Oceanic cartographer Marie Tharp helped prove the theory of continental drift with her detailed maps of the ocean floor. This animation by Rosanna Wan for the Royal Institution tells the fascinating story of Tharp’s groundbreaking work. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/vE2FK0B7gPo #HAPLOceansofPossibilities
Heartland Scuba Center, founded in Kearney, NE in January 1983, is Mid-Nebraska´s leading authority on scuba diving and equipment. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/b8PnUcHL00g #HAPLOceansofPossibilities
It’s shark week every week at this next stop on our virtual aquariums tour! The 10,000 square foot Shark Lagoon at Aquarium of the Pacific features a live webcam. Inhabitants include sand tiger, zebra and white tip sharks. Check it out here: https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/exhibits/webcams/webcam_shark_lagoon #HAPLOceansofPossibilities
No virtual aquarium field trip would be complete without manatees! This manatee cam is from Homosassa Springs, Florida, which manatees use as a warm water shelter from mid-November to late March each year. The rest of the year, Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is home to rehabilitated manatees; current residents…
“A video of our dive trip to Cozumel, Mexico, with Heartland Scuba. It was eagle ray season and I was lucky enough to dive with several. We also saw a huge loggerhead turtle named Charlie. He is seen in the thumbnail for this video.” – Michael Henry ~ Join us…
Our virtual field trip takes us next to the Kansas City Zoo. This zoo has been home to king penguins since 2013 in its Helzberg Penguin Plaza, but this is the first year they’ve had any hatchlings from eggs laid by their penguins! The exhibit contains more than 100,000 gallons…
A newly named National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Grace spent the summer working with NASA’s Frontier Development Lab creating 3D models of asteroids. She earned her BSc in mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT and is currently a Marshall Scholar and PhD candidate with Oxford University’s Ocean Research & Conservation Group.…
Covering 72 percent of the Earth and supplying half its oxygen, the ocean is our planet’s life support system. With every breath we take, every drop we drink, we’re connected to the ocean. Our planet depends on the vitality of the ocean to support and sustain it. Check it out…
Jeanne Villepreux-Power, also called Jeannette Power or Givovanne Power, née Jeanne Villepreux, (born Sept. 25, 1794, Juillac, Limousin, France—died Jan. 26, 1871, Juillac), French-born naturalist best known as the inventor of the aquarium and for her research on the paper nautilus Argonauta argo, a cephalopod that resembles members of the…
In this virtual field trip from National Geographic, dive into learning about what whale history and culture can teach us with Explorer Brian Skerry, how remotely operated vehicles give us an unprecedented view of seamounts in the Galápagos Islands with Explorer Salomé Buglass, and how eco-journalism inspires change with Young…
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