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• BBC: Lost World :: Warning from North Sea

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6584011.stm
  Report on how archaeologists are mapping a prehistoric "lost country" of hunter-gatherers, now hidden below the North Sea.

• BBC: Prehistoric North Sea 'Atlantis' Hit by 5m Tsunami

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27224243
  Article about the abandoning of Doggerland after being hit by a 5m surge of sea water 8,200 years ago. Includes a map, video animation, and photos of artifacts from this submarine archaeological site.

• Defending the North Sea

  http://weblog.greenpeace.org/northsea/
  Blog of a Greenpeace campaigning voyage to declare 40% of the North Sea a marine reserve.

• Forest Lost to the Sea at Sutton on Sea

  http://www.suttononsea.info/history/forest.htm
  Photographs of tree stumps exposed at low spring tide in 1992, showing remains of submarine forest off the Lincolnshire coast.

• Management Unit of the North Sea Mathemetical Models

  http://www.mumm.ac.be/
  A department of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, which models and monitors marine ecosystems, and represents Belgium in inter-governmental conventions. Information about the sea, environmental pressures, and their role and activities. [Multi-lingual]

• North Sea

  http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5521
  The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) describes the status of the stocks and environmental problems of the UK fisheries.

• North Sea and Skagerrak Strait

  http://www.internalwaveatlas.com/Atlas2_PDF/IWAtlas2_Pg157_NorthSea.pdf
  An Atlas of Oceanic Internal Solitary Waves prepared for Office of Naval Research.

• North Sea Flood of 1953 - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953
  Article on a major natural disaster which hit the coastlines of Belgium, Denmark, England, France, and the Netherlands 31st January - 1st February 1953; explains its causes, impact and discusses future risk.

• North Sea Palaeolandscapes

  http://www.iaalocal.bham.ac.uk/North_Sea_Palaeolandscapes/index.htm
  A project in the University of Birmingham (UK) to explore Late Quaternary and Holocene geology, and create models which may be used by the aggregates industry to plan extraction and mitigation strategies. Information about project, partners and publications.

• North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC)

  http://www.nsrac.org/
  Supports a sustainable marine environment. Includes list of meetings, members and publications.

• Pro Sea Foundation

  http://www.prosea.info/
  Provides sustainability courses and workshops for the maritime and fishing sectors, schools, governmental agencies and businesses.

• Scientists urge North Sea cod ban

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6732701.stm
  'BBC News' article about The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) recommending major cuts in the catches of fish including haddock and plaice.

• Seas At Risk

  http://www.seas-at-risk.org/
  The European association of non-governmental environmental organisations working to protect and restore to health the marine environment of the European seas and the wider North East Atlantic.

• Tides of Change: Two Million Years on the Suffolk Coast

  http://www.touchingthetide.org.uk/assets/Documents/Tides-of-Change-2-million-years-on-the-Suffolk-coast.pdf
  Leaflet on the changing coastline of East Anglia afftect by geological and tidal influences. Includes photographs of locations and fossils, diagrams of events, and glossary.

• Wikipedia: Doggerland

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
  Article on the history of the area now known as Dogger Bank, when it was a land mass connectring Britain with the Netherlands. Includes derivation of name, references, and related links compiled voluntarily by the public.

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