March 24, 2009

Book: Flotsametrics and the Floating World

What can rubber ducks tells us about swirling ocean currents, and how they redistribute our society's debris? This book is by the expert: Dr Curtis Ebbesmeyer, written with Eric Scigliano.

Some other interesting pages about this book:

March 11, 2009

Games - NOAA Planet Arcade

This Games - Planet Arcade lets you play lots of different kinds of games, including:
  • WaterLife - Where Rivers Meet the Sea - you'll learn a lot about the ecosystem of an estuary.
  • Ocean Challenge - you join others worldwide in helping to put together a puzzle.
  • Recycle City - you'll explore how a city's residents can reduce, reuse, recycle, ...
Source: NOAA