Links to Additional Coral Reef Resources
http://ocean.si.edu/blog/coral-reefs-need-you/
http://www.marine.usf.edu/oilspill/
Bob Weisberg, Yonggang Liu, and Lianyuan Zheng in collaboration with Chuanmin Hu are providing oil spill trajectory forecasts both at the surface and subsurface using a variety of models and observations. Visit the Ocean Circulation Group webpage at the link above to view the trajectory forecasts. Plus lots of access to research and information. Great site!
Great site on offshore oil in Florida
http://na.oceana.org/en/stopthedrill?key=31485793
Sign their petition to stop offshore oil drilling
NoRigs.org
How Many Days since the BP Blow-Out? Click below to find out.
A marine conservation organization based out of Tallahassee, FL.
Earth Platform
a great environmental search platform
Everything you ever wanted to know about Caribbean sponges
http://www.spongeguide.org/aboutus.php
An incredible resource on coral reefs
http://www.solcomhouse.com/coralreef.htm
The report provides strategies to motivate changes in thinking and behavior on global warming communications.
a great site all about the ocean
Coral Bones
Will tropical coral reefs be the first ecosystem to be eliminated by climate change?
a great blog on coral reef issues
http://coralstory.blogspot.com/
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a listing of the leading coral reef conservation organizations
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/crlinks.htm
Great resource on oceanic marinelife.
http://oceanlink.island.net/index.html
http://www.foeme.org/projects.php?ind=62
Interesting site; one section documents the impacts of war on the environment
Global Warming Resources–including some great books and a list of orgs from the Step it Up Action
http://www.billmckibben.com/fightglobalwarmingnow/global-warming-resources.html
Ocean World by the Jason Project
Wonderful site on all things oceanic…
http://www.oceanworld.tamu.edu
a great site for children to learn about coral reefs and marinelife
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/coralreef/coralreef.shtml
World Ocean Observatory:
great site featuring a blog by Richard Charter, our hero in the fight against offshore oil…
http://www.defendersblog.org/ and http://www.gulfoilspillrecovery.org/
Links to Interesting Reef-Related Sites
A great site for monitoring weather.
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SUE DUDA’S BATIK BOUTIQUE and OCEAN DUDES by DUDA
ocean and coral reef-inspired artwork and gifts
http://www.cafepress.com/suedudabatiks
Key West Vacation Information Center
http://www.keywestvacation.com
a great Key West site featuring watersports & things to do
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson recently resigned as president of Reef Relief after a long and honorable career protecting coral reefs at the state level, in addition to his consideration contributions as Chairman of the Board of Reef Relief for over 8 years. Among his many achievements for Reef Relief was passage of a ban on feeding fish that helps protects sharks, a regulation on the use of shallow injection wells in the Florida Keys and efforts to Continue reading Paul Johnson
Maryann Lucking
http://www.coralations.org/about_coralations/index.htm
http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n35/ConserConster-en.html
Maryann Lucking is the founder and current Director of CORALations , a nonprofit membership coral reef conservation organization based in Puerto Rico. Since 1995, the tall blond powerhouse has worked tirelessly to fulfill the mission of CORALations to CONSERVE, NURTURE, and EDUCATE by working with Caribbean communities to protect and restore their coral reefs. She leads CORALations to implement aggressive conservation initiatives with public education and community participation. These initiatives focus on “real time” solutions to coral reef Continue reading Maryann Lucking