Organizations

Future Earth Coasts Future Earth Coasts- The LOICZ Project focuses on the area of the earth's surface where land, ocean and atmosphere meet and interact. The overall goal of this project is to determ… Alfred Wegener Institute: Marine, Coastal and Polar Systems Alfred Wegener Institute: Marine, Coastal and Polar Systems- The PACES project aims to identify the role of processes at high latitudes on past, current and future changes of the … Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR) Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR)- Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science runs the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey, a long term plankton survey in the North At… Climate and Cryosphere Climate and Cryosphere- Concentrating on the understanding of Arctic Ocean variability and change including sea ice processes. Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME)- Aims to assist countries adjacent to the Guinea Current ecosystem to achieve environmental and resource sustainability. Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)- Activities focus on promoting international cooperation in planning and conducting oceanographic research, and solving methodologi… The Carlsberg Ridge Cruise The Carlsberg Ridge Cruise- Discusses the trip of the research ship RRS Charles Darwin took to go study the undersea ridge located between eastern Africa and the Seychelle Islands… Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)- A new international research initiative which has as its goal: 'To achieve quantitative understanding of the key biogeochemical-physi… ArcticNet ArcticNet- Collaborative effort joins Canadian university researchers and government officials with scientists from Japan, Europe, Russia and the US to study the impacts of climat… Ocean Observing and Climate Research Group Ocean Observing and Climate Research Group- Undertakes research into the role of the ocean in changing climate. Marine Research Aquarium Marine Research Aquarium- Information on the building of a marine aquarium for propagation of coral. Site also tells how to collect specimens and create a chemical/biological/phys… Living with the Sea Living with the Sea- Project addressing the impact of sea level rise and the UK flood and coastal defence response on the internationally important habitats protected by the UK Ha… Oceans 2025 Oceans 2025- Strategic marine science programme, bringing marine researchers together to increase people's knowledge of the marine environment so that they are better able to prot… Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean- NEMO is a modeling framework for oceanographic research and operational oceanography. It allows ocean related components (ocean dynami… General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)- Consists of an international group of experts who work on the development of a range of publicly-available bathymetric data sets a… Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX) Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX)- A cage experiment to assess the total heat and water flux divergence of the BALTEX area. The basic BALTEX programme elements include numerical mode… Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)- An international programme to assess more accurately, and understand better the processes controlling, regional to global and seasonal to in… Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)- GLOSS aims at the establishment of high quality global and regional sea level networks for application to climate, oceanographic and coa… Significance of Anthropogenic Nitrogen for Central Baltic Sea N-cycling (SIGNAL) Significance of Anthropogenic Nitrogen for Central Baltic Sea N-cycling (SIGNAL)- Addresses the question of eutrophication sources and what impact additional nitrogen has on the p… Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)- Project intended to be a permanent global system for observations, modeling and analysis of variables needed to support operational ocean ser… Coriolis Coriolis- French project for operational oceanography with the objective of developing automatic and permanent observation networks. Find project description, news and contacts. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC)- Summary of research of experiments to record temperatures in the ocean in order to verify existing climate models by using sound. An … Coastal Observatory, Liverpool Bay (COBS) Coastal Observatory, Liverpool Bay (COBS)- Coastal Observatory built on real-time measurements and model predictions with particular focus on the Irish Sea and Liverpool Bay hoste… RAPID Meridional Overturning Circulation data (RAPIDMOC) RAPID Meridional Overturning Circulation data (RAPIDMOC)- Near real time data from key moorings, deployed as part of a monitoring array at 26.5°N to measure the Atlantic Meridiona… Monitoring the Atlantic Inflow Toward the Arctic (MAIA) Monitoring the Atlantic Inflow Toward the Arctic (MAIA)- Developing a system based on coastal sea-level data for monitoring the inflows of Atlantic Water to the northern seas. Cornell Morocco Project Cornell Morocco Project- Cooperative research between Cornell University, Morocco and Spain to study the geodynamics of the western Mediterranean (Alboran) region. Page includes c… Atmospheric Deposition and Impact (ADIOS) Atmospheric Deposition and Impact (ADIOS)- Created to study the impact of the atmosphere pollutants and natural substances affects the biochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea. Page … MAss Transfer and Ecosystem Response (MTP II-MATER) MAss Transfer and Ecosystem Response (MTP II-MATER)- The overall objective of the MTP II MATER is to study and to quantify the triggering and controlling mechanisms of mass and en… Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO)- A consortium formed by a group of scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the Massachusetts Institute of Tec… Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX) Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX)- A six-year research initiative that has as its principal objective the identification of processes governing the circu…