Sentences with phrase «ocean research priorities»

The US AMOC Program, now in its ninth year, was developed as a US interagency program to increase understanding of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in response to the fourth near - term priority of the SOST Ocean Research Priorities Plan.

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In June 2006, Chairwoman Mikulski received the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative's (JOCI) report, «From Sea to Shining Sea: Priorities for Ocean Policy Reform,» which recommended robust funding for ocean research, education, observation and exploraOcean Commission Initiative's (JOCI) report, «From Sea to Shining Sea: Priorities for Ocean Policy Reform,» which recommended robust funding for ocean research, education, observation and exploraOcean Policy Reform,» which recommended robust funding for ocean research, education, observation and exploraocean research, education, observation and exploration.

One of the programs getting a bump is the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), which is a top priority of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, an advocacy group for ocean research and poOcean Observing System (IOOS), which is a top priority of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, an advocacy group for ocean research and poOcean Commission Initiative, an advocacy group for ocean research and poocean research and policy.

The priority - setting effort comes as U.S. ocean scientists voice increasing concerns about the future of their field, which is struggling to sustain a robust research fleet and adapt to stagnating funding.

Its Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences, scheduled to be released in early 2015, is supposed to identify both high - priority research projects and the infrastructure needed to conduct them.

Each candidate must target research priorities from a list set by the scientific community, which this time included a return to Venus; probing of Saturn or its ocean moons; exploration of the moon's south pole; or returning a sample from a comet, among other options.

The committee for the Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences 2015 (DSOS) will develop a list of the top ocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availabiOcean Sciences 2015 (DSOS) will develop a list of the top ocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availabiocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availability.

(2) a description of current research, observation, and monitoring activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of research and data needs and priorities;

Encouraging research priorities to incorporate ocean acidification into conservation planning and management — Managers have an important role to play in encouraging research that has direct conservation application by partnering with research institutions or supporting such partnerships.

research priorities and management recommendations for climate change, blue carbon, ocean acidification, and developing and applying frameworks to assess community vulnerability to climate change and adaptation options

Understanding the potential consequences of rising ocean carbon levels and related ocean changes for marine life and ecosystems is a high priority for the ocean research community and marine resource management.

A few years later, ocean acidification and its effects on marine life became an international research priority.

There is another important angle to the ocean productivity issue that you might consider — there is a very real danger that the satellites that provide climate - research quality observations of this kind will not be available in the near future due to limited budgets and other priorities.

Discussions at the workshop focused on identifying key scientific priorities for the coming decades and promoting future joint research activities to understand the long - term impacts of future changes on tropical oceans and reef ecosystems.

(2) a description of current research, observation, and monitoring activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of research and data needs and priorities;

The research needs that have high priority in establishing the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of large - scale capture and disposal of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- from electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, more» system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

She reached across the aisle to build bipartisan support for one of Ocean Champions» highest priority pieces of legislation, the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, which would have languished without Republican support.

Advise US CLIVAR on research priorities, gaps, and milestones to advance ocean and climate predictions and projections through improved evaluation, and better quantification and communication of skill and uncertainty.