The Coral Reef InitiativeS for the Pacific (CRISP) aims to develop a vision for the future of coral reefs and the communities that depend on them and to introduce strategies and projects to conserve their biodiversity, while developing the economic and environmental services that they provide both locally and globally. See reports on Ocean Acidification, others..
World Sunlight Map
http://www.die.net/earth/hemisphere.html
Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth’s patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery.
Oceanography: the official journal of the Oceanographic Society
http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/current.html
Current Issue December 2009 Volume 22, Number 4
Special Issue on the the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO2 World
Union of Concerned Scientists: The A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science
In recent years, scientists who work for and advise the federal government have seen their work manipulated, suppressed, distorted, while agencies have systematically limited public and policy maker access to critical scientific information. To document this abuse, the Union of Concerned Scientists has created the A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science.
Report to National Marine Fisheries: Acropora Biological Review Team 2005. Atlantic Acropora Status Review
Atlantic Acropora Status Review March 3, 2005
Text and Images describing status of Acropora corals prior to their designation as a threatened species under the US Endangered Species Act.