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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Exploration of the Seas: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10630.
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Exploration of the Seas

Interim Report

Committee on Exploration of the Seas

Ocean Studies Board

Division on Earth and Life Studies

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Exploration of the Seas: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10630.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. 56-DKNA-1-95107 and 56-DGNA-1-00001 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This paper is funded “in part” by a contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its subagencies.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Exploration of the Seas: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10630.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Exploration of the Seas: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10630.
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COMMITTEE ON EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS

JOHN ORCUTT (Chair),

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

SHIRLEY A. POMPONI (Vice-Chair),

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida

TUNDI AGARDY,

Sound Seas, Bethesda, Maryland

GEORGE F. BASS,

Texas A&M University, College Station

EARL H. DOYLE,

Shell Oil (ret.), Sugar Land, Texas

TERRY GARCIA,

National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.

BRUCE GILMAN,

Sonsub Inc. (ret.), Houston, Texas

SUSAN HUMPHRIS,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

ISAO KOIKE,

University of Tokyo, Japan

RICHARD LUTZ,

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

MARCIA MCNUTT,

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California

JOHN NORTON MOORE,

University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville

WALTER PITMAN III,

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York

JÖRN THIEDE,

Foundation for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

VICTOR M. VICENTE-VIDAL LORANDI,

Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Morelos, Mexico

Staff

JENNIFER MERRILL, Program Officer

MORGAN GOPNIK, Director

JODI BACHIM, Senior Project Assistant

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Exploration of the Seas: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10630.
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OCEAN STUDIES BOARD

NANCY RABALAIS (Chair),

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin

ARTHUR BAGGEROER,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

JAMES COLEMAN,

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

LARRY CROWDER,

Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina

RICHARD B. DERISO,

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, California

EARL DOYLE,

Shell Oil (ret.), Sugar Land, Texas

ROBERT DUCE,

Texas A&M University, College Station

WAYNE R. GEYER,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

MIRIAM KASTNER,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

RALPH S. LEWIS,

Connecticut Geological Survey, Hartford

JULIAN P. MCCREARY, JR.,

University of Hawaii, Honolulu

JACQUELINE MICHEL,

Research Planning, Inc., Columbus, South Carolina

SCOTT NIXON,

University of Rhode Island, Narragansett

JON G. SUTINEN,

University of Rhode Island, Kingston

NANCY TARGETT,

University of Delaware, Lewes

Staff

MORGAN GOPNIK, Director

SUSAN ROBERTS, Senior Program Officer

DAN WALKER, Senior Program Officer

JOANNE BINTZ, Program Officer

JENNIFER MERRILL, Program Officer

TERRY SCHAEFER, Program Officer

ROBIN MORRIS, Financial Officer

JOHN DANDELSKI, Research Associate

SHIREL SMITH, Administrative Associate

JODI BACHIM, Senior Project Assistant

NANCY CAPUTO, Senior Project Assistant

DENISE GREENE, Senior Project Assistant

SARAH CAPOTE, Project Assistant

BYRON MASON, Project Assistant

JULIE PULLEY, Project Assistant

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was greatly enhanced by the participants of the three workshops held as part of this study. The Committee would first like to acknowledge the efforts of those who gave presentations at the meetings: Joe Baker, Patricio Bernal, Steven Bohlen, Bryndis Brandsdottir, Harry Breidahl, Mario Caceres, Tommy Dickey, Rene Drucker-Colin, Sylvia Earle, Paul Egerton, John Field, Montserrat Gorina-Ysern, J. Frederick Grassle, Jeremy Green, James Greenwood, Stephen Hammond, Su Jilan, Robert Knox, Suzanne Lacasse, Larry Mayer, Craig McLean, Michael Meredith, Jean-Francois Minster, Alain Morash, Rob Murdoch, Nii Odunton, Annelies Pierrot-Bults, Fangli Qiao, Muthukamatchi Ravindran, Shubha Sathyendranath, Sergey Shapovalov, Sunil Murlidhar Shastri, Victor Smetacek, Kiyoshi Suyehiro, Tamaki Ura, and James Yoder. These talks helped set the stage for fruitful discussions in the closed sessions that followed. Edward Urban, Jr., Elizabeth Gross, and Maria Hood were a great assistance to the committee and staff in planning the International Global Ocean Exploration Workshop. The Committee is also grateful to Margot Bohan who provided important material for this report.

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in their review of this report:

VERA ALEXANDER, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

FRANCIS A. DAHLEN, JR., Princeton University, New Jersey

RUSS DAVIS, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

SCOTT DONEY, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

SYLVIA EARLE, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc., Oakland, California

ROGER LUKAS, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

STEPHEN OLSEN, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett

KARL TUREKIAN, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

DONALD WALSH, International Maritime, Inc., Myrtle Point, Oregon

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by William Fenical, appointed by the Divison on Earth and Life Studies, and Carl Wunsch, appointed by the Report Review Committee, who were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Seventy percent of our blue planet is covered by oceans. Although progress has been made in understanding the role of oceans in climate change, locating energy reserves, revealing new life forms, and describing the flow of carbon through these systems, it may be time to catapult our understanding to new levels by undertaking an interdisciplinary, international, global ocean exploration program. The interim report outlines the committee's vision for a future international global ocean exploration program; this vision will be fully described, together with detailed recommendations for technological needs and capabilities, funding levels, and management structures to ensure a productive and successful ocean exploration program.

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