NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

The Earth’s Climate is changing, and it is causing sea levels to change too. Even small changes in sea levels can dramatically alter coastal landscapes all across the world. Continuously measuring sea level changes over the long term is the best way for scientists to understand and project how and when this will affect our communities.

Every day hundreds of container ships enter and leave U.S. ports. But navigating in and out is tricky business. With shallow waters, ship traffic, and bridges – Ports can be a real obstacle course. How does a huge ship actually fit under a bridge? It’s not easy.

You've heard of climate change, but what exactly is climate? Climate is the average weather — like the temperature, wind, and rain — across seasons and decades. Like weather, climate changes but over long periods of time. To figure out these changes, you need to collect a lot of data from the air as well as the ocean.

This short video introduces the topic of ocean acidification with several experts explaining why it's happening and what some of the consequences are. The transcript is available in English and Spanish.

Marine aquaculture refers to the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of aquatic plants and animals. With limited fresh water and land resources ocean farmers are taking to the waves. Get started with this Regional Emmy award-winning series.

For seven days in the fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy pounded the Caribbean and U.S. East Coast with punishing rain, wind, and waves. As the storm approached landfall, the National Hurricane Center renamed the hurricane "Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy." But to those whose lives were devastated it will always be remembered as superstorm Sandy.

Arctic sea ice plays a major role in the Earth's global systems. It keeps the polar regions cool, influences climate, and provides a habitat for many animals. But the amount of sea ice in the Arctic has been on a steady decline over the past two decades. In fact, the annual minimum area of sea ice is nearly 50% smaller now than it was in 1979.

Deep into the foggy abyss of the central Bering Sea, the Pribilof Islands were found, not by sight, but by sound. In the 1800s, fur traders tracked the northern fur seal to these islands. They discovered that the seals are only there in the summer and fall. Today, researchers from NOAA's National Marine Mammal Lab track the migrating fur seals to understand where they feed in winter months and what marine resources they depend on for survival.

This Regional Emmy award-winning series helps students understand the impact of marine debris and what we can do about it! Series includes a Hands-on Activity Demo and Special Feature.

Join Baltimore’s hometown marine science educator and Ocean Today host, Symone Barkley, as she explores the challenges and successes of keeping our rivers, bays and ocean free of marine debris. This webinar includes updates on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the latest on microplastics from the NOAA Marine Debris Program with special guests Christy Kehoe and Dr. Sherry Lippiatt. In this archive you'll learn actions you can take in your own community to help make a difference in this global problem. Kathryn Youngblood from the University of Georgia New Materials Institute talks about how you can help scientists by using the Marine Debris Tracker. And you'll see several videos featured from our award-winning Trash Talk collection.