Archival Collections of Scripps

Archival Collections at Scripps
Search the finding aids and online collections of photographs, movies and other documents at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. This is an interesting site for anyone interested in Scripps’ history and history of oceanography in general.

New Science Fun for Friday

Another eclectic bunch of resources for this Friday. In the mix, online textbooks, an ocean science journal, and more…

Ocean Sciences
Ocean Sciences is an open access journal, freely accessible on the web and covers the fields of: ocean physics, ocean chemistry, biological oceanography, air-sea interactions, ocean models, coastal/shelf-edge processes and paleooceanography.

Microbial Diversity from Blackwell Publishing
This site offers full-text access to sections of the Microbial Diversity textbook. It also includes a student resources section with many links and exercises to help students with the material.

Basic and Clinical Neurosciences
This site has a serious of lectures on different aspects of neuroscience. Also included on the site is an extensive list of links to neuroscience departments, institutes, programs and organizations.

BirdLife International
This site contains a report on the “state of the world’s birds.” Concerned about the loss of biodiversity, this site outlines what is happening, what pressures birds face and what can be done to prevent more loss of bird species. BirdLife International’s homepage can be accessed at www.birdlife.org.

Genetically Engineered Animals
And last, but not least, this site from the FDA on new regulations regarding genetically engineered animals. An interesting read with FAQ’s sections and it is a timely resource to use when talking about genetic engineering in biology courses.

Have a great weekend!

California Ocean Resources Management Program

The California Ocean Resources Management Program website has policy documents, information about legislation and links to other resources pertaining to California’s ocean and coastal resources.

West Coast Govenors’ Agreement on Ocean Health

This site has the 2008 final agreement on ocean health by the govenors of California, Oregon, and Washington. Lots of documents about the agreement and actions. Good source to see the areas that are considered important when protecting the health of our ocean–including offshore drilling, responses to global warming, etc. West Coast Govenors’ Agreement on Ocean Health