• Read about SEAPLEX (Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition) Project HERE.
• See the Scripps Exploration Magazine article HERE.
• Good Morning America Video about the patch: HERE new window)
• Oprah Shines Light on Great Pacific Garbage Patch: HERE new window)
• Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic: HERE. new window)

• The Endless Voyage Video Series
  A 26-part video series sometimes shown in class
• Course Outline, Cross-Referenced to Our Text's Chapters
• Full Course Outline, with Learning Outcomes

• Earth Revealed (26-part geology series, streaming video)
  to the Earth Revealed video study guides
• Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
• Horizon - BBC Series from which many Discovery Channel shows are based
• Transcript of "The Big Chill"
• NOVA: Wave That Shook the World
• NOVA: Mystery of the Megavolcano
• NOVA: Storm that Drowned a City
• Ocean Oasis
• Blue Planet (BBC Series)
• Home Page of "Freak Wave" (shown as "Killer Waves" in the U.S.)

• The Big Chill web site
• The Big Chill transcript
• NASA article, “A Chilling Possibility” (Mar. 2004)
• Abrupt Climate Change: Should We Be Worried? (WHOI article)

• Volcanoes of the Deep Sea official web site
• stageVU.com (watch the whole video)
• Extract from VOTDS Teacher's Guide (some interesting info)
• GeoTimes Article about Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
• Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin (check out the specifications)
• R/V Atlantis (check out the ship schedule, and "Where is Atlantis now?")

• Cabrillo National Monument - Nature & Science (U.S. National Park Service)
• Understanding The Life Of Point Loma
  (Amazon.com)
• Life Between the Tides (Paperback)
• Between Pacific Tides: Fifth Edition (Paperback)
• Rise and Fall of San Diego
  150 Million Years of History Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks
• California Coastline - Pictures of the coast from a helicopter!
• Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter

• Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• UCTV - Ocean Science Videos
  ("Perspectives on Ocean Science")
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
• Deep Sea Volcanoes & Vents
  (American Museum of Natural History)
• The Oceanography Society
• Vents Video Clips (NOAA)
  Video Clips from the Sea Floor
• Office of Naval Research - ONR
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography - ASLO
• NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
• University of Washington Oceanography Department
• Texas A&M University Oceanography Department
• JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC
• Dalhousie University Dept. of Oceanography
• NASA Oceanography
• San Diego Tides
  From the University of South Carolina

Catalog Description:

This course explores the major processes and features of the world's oceans. Topics include the origin and history of the ocean basins, atmospheric circulation and weather, ocean circulation, and the dynamics of waves, tides, and coastlines. The course also reviews marine life (including plankton, nekton, benthos, and marine mammals), explores the oceans as a resource for people, and considers human impacts on marine environments.

Prerequisites:

(None)