The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has partnered with cartoonist Jim Toomey – of Sherman’s Lagoon fame – in developing a series of six two-minute videos intended to raise awareness of the importance of oceans and the coastal environment. The videos use animation and humor to explain in clear and simple language the role oceans play in our lives and our very survival.

The Arctic Innovation Competition is proud to launch a junior division to showcase ideas of innovators 17 years old and younger (as of the idea submission date).

After preliminary judging, three competitors will be chose from AIC JR. entries to present their ideas on the day of the main AIC competition, Friday, October 19, 2012.

The Raleigh Charter High School Team, second place winners of the 2012 NOSB Finals Competition, took a boat trip to the Chandeleur Islands as part of their award trip.
(From GulfLive.com) — A group of marine science students recently gathered early in the morning on the dock next to the Tom McIlwain, the 55-foot research vessel [...]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) just launched the Lophelia II 2012: Deepwater Platform Corals Expedition. The Lophelia II 2012: Deepwater Platform Corals expedition is the final cruise in a four-year research mission to explore and study deepwater or “cold-water” coral communities in the Gulf of Mexico. Visit http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov//explorations/12lophelia/welcome.html for posting includes daily logs, videos and images, lesson plans, an Ask an Explorer feature, and much more!