Life on Earth could not exist without marine microbes. They produce half of the oxygen on the planet, helped to create the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, and form the base of the marine food web. Microbes make Earth livable for the rest of us! See the resources below for a wide range of materials related to marine microbes, including lesson plans, hands-on activities, games, videos, and teacher professional development opportunities.
The NERACOOS ocean and weather climate display delivers information about the average weather and ocean conditions between 2001 and 2012. The display also includes information about recent and past years' ocean and weather conditions so that you can compare them to the average conditions from the past decade.
The upper layers of the Canadian Basin constitute a large reservoir of freshwater and buoyancy that derives from river runoff, sea-ice meltwater, and relatively fresh North Pacific waters. We use salinity, oxygen isotopes and nutrient concentrations to study the varying contribution from freshwater components in a series of Arctic Ocean cruises between 1989 and 2005.
