Author: Ocean Studies Board

Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to ad...

The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area o...

Whether the result of an oil well blowout, vessel collision or grounding, leaking pipeline, or other incident at sea, each marine oil spill will pr...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the energy and mineral resources on the outer continental shelf. BOEM's environmental program,...

Coral reefs are critical to ocean and human life because they provide food, living area, storm protection, tourism income, and more. However, human...

Sediments, ice, corals, and trees are just some of the natural storehouses of information that help tell the complicated history of Earth's climate...

Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover...

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will...

Marine recreational fishing is a popular activity enjoyed by more than 9 million Americans annually and is a driver of the American ocean-or blue-e...

A central goal of U.S. fisheries management is to control the exploitation of fish populations so that fisheries remain biologically productive, ec...

Regular use of sunscreens has been shown to reduce the risk of sunburn and skin cancer, and slow photoaging of skin. Sunscreens can rinse off into ...

The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our ...

Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level ...

Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California's San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a...

All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unk...

As the nation's economic activities, security concerns, and stewardship of natural resources become increasingly complex and globally interrelated,...

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of clim...

In the United States (U.S.), the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, now known as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage...

Offshore wind energy development is poised to expand rapidly across the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf over the next decade, as part of a government-...

Fisheries are essential to the global economy and feed billions around the world; they, support individuals and communities, and sustain cultural h...

Antarctica hosts some of the harshest and most remote environments on Earth - and it is a region of vital importance for scientific research. The e...

The transition to renewable energy has spurred many efforts to scale up the U.S. portfolio of efficient clean energy resources, including the devel...