zealand's leading provider of atmospheric and aquatic science

Save the Sea - 10 things you can do to help save the sea plus much more!

Conservation Magazine - 10 solutions to save Our Ocean

National Oceanic & Atmosperic Administration

The Ocean Channel

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NZ Links

New Zealand Tourism Online - an excellent resource for tourists and travellers

All about Wellington, the Capital of NZ. Where to stay, what to see....

Wellington City Council LiveLinks for people living or intending to live in Wellington.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ.

New Zealand Tidal Predictions

NZ Weather Forecasts

Red Cross - be prepared!

Tsunami Survival Guide

Earthquake Survival Guide

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Global Climate Change links

Climate Change for Kids

Pew Centre for Global Climate Change

The Pacific Institute

Earthshare

NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarmingQandA/
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.lrg.gif (The graph)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/about/wmo50/e/world/climate_pages/global_warming_e.html

American Meteorological Society
http://www.ametsoc.org/policy/2007climatechange.html

National Center for Atmospheric Research - How do we know Earth is warming now?
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/climate/now.php

Earth System Research Laboratory - Global Monitoring Division
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://www.ucar.edu/research/climate/warming.jsp

American Geophysical Union - Human Impacts on Climate
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/climate_change_position.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Report: Human activity fuels global warming
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/climate.html

California Institute of Technology - How We Know Global Warming is Real
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~tapio/papers/skeptic_2008.pdf

Atmospheric Sciences - University of Illinois
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/research/01climate.html

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457

The UK Met Office Hadley Centre
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/guide/

The UK Royal Society - Climate change controversies: a simple guide
http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=6229

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Based in Switzerland)
Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf

National Geographic Magazine
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/

Scientific American Magazine
http://www.sciam.com/topic.cfm?id=global-warming-and-climate-change

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