MIT Coastal Climate Change Toolkit
A Scientific Framework with Hands-On Experiments
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Environmental Explainers:
Less dissolved oxygen in water
What is it? How is it changing? Why does it matter?
Start here:
Hypoxia: Dead Zone
Green Fire Productions
Good video (4.5 min) describing the creation of low oxygen zones on the coasts of Oregon, and the impacts on the marine life and fisheries there.
Recommend for middle school and up.
Understanding Hypoxia: Dead Zones on the Pacific Coast
Oregon State University
Section of video describes the creation of hypoxic (low oxygen) zones. Starts at 4:09 and goes until 6:20 .
The rest of the video details the impact of hypoxia on communities.
Recommended for middle school and up.
Learn more:
Hypoxia
National Ocean Service, NOAA
Good site with several info graphics explaining hypoxia in coastal waters.
Recommend for high school and up.
Hypoxia 101
US Environmental Protection Agency
Recommend for high school and up.
We’d love to hear how you used this tool in your community, how the students responded, and your suggestions to improve the experiments and other resources. Contact us at ccsae@mit.edu.
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