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Eleanor Burton works as a marine science educator at a public aquarium in Detroit, Michigan. She leads coastal tide-pool demonstrations for visiting families and creates ocean-science activity packets for visiting school groups. Burton, a Certified Interpretive Guide, studied marine biology for her bachelor of science degree. She started at the aquarium as a volunteer interpreter at the touch tanks before joining the full-time education staff. She also writes for Biology Insights.

Why Is Florida Water So Clear? The Science Explained
How Do You Estimate How Much Sand Is on a Beach?
How Was Lake Okeechobee Formed?
What Is a Breaker Wave and How Does It Form?
Which Direction Do the North Pacific Currents Rotate?
Is Venice Sinking or Is the Water Rising?
What Causes Density Currents in Water?
Is the Pacific Ocean Shrinking? The Science Explained
What Happens When Warm and Cold Water Interact?
Can Whirlpools Sink Ships? The Science vs. the Myth
What Happens to the Water After a Tsunami?
What Factors Affect the Salinity of Ocean Water?
What Is the True Color of the Ocean and Why?
Do Ponds Have Currents? The Science of Water Movement
Is Florida Going Underwater? A Scientific Explanation
How Do the Sun and Gravity Affect the Water Cycle?
Is the Ocean on Fire? The Science Behind Ocean Fires
Do Glaciers Float? The Science of Ice and Buoyancy
Is Lake Natron Dangerous? Why It’s Deadly & How Life Survives
Why Is Lake Michigan So Blue? The Science Explained
How Are Density and Salinity Related?
Where Do Tidal Bores Occur and What Causes Them?
Why Are California Beaches Colder Than Atlantic Beaches?
How Can a Tsunami Form? Causes and the Science Explained
How Does Salinity and Temperature Affect Density?
Why Is It So Easy to Float in the Dead Sea?
Why Don’t the Great Lakes Have Tides?
What Would Earth Be Like If Ocean Water Did Not Move?
Is the Dead Sea Dried Up? The Shrinking Reality
How Deep Is Loch Ness? The Science Behind Its Depth