The Aquarius Underwater Habitat is an underwater ocean laboratory located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The laboratory is deployed 3 1/2 miles offshore, at a depth of 60 feet, next to spectacular coral reefs. Scientists live in Aquarius during tenday missions using saturation diving to study and explore our coastal ocean.
OceansLive.org connects NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) to the General Public Through Telepresence. NMSP has established an education and technological framework to bring underwater ecosystems to the American public by linking existing oceanographic monitoring programs with interactive telepresence technology.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has a three-part mission to conduct interdisciplinary research in coastal ocean and estuarine science, educate students and citizens, and provide advisory service to policy makers, industry, and the public. Chartered in 1940, VIMS is currently among the largest marine research and education centers in the United States.\n
ImmersionPresents.org is a fun and powerful science education program for kids in grades 5-8. Famed oceanographer and explorer Dr. Robert Ballard founded Immersion Presents in 2002, and since then hes brought hundreds of thousands of kids and their families along with him on amazing scientific expeditions throughout the world.\n
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of living oceans and pledges to champion their preservation through research,education, and a commitment to Science Without Borders®.
No matter where they are in the world, Media Arts consistently provides advanced production solutions. From the worlds first live underwater interactive broadcast to live television from the Galapagos, the Peruvian Amazon, even the International Space Station.\n
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary educates the public about the marine environment surrounding the Florida Keys and protects the coral reefs, sea grass, hardbottom habitats, mangroves, and marine life that live in those areas.
The mission of NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries is to serve as the trustee for the nation's system of marine protected areas, to conserve, protect, and enhance their biodiversity, ecological integrity and cultural legacy.
NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP) is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). NOAA is the federal agency charged with stewardship of our Nation's living marine and coastal resources.
