It’s no secret that a picture speaks a thousands words. But, when you couple words and pictures (with numbers, arrows, charts, etc.) you get quite an impact. If you’re a regular reader of the BCS blog you already know I’m fond of infographics. So I decided to pull together the ones found on BCS, as well as other places. You’ll see this list follows the general themes found on BCS: marine science, water/ocean conservation, as well as connecting with nature. I hope you enjoy browsing and a special thanks to all the organizations that have produced these powerful resources. To check out the collective visual of most of these infographics please check out my EE, Ocean, & Water Conservation Infographics Pinterest board. Please email info@beachchairscientist.com or let me know on Twitter (@bcsanswers) if you have another one that could be added to the list.
- 5 reasons feeding of whale sharks should stop – Save Philippine Seas
- 10 ways to save water in your home – Good
- 10 places to see – Infographipedia
- 25 years of Shark Week – Leonly
- 50 Awesome facts about earth
- Acting green v. buying green – Inhabitat
- Anatomy of a bottom trawl – Oceana
- Atlantic bluefin tuna (Saving an ocean giant) – Pew Environment Group
- Atlantic horseshoe crab – Beach Chair Scientist
- Benefits of plants – Zabisco
- Benefits of recycling – Visual.ly
- Black market on bluefin tuna – Center for Public Integrity
- Boating accidents: The bad & the ugly – Gadling
- Carbon storage and coastal habitats – Ocean Health Index
- Challenger Deep – Visual News
- Children and nature – National Environmental Education Foundation
- Citizen science is blooming – National Environmental Education Foundation
- Collapsing seas – Reusethisbag.com
- Dangerous sharks of the Red Sea – Rian.eu
- Dangers of natural gas – One Block off the Grid
- Decline of fish populations in the last 50 years – Good
- Deepwater Horizon explained (video) – Visual World
- Do you know your seafood? – One World One Ocean
- Earth ages – USGS
- Earth Day – H&R Block
- Energy level threats from sea level rise – Surging Seas
- Energy-water collision – Union of Concerned Scientists
- Facts of fracking – Treehugger
- Global water crisis – Living Green Magazine
- GMOs: We have the right to know – Just Label It
- Great Barrier Reef – Go Green, Travel Green
- Green guilt – Call2Recycle
- Green electronics – National Resource Defense Council
- Highest, leaping sharks – Visual.ly
- How a landfill work – Reusethisbag.com
- How bikes can save us – Dailyinfographic.com
- How convenience is killing our planet by ArteIdeas
- How deep is the ocean? – Our Amazing Planet
- How does recycling work? – Transit Utopia
- How fresh is your seafood? – Oceana
- How long will it last? – Earth911.com
- How to choose the safest seafood – Visual.ly
- How much are you spending on water per gallon? – United By Blue
- How we are eating our way through the oceans – CFP Reform Watch
- Humpback whales – MauiWhaleWatchTours.com
- Humpback whale facts – The Daily Catch
- Hurricane Sandy vs. Hurricane Katrina – Huffington Post
- Is it really ‘green’? – Contract Services Group, Inc.
- Let’s explore the ocean – found on Ocean Wild Things
- Life of a water bottle – Visual.ly
- Low down on bottled water – Sustainable Energy Systems
- Marine debris poster – SeaGrant, et al
- Marine habitats – PlanetSave
- Ocean food shortage (Save menhaden) – Pew Environment Group
- Oceans: Our living resource – Humane Society of America
- Offshore drilling – Oceana
- Paper vs. plastic – Market Research
- Plastics Breakdown, The – One World One Ocean
- Polar bears in peril – Mother Nature News
- Pollutants entering the ocean – Living Green Magazine
- Pop science guide to birds – Mother Nature News
- Right whales – Kyle Bentle
- Recycling: The good, the better, the best – Reusethisbag.com
- Reduce your water footprint – Good
- Reuse, reduce, and relocate – My Move
- Save the Arctic – Greenpeace
- Seafood decision guide – National Geographic
- Sea turtles of the coral triangle – World Wildlife Fund
- Secret to a sound sea – Visual News
- Sharks count – Pew Environment Group
- Shipping noises and whales – Ocean Initiative
- STEM & our planet – National Environmental Education Foundation
- Suffocating the world with plastics – Living Green Magazine
- Tar Sands Standoff – Huffington Post
- Test your water IQ – Whole Living Daily
- Threats to wildlife – Ocean Conservancy
- Tips for a green home and yard – A Simply Good Life
- Trash and recycling trends – Round2, An Avnet Company
- Truth about water – Evergreen AES
- Truth about plastic – Reusethisbag.com
- Total water – Soulja Portfolio
- Toxicity of surfing – Adventure Journal
- Ugly journey of our trash – Project Aware
- Understanding carbon offsets – Good
- US of the Environment – Mother Nature News
- Water: Cooperation or competition – Visual.ly
- Water footprint of Americans – Nature Conservancy
- Whale shark – One World One Ocean
- Whaling is a big issue – Human Society International
- What is oceanography? – Sea Blog
- What is shark finning? – Wildaid
- What to eat this summer? – Good
- What we recycle – Live Science
- When sea levels attack – from Creative Data
- Where do plastic bottles end up? – United By Blue
- Who are the deepest divers in the sea? – Live Science
- Who’s been dumping in my ocean? – Marisys
- Why a four degree Celsius warmer world must be avoided – The Moral Mindfield
- Why don’t Americans recycle? – Good
- Why protect Antarctica’s ocean? – Antarctic Ocean Alliance
- Why the ocean? (video) – One World One Ocean
- Why you should care about water conservation – Mother Nature News
- Worldwide plastic bag ban – Reusethisbag.com
- World wetland destruction – So Fresh and So Green
My family is going to Seattle and Tofino on Vancouver Island at the end of next week. We have boys and 9. Do you think you could explain the different types of seabirds and shorebirds that we will see, you know like gulls, terns, plovers, wading birds, etc? I saw your explanation of the difference in gulls and terns and that was great. But I am wondering if you could include all of the major families of seabirds and shorebirds. Thank you!!
What a fantastic trip. I hope you find this post to be a useful guide for your sons. http://beachchairscientist.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/comparing-seabirds-shorebirds-and-wading-birds/