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**Links to Ocean and Climate Science and Education Resources**
The Endangered Species Coalition issued a new report last week: Top 10 Places to Save Endangered Species in a Warming World
 * It's Getting Hot Out There:**

1. The Arctic Sea Ice, home to the polar bear, Pacific walrus and at least 6 species of seal. 2. Shallow Water Coral Reefs, home to the critically endangered elkhorn and staghorn coral. 3. The Hawaiian Islands, home to more than a dozen imperiled birds, and 319 threatened and endangered plants. 4. Southwest Deserts, home to numerous imperiled plants, fish, and mammals. 5. The San Francisco Bay-Delta, home to the imperiled Pacific salmon, Swainson’s hawk, tiger salamander and Delta smelt. 6. California Sierra Mountains, home to 30 native species of amphibian, including the Yellow-legged frog. 7. The Snake River Basin, home to four imperiled runs of salmon and steelhead. 8. Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, home to the imperiled Whitebark pine, an important food source for animals, including the threatened Grizzly bear. 9. The Gulf Coast’s flatlands and wetlands, home to the Piping and Snowy plovers, Mississippi sandhill crane, and numerous species of sea turtles. 10. The Greater Everglades, home to 67 threatened and endangered species, including the manatee and the red cockcaded woodpecker.

FACT SHEETS for each of the 10 habitats and additional ecosystems of concern -- the threats and proposed actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change: [])

BACKGROUND from []: //**It’s Getting Hot Out There**//—a new report by the Endangered Species Coalition in partnership with our member groups—spurs us to answer the question: if we are serious about protecting endangered species from climate change where do we begin? The ten ecosystems listed here are a starting point. To help endangered species adapt to climate change, we’ll have to invest significant resources into protecting and restoring these ecosystems and their species. THE REPORT (16 pp): []
 * The Endangered Species Coalition’s member groups nominated the ecosystems.** A panel of esteemed scientists chose the finalists. The scientists considered the ecosystem’s ecologic importance, significance for threatened and endangered species, climate change vulnerability, as well as the ecosystem’s potential to improve its resiliency to climate change via conservation measures.
 * The urgency for greatly expanding our commitment to conservation measures has never been higher.** We still have time to save many of our ecosystems and endangered species. The American spirit is surely up to the task. This is an outline of where to start. Please join us in this call to action.


 * Teachers!! Are you interested in enhancing your understanding of the living world and learning to teach about wildlife conservation in your subject area?? Apply for a Classroom Earth Professional Development grant** today!@http://www.classroomearth.org/[[file:Teacher Student Grants.pdf]]


 * 6 Ways to use NASA's Global Climate Change Website in your Classroom**
 * @http://climate.nasa.gov/TipsandTricks/TipsNTricksTipsheet_11-20-10.pdf**

USFWS (a student page and an educators page): @http://www.fws.gov/educators/
Locate a National Wildlife Refuge near you: @http://www.fws.gov/refuges/

USFWS Coastal Program: @http://www.fws.gov/coastal/


 * __National Park Service:__**

NPS education site: @http://www.nps.gov/learn/

Locate a National Park near you @http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm

NPS Explore Nature site: @http://www.nature.nps.gov/

NPS climate change information: @http://www.nature.nps.gov/climatechange/index.cfm


 * __U.S. Geological Survey:__**

USGS climate change information: @http://www.usgs.gov/global_change/

USGS education page: @http://education.usgs.gov/

USGS Coastal and Marine science page: @http://marine.er.usgs.gov/index.php


 * Smithsonian Ocean Portal: @http://ocean.si.edu/**


 * __National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):__**

NOAA Coastal Services Center:
 * @Coastal Climate Adaptation
 * Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers
 * [[file:climatechangestrategies.pdf]]
 * [[file:climatechangestrategiesVol2.pdf]]

NOAA's Climate Program Office
 * @http://www.climate.noaa.gov/
 * Sea Levels Online

NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program Discover Your World with NOAA: An Activity Guide

[|NOAA Education Resources Portal]

__**Other Sites:**__ The first section of this pdf document is a list of major websites devoted to climate change teaching materials. The second section of the document has specific materials that address major issues associate with climate sciences such as ocean acidification, the greenhouse effect. etc.
 * US Global Change Research Program
 * Yale Study on Climate Change Knowledge
 * Hurricanes: Science and Society
 * Climate Change Teaching Materials:** [[file:5b URLS.climatechangeOct2010.pdf]]