Experts from the National Ocean Council’s 27 Federal agencies and offices have been busy drafting strategic action plans to achieve nine national priority objectives that address some of the most pressing challenges facing our ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes. Read more
A milestone was reached this spring toward building a strong ocean acidification (OA) research community in the U.S., when the first workshop for U.S. OA researchers was held on March 22-24, 2011, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) will attend and host an exhibit booth at the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress in Victoria, British Columbia from May 14-18. Please stop by our booth and pick up a copy of the report on Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network. Read more
Gulf of Mexico Alliance Contracts Ocean Leadership to help manage the Gulf Research Initiative Read more
Research Board Requests Proposals to Establish Consortia to Study Effects of Deepwater Horizon on the Gulf of Mexico Read more
The deepwater coral pictured was taken in the Gulf of Mexico lease block Green Canyon 354 at 525 m as part of the FY 08 NOPP project led by Dr. James Brooks of TDI International, Inc. Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce the release of the Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Synthesis Report. The report is the result of a three-day workshop held at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership to plan for the implementation of a sustainable marine Biodiversity Observing Network (BON). Currently, there is no standardized, coordinated approach to monitoring marine biodiversity, the degree of variation in marine life forms. The report provides a set of recommendations and case studies for implementing a national and global marine BON. Read more
Scientists from Four Universities Awarded Multiple-Year Funds for Marine Mammal Detection, Classification and Localization Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) today announced the release of the Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Synthesis Report. Read more
The global Argo array pictured shows the 3,258 autonomous profiling CTD floats and the data from these floats is available in real time and delayed mode. Read more
