Finally: A National Ocean Policy
The United States is an ocean nation – our overall quality of life is dependant on the sea.
Loggerhead Challenge Sportsmanship Award Named for Dr. Wes Tunnell
Dr. Wes Tunnell, Vice Chair of the US National Committee, was honored by Texas Sea Grant when they announced that their Loggerhead Sportsmanship Award will be named after him.
Freedom of Spill Research Threatened
Scientists call for impartial funding and open data as BP and government agencies contract researchers
Marine Scientists Return With Rare Creatures From the Deep
The Mid Atlantic Ridge Ecosystems (MAR-ECO) project of the Census of Marine Life recently returned from an expedition focused on the cold waters north of the Gulf Stream and the warmer waters to the south.
NOPP Funding Announcement - U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
FY 11 NOPP Funding Announcement on Implementation of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System – OPEN
Research on Gulf Oil Spill Shouldn't Take a Backseat to Litigation
The Gulf of Mexico has been inundated with the equivalent of more than an Exxon Valdez-size spill each week -- threatening the health of the marine environment, the public and the livelihoods of gulf residents.
Director/Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Act as the Deputy Executive Secretary of IOC managing daily secretariat functions, ensuring a coherent approach to programmes and their deliveries, and in this process allowing the ADG leeway to perform the representation function on behalf of IOC and in so doing become more strategic in his/her overall function.
ONW: Week of July 19, 2010 - Number 98
The staff here at Ocean Leadership works hard to make certain that each week we provide you with the most useful and timely information regarding our efforts, activities of the community, news from Capitol Hill, and all opportunities, jobs and internships that we feel you might find beneficial.
Associate Director of NY Sea Grant, Cornell University
Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York, is an inclusive, dynamic, and innovative Ivy League university and New York's land-grant institution. Its staff, faculty, and students impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas and best practices to further the university's mission of teaching, research, and outreach.
The Census of Marine Life: Photo of the Week - File Clam
Samples for DNA barcoding were taken from this file clam, Lima sp., during a CReefs expedition on Ningaloo Island, Australia.
American Geological Institute (AGI) Seeking Policy Associate
The American Geological Institute, a non-profit federation of 47 geoscience societies, seeks a government affairs staff member.
Is BP Buying Scientists?
Is BP trying to silence expert witnesses along the Gulf? CNN's Randi Kaye investigates.
Study Overturns Old Theory Of Phytoplankton Growth
A new study concludes that an old, fundamental and widely accepted theory of how and why phytoplankton bloom in the oceans is incorrect.
NASA Goes Deep in Search of Extreme Environments
An expedition partially funded by NASA, part of a program to search extreme environments for geological, biological and chemical clues to the origins and evolution of life, has discovered the deepest known hydrothermal vent in the world, nearly 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) below the surface of the western Caribbean Sea.

