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  1. Like money and numbers? There are people at NOS who do, too! Meet Carol Smith: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/profiles/dec09/smith.html.
  2. Which of the world's ocean basins is the smallest? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/smallestocean.html
  3. What does the ocean have to do with your Thanksgiving dinner? [podcast] http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/nov09/mw112509.mp3
  4. Get your bearings with our National Spatial Reference System primer: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/features/nov09/directions.html
  5. Why do whales make sounds? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whalesounds.html
  6. Explore the U.S. Virgin Islands w/ this online mapping tool: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/gv_stjohn/StJohn.html.
  7. What are the three main types of coral reefs? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/threecorals.html
  8. What U.S. marine protected area is larger than all of America's national parks combined? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/largestnms.html
  9. NOAA gathers and recycles tons of trash from the Northwest Hawaiian Islands: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/features/nov09/nwhimd.html.
  10. Meet Kathryn Simmons, leader of a team that responds to navigational emergencies: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/profiles/nov09/simmons.html.
  11. NOS works w/ partners in response to San Francisco Bay oil spill: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/nov09/dubaistar.html.
  12. Coastal flooding, such as from Ida, is one threat coastal communities face: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coastalthreat.html.
  13. NOAA scientists unravel the mystery of what causes harmful algal blooms and more: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/nov09/mw111209.mp3.
  14. What critters call kelp forests "home"? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/kelplives.html
  15. Surf's up! Or is it? Find out with the new Tide Predictions Web tool: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/weeklynews/nov09/tidesonline.html.
  16. Interested in learning about coral reefs? Check out the new NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Web site: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/.
  17. What is maritime heritage and why is it important? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/marheritage.html
  18. What is marine spatial planning? It's the future of ocean and coastal management: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/nov09/dd110409.mp3.
  19. Interested in science and policy? Check out Elisa Chae's job: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/profiles/nov09/chae.html.
  20. What is marine snow? Hint: It isn't the kind of snow you'd make a snowman out of: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/marinesnow.html.