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The National Research Council will assemble an expert committee to provide advice and a perspective from the worldwide ocean community on the types of U.S. ocean infrastructure that will facilitate research in 2030, including advice as to what criteria may be most appropriate for setting priorities.
The committee will identify major research questions anticipated to be at the forefront of ocean science in 2030 based on national and international assessments, input from the worldwide scientific community, and ongoing research planning activities. Next, the committee will define categories of infrastructure that should be included in planning for the nation’s ocean research infrastructure of 2030 and that will be required to answer the major research questions of the future, taking into consideration: Read the full story »
Physics teacher Douglas LaVigne will soon be leaving the classroom for the open sea. After a competitive, nationwide application and interview process, LaVigne was selected as the Teacher at Sea on Expedition 323 of the JOIDES Resolution.
The Ocean Leadership newsletter #59 for the week of June 22, 2009 is now available to view online.
The oceans, our coasts, and the Great Lakes provide jobs, food, energy resources, ecological services, recreation, and tourism opportunities, and play critical roles in our Nation’s transportation, economy, and trade, as well as the global mobility of our Armed Forces and the maintenance of international peace and security.
VIMS researchers have departed for a 6-week expedition to the deep waters of the North Atlantic as part of the Census of Marine Life, a global, 10-year study of the diversity, distribution and abundance of life in the oceans.
A dynamic impression of the drilling operations on board the JOIDES Resolution during the PEAT Expeditions May/June 2009.
If you are planning to attend the 2009 NMEA annual meeting, please join NOSB in a roundtable discussion.
Behind the scene PNN Report “Core on the Floor”. In this clip the lab deck & core flow process onboard the JOIDES Resolution is narrated by science staff during the PEAT Expeditions.
Bradford Mark Clement, professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University, Miami, has been appointed director of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) at Texas A&M University.
The Ocean Leadership newsletter #58 for the week of June 8, 2009 is now available to view online.
Weekly video report form the Joides Resolution during the PEAT Expedition 320 - May/June 2009
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