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Ocean Guardian (Blue the film)
The industrialization that has occurred in the oceans over the last century, mirrors the events that triggered mass extinctions on land. Industrial scale fishing, habitat destruction, species loss and pollution have placed the ocean in peril. The very nature of the sea is being irretrievably altered.
K-12 classroom resources available on this site from www.coolaustralia.org.
Green File
Provides information on the environment, earth science, conservation and ecology.
ProCon.org
Pros and cons of controversial issues. Read pro and con arguments for and against topics such as animal testing, bottled water ban, climate change, gun control etc.
CIA World Fact Book
Compiled by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the World Factbook provides comprehensive reference information; flags; physical, political, Oceans and Time zones maps; facts and statistics on more than 267 countries and other entities.