…by the ocean community and the public to influence policymakers to advance ocean science, education and sound marine policy.
A look at the Arctic region uncovers many hot-button issues: climate change, energy extraction, and cultural impacts, just to name a few
Astrophysicist France Anne Córdova has been tapped to head the US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Healthy oceans benefit all Americans, whether they live on our nation's coasts or in the heartland.
The federal government needs to expand the scope of its damage assessment, the NRC said today in a new report.
Monthly program update for Advocacy
A meeting of 24 nations and the European Union in mid-July will decide the fate of two proposed ocean reserves in Antarctica.
When President Barack Obama took to the microphone at Georgetown University on Tuesday afternoon to announce his “Climate Action Plan,” the long-awaited next steps in his effort to reduce U.S. carbon pollution, he didn’t forget to call out the effect such pollution has already had on the oceans.
Report Calls on Administration and Congress to Focus on Critical Ocean Policy Priorities
James Cameron, explorer and well-known film director , joined Dr. Susan Avery, Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), on Capitol Hill this week for a series of events and meetings, including a Senate Committee hearing titled “Deep Sea Challenge: Innovative Partnerships in Ocean Observation.”
Costs and ageing vessels pile pressure on oceanographic research.
Monthly program update for Advocacy
Today, the Administration released the Federal Oceanographic Fleet Status Report, a comprehensive Federal review of the Nation’s fleet of oceanographic survey and research vessels.