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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.

What Is a Bore Tide and How Does One Form?
How Does Energy (Heat) Flow in the Ocean?
What Causes White Water in Rivers and Oceans?
How Does the Hydrosphere Affect the Atmosphere?
Why Do Surface Waves Break Along the Shore?
Why Is the Dead Sea So Salty and Full of Minerals?
What Is a Longshore Current and How Does It Form?
How Does a Maelstrom Form? The Science Explained
Why Are There So Many Sinkholes in Florida?
How Far South Do Icebergs Go? A Scientific Answer
Why Is Bora Bora Water So Clear? The Science Explained
Where Is the Thermocline and Why Does Its Location Matter?
What Is an Upwelling and Why Is It Important?
Why Don’t the Oceans Mix and What Happens When They Meet?
Why Is the Gulf of Mexico’s Water Brown?
What Are Gyres in the Ocean and What Do They Do?
What Is the Thermocline and How Does It Form?
How Is Water Distributed Through the Biosphere?
What Is a Secchi Disk and How Does It Work?
Why Is Salt Water Important to Life on Earth?
What Is Calcareous Ooze? Its Formation and Distribution
What Would Happen If the Ocean Dried Up?
Why Is Lake Michigan So Clear? The Causes and Effects
Why Are the Oceans Different Colors?
Is There a Thermocline in the Ocean?
What If the Oceans Were Fresh Water?
Why Is Medina Lake Drying Up? A Scientific Explanation
Is the Everglades a Swamp or a River of Grass?
What Are the Global Effects of Ocean Downwelling?
What Would Happen If Water Disappeared?