scholarly journals Highlights from the 2018 Ocean Sciences Session: “Ocean Science: Informing Policy, Management, and the Public”

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-101
Author(s):  
Madelyn Mette
Keyword(s):  
Policy Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Ocean Sciences

scholarly journals An Ocean Science Education Network for the Decade

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-103
Author(s):  
Gail Scowcroft ◽  
Tina Bishop ◽  
Liesl Hotaling ◽  
Paula Keener ◽  
Janice McDonnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ocean Literacy ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
Education Network ◽  
Flow Of Information

Abstract Ocean science education and ocean literacy are overarching components of all Ocean Decade challenges. Educating the next generation of ocean scientists will help achieve Ocean Decade objectives, while increasing public ocean literacy will motivate citizens to engage in the ocean science enterprise. During the UN Ocean Decade, a coordinated flow of information among scientists, educators, policy makers, business leaders, and the public will help guide research priorities in addition to enhancing citizens' ocean literacy. Ocean literacy is about more than the acquisition of ocean science knowledge. It also relates to critical needs for citizens to become responsible in sustainably using the ocean and its resources. Society must gain scientific understanding of the ocean's responses to pressures and make management decisions that are fundamental for sustainable development of its resources. U.S. ocean science education, outreach, and communication initiatives have been greatly expanded since 2002 due to the work of the National Science Foundation-funded, national Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE; now the Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement) network. The infrastructure established by COSEE is well-poised to take on the establishment of a network of networks to forge U.S. leadership in robust international collaborations in support of Ocean Decade objectives.

scholarly journals Aquatic Science: Informing Policy, Management, and the Public

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 134-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle McCrackin ◽  
Lesley Smith ◽  
Adrienne Sponberg
Keyword(s):  
Policy Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Aquatic Science

The Ocean Observatories Initiative: A Continued Presence for Interactive Ocean Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Isern ◽  
H.L. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Scale Structures ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Research Equipment

Global processes that actively shape the Earth and ultimately impact society must be investigated over the spatial and temporal scales at which they occur. To characterize the temporal behavior of dynamic processes occurring in the ocean, new types of infrastructure are needed that are capable of providing long-term, high-resolution observations of critical environmental parameters. With funding from the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) account, the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences plans to initiate construction of an integrated observatory network that will provide the oceanographic research and education communities with a new mode of access to the ocean. The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) has three elements: 1) a regional cabled network consisting of interconnected sites on the seafloor spanning several geological and oceanographic features and processes, 2) several relocatable deep-sea buoys that could also be deployed in harsh environments such as the Southern Ocean, and 3) new construction or enhancements to existing facilities leading to an expanded network of coastal observatories. The scientific problems driving the need for the OOI are broad in scope and encompass nearly every area of ocean science. Once established, the observatories constructed as part of this initiative will provide earth and ocean scientists with unique opportunities to study multiple, interrelated processes over time scales ranging from seconds to decades; to conduct comparative studies of regional processes and spatial characteristics; and to map whole-Earth and basin scale structures.

Media Workshop at Ocean Sciences Meeting will help scientists reach the public

Eos ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Patricia Azriel
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Ocean Sciences

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission: An International Organisation for the Promotion of Marine Research

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-554
Author(s):  
Peter Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
Special Focus ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Budget Planning ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Ocean Management ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Body ◽  
Functional Autonomy ◽  
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

AbstractFor 40 years the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has been the most important international body promoting understanding of ocean processes. Originating from a programme of UNESCO, in 1960 the IOC became a separate unit of UNESCO. The status of the IOC is regulated by Statutes which were substantially revised in 1999. These Statutes define the IOC as a part of UNESCO with functional autonomy limiting the authority of UNESCO bodies to supervise the IOC. This functional autonomy is reflected in the purposes and functions of the IOC, its relations with other international organisations and its own membership regulations. It is also reflected in its organisational structure, which consists of an Assembly, an Executive Council, a Secretariat and subsidiary bodies. The IOC is financed by UNESCO, with additional contributions allocated by Member States. The activities of IOC aim to improve our knowledge of the oceans and are increasingly directed towards the issues of responsible ocean management and sustainable development. The programmes are subdivided into ocean science projects, operational observing systems and ocean services. A special focus is training and education as well as mutual assistance in the field of ocean sciences as a contribution towards capacity building as a prerequisite for worldwide programmes. In performing its tasks the IOC enjoys partial autonomy under international law. However, its functional autonomy is considerably limited by the fact that programme and budget planning has to be approved by UNESCO, and that the funds and the personnel for the Secretariat are primarily provided by UNESCO. On the other hand it benefits from the facilities and opportunities offered from UNESCO so that the integration into this organisation and, simultaneously, the granting of a functional autonomy, constitutes a viable and economic way of promoting international co-operation with a view to improving our knowledge of the oceans.

scholarly journals National Science Foundation to Rebalance Ocean Science Funding

Eos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Showstack
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Council ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Science Funding ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
National Science

In its response to a National Research Council survey on ocean sciences, the National Science Foundation has endorsed recommendations calling for a budgetary course correction.

AT THE ORIGINS OF A NEW OCEAN SCIENCE. ON THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ACADEMICIAN A.S. MONIN (1921–2007)

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
V. G. Neiman ◽  
N. N. Korchagin ◽  
A. P. Mirabel
Keyword(s):  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Shirshov Institute ◽  
Russian Scientist ◽  
Atmospheric Physics ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

July 2, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Andrei S. Monin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1972), Director of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1965–1987, a world-famous outstanding Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of Earth and Ocean sciences. The article highlights the main fundamental scientific results obtained by this scientist as a result of his many years of research on a wide range of problems of hydromechanics, dynamics of the earth's interior, planetology, atmospheric physics, and first of all, gives a high assessment of his capital contribution to domestic and world oceanology.

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