This series of videos educates viewers on all topics associated with Oceanography, including deep ocean organisms, wetlands, and coastal ecology.

Table of Contents

List of Videos
• Water: Earth's Distinguishing Characteristic
• Big Bang, The
• Origin of the Solar System
• Early Earth
• Origin of Life on Earth
• Earth Without Water, An
• Matthew Fontaine Maury
• Oceanographic Institutions
• Technology and Collaboration
• Coastlines and Jigsaw Puzzles
• Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Birth of a Theory: Plate Tectonics
• Confirming the Theory of Plate Tectonics
• Significance of Plate Tectonics Theory
• Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
• Plate Boundaries and Plate Movement
• Seamounts, Guyots and Island Arcs
• Understanding Earth's Interior
• Heat, Convection and Plate Tectonics
• Earth's Tectonic Past and Future
• Continental Margins
• Submarine Canyons
• Deep Ocean Floor, The
• Oceanic Ridge System, The
• Undersea Volcanic and Tectonic Activity
• Hydrothermal Vents: Unique Environments and Organisms
• Exploring the Deep Ocean Floor
• Terrigenous Sediments
• Biogenous Sediments
• Sediment Distribution Patterns
• Oil, Gas and Manganese Nodules
• Sediments and Past Climate
• Sediments and Earth's Magnetic Field
• Obtaining and Analyzing Sediment Samples
• Water's Chemical Structure
• Seawater, Freshwater and Salt
• Measuring Salinity
• Salinity, Density, and Temperature
• Thermohaline Circulation: How it works
• Ocean and Carbon Dioxide, The
• Ocean's Horizontal Layers, The
• Light in the Ocean
• Water and the Speed of Sound
• Spreading, Scattering and Shadow Zones
• Using Sound to Study the Ocean's Interior
• Use of Sound by Marine Mammals
• Physical Processes and Marine Chemistry
• Climate System Power: Hurricane Mitch
• Interplay Between Atmosphere and Ocean
• Heat, Pressure and Atmospheric Circulation Cells
• Coriolis Force, The
• Atmospheric Circulation Patterns
• Monsoons
• Storms
• Weather Forecasting
• Meteorology and Hurricanes
• Meteorological Research: Challenges for the Future
• El Nino
• Ocean Currents: Cause and Effect
• Ocean Circulation Patterns
• Measuring Ocean Currents
• Forecasting El Nino Events
• Differences Between Deep Ocean and Surface Currents
• Thermohaline Circulation and the Global Ocean
• Deep Ocean Circulation and Global Climate
• Water Masses
• Tracers
• Ocean Observation Systems
• A Wind Wave's Journey
• Shoreline Effects of Wind Wave Energy
• Rogue Waves
• Internal Waves
• Wave Climate and the D-Day Story
• Monitoring and Predicting Wave Processes
• Growth of a Tsunami
• Tsunami and Tectonic Events
• Tsunami
• Impact of Rising Sea Level
• Sea Level and Global Warming
• Monitoring Sea Level Changes
• Human Impact on Coastlines
• Defining the Coast
• Coastline Classification
• Coastline Changes Over Time
• Impact of Geologic Activity on Coastal Zones
• Living with Erosion and Sea Level Rise
• Protecting the Coastal Environment
• Ventura, California Marina
• Point Mugu Naval Air Station
• Malibu Coast, The
• Aliso Creek
• Origins of Life: The Role of DNA and RNA
• Role of the Ocean in Early Life
• Role of Evolution in Early Life
• Mass Extinctions
• Ancient Fossils, Modern Technology
• Primary Producers and Photosynthesis
• Transfer of Energy, The
• Conditions Required for Photosynthesis
• Global Patterns of Primary Productivity
• Primary Productivity and Climate
• Primary Productivity and Global Geochemical Cycles
• Primary Productivity, Carbon Dioxide and the Role of Humans
• Predators and Prey
• Oxygen Revolution, The
• Early Invertebrates
• Long-Term Survivors
• Survival in the Intertidal Zone
• Intertidal Zonation
• Vertebrates: Marine and Terrestrial
• Fishes: Survival in a Challenging Environment
• Fishes: Sensory Mechanisms
• Fishes: Defense Mechanisms
• Reptiles and Birds
• Coral Reefs: Structures and Communities
• Symbiotic Relationships
• Threats to Coral Reefs
• Estuaries: Productivity and Vulnerability
• Rocky Intertidal Zone, The: Challenges and Adaptations
• Hydrothermal Vents: Life in the Extreme
• Marine Communities: Change and Bio-Diversity
• Kelp: Its Varied Uses
• Commercial Uses of Sediment
• Marine Resources and Pharmaceutical Products
• Technology and Over-Fishing
• Fishery Management
• Marine Sanctuaries
• Fishing and Regulatory Agencies
• Urban Runoff
• Pollution in Bays and Estuaries
• Eutrophication
• Toxic Metallic Compounds
• Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
• Oceanic Clues About Climate Change
• Marine Absorption of Carbon Dioxide
• Need for More Oceanographers, The
• Ocean as a Sound Channel, The
• Spreading
• Scattering
• Shadow Zones
• Sonar
• Temperature and the Velocity of Sound
• Marine Animals and Sound
• Using Sound to Measure Ocean Warming
• Noise Pollution and Marine Life
• Heard Island Test and Climate Change, The
• Global Warming and Sea Level Change
• Sea Level Change Over Time
• Internal Waves and Ocean Dynamics
• Wave Prediction and Military Operations
• Wave Prediction and the Normandy Invasion
• How Tides Work
• Moon, The Sun and Tides, The
• Using Tidal Power
• Dynamic Theory of the Tides, The
• Early Evidence of Continental Drift
• Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
• Wegener's Mistakes
• Post-World War II Oceanography
• Seafloor Spreading: Harry Hess
• Seafloor Spreading: Vine and Matthews
• Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics (Part One)
• Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics (Part Two)
• Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Distribution
• Pangaea
• Plate Tectonics and Heat
• Oceanic Crust vs. Continental Crust
• Isostasy
• Differences Between Oceans and Continents (Part One)
• Differences Between Oceans and Continents (Part Two)
• Coasts Are Arbitrary
• Earth: The Water Planet
• First Steps: The History of Marine Exploration
• Making the Pieces Fit
• World in Motion
• Over the Edge
• Ocean's Memory, The
• It's in the Water
• Beneath the Surface
• Going to Extremes
• Something in the Air
• Going with the Flow
• Deep Connections
• Surf's Up
• Look Out Below
• Ebb and Flow
• On the Coast
• Due West
• Building Blocks
• Water World
• Food for Thought
• Survivors
• Life Goes On
• Living Together
• Treasure Trove
• Dirty Water
• Hands on