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Shoal of robot fish casts a wider data net
Movie Camera 12:49 10 June 2008 - NewScientist.com news service - Kurt Kleiner
Robotic fish with flapping fins and tails have been programmed to swim in a school by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle. They say that artificial fish with group behaviour could track marine pollutants or wildlife such as whales.
"With a group of vehicles you can get more data collection at the same time than with just one. You get better spatial distribution and cover more area," says Kristi Morgansen, a roboticist at the University of Washington in Seattle, US

EurOcean is a focal point for information on marine science and technology in Europe and its Internet portal is aiming to provide information on all topics related to marine science and technology in Europe with a priority given to two main domains : marine research infrastructures and European research, technology and development information. EurOcean contributes to the initiatives aiming to implement a Marine European Research Area.

New Models Show Populations Getting a Rise Out of Sea Level
USGS scientists are modeling the effects of global sea-level rise on human populations.

NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) Web site provides information about the array of responsibilities, activities and resources of NOS. The organizational emphasis of this Web site is by topic in order to highlight the areas where NOS works to serve the American public.

Oceans Alive - The Environmental Defense Oceans program works to find constructive solutions to the most critical problems facing the world's marine environments.
Our team of scientists, attorneys, policy experts and economists focuses on protecting ecosystems and fisheries. Our Oceans Alive campaign builds on the team's decades of experience and efforts to stem the tide of decline in our seas

Investigating coral reefs to help understand past and future climate change
Increasing Earth temperatures and rising sea levels. Both of these are effects of climate change. The current concern is that human activity is changing our climate at a rate well above the natural climate cycling. Understanding how the Earth's climate system works and responds to human impact is therefore of uttermost importance.

Oceana is the largest international group focused 100% on protecting and restoring the world's oceans.

The mission of Ocean Futures Society is to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating the ocean's vital importance to the survival of all life on our planet. "Protect the ocean and you protect yourself"

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
A unique oceanographic research center that promotes a peer relationship between engineers and scientists. MBARI uses state-of-the-art equipment and methods ...

Ocean Conservancy promotes healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems and opposes practices that threaten ocean life and human life. Through research, education, and science-based advocacy, Ocean Conservancy informs, inspires, and empowers people to speak and act on behalf of the oceans. In all its work, Ocean Conservancy strives to be the world's foremost advocate for the oceans.