The newly-created Ocean Acidification Task Force, stood up by the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) in March, met this week at Ocean Leadership to discuss national ocean acidification priorities, analyze federal plans, and begin to formulate recommendations for ORAP to deliver to the federal agencies. Read more
NOPP Funding Announcement on Marine Renewable Energy: Submission of proposals due by 3:00 p.m. EST, 22 February 2010. Read more
For the better part of three decades, Paul G. Gaffney II toured the world’s oceans — above and below — as one of the U.S. Navy’s most respected oceanographers. Read more
A joint expedition funded by MMS and NOAA to study the distribution and abundance of deepwater coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico recently departed from Key West, Florida. This project is conducted under the auspices of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Read more
Monmouth University is pleased to announce that on August 12 President Paul G. Gaffney II was named the new chair of the Ocean Research & Resources Advisory Panel (ORAP), a panel created by statute to advise federal agencies regarding ocean science and management matters. Read more
The search for domestic energy sources is progressing to great depths in the Gulf of Mexico. As economic interests move oil and gas operations into these previously unexplored areas, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) works to increase understanding of the organisms residing at these depths. Read more
