Global Ocean Science Toward an Integrated Approach (1999) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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The ocean contains vast untapped mineral and energy resources and is enjoyed by millions of people for swimming, boating, and other recreational activities, and has been a major factor in our national security. Since the end of the cold war there has been a re-focusing of this nation's interests in the ocean toward issues such as the effects of coastal pollution on human health and the economy and the ocean's role in climate change (natural and anthropogenic)
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These programs have grown to account for a significant source of funding for basic oceanographic research in this country. For example, within the Ocean Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF/ OCE; the largest sponsor of basic oceanographic research in the United States in terms of the number of principal investigators funded)
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, yet both sponsors and the committee agreed that the major emphasis of the committee's efforts should be directed toward examining major programs within which NSF plays a significant role. This emphasis on a generic examination of major programs with a focus on NSF's involvement, reflects both the resources and time available to the committee, and the recognition of the wide effect these programs have on that component of the ocean science community that conducts basic research with funds provided by NSF.
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component of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment [WOCE] program, one of the more mature of the ongoing programs, lists nearly 600 publication titles on its databases, coordinates activities of over 250 separately funded projects involving over 125 different investigators, and received funds or in-kind contributions from five different federal agencies)
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. Furthermore, the term interdisciplinary is considered equally applicable to activities involving multiple ocean science subdisciplines (e.g., physical oceanography, biological oceanography, marine geology)
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efforts. Requests for community input via a questionnaire available on the World Wide Web were made through a variety of means, including articles in EOS (a widely read, weekly publication of the American Geophysical Union)
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The committee agreed that recommending a specific ratio in the balance of funding between major research programs and unsolicited proposals within the core ocean science disciplines would be of limited value. The intent of the report is therefore to provide the tools needed to help the federal agencies, especially NSF/OCE, continually adjust the mix while minimizing any adverse impact these decisions may have on the ability of the ocean science community to maintain the high standard of scientific achievement that has marked its past.
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recommend how future programs should be structured; and possibly most importantly, (3) recommend mechanisms to identify scientific challenges meriting the tremendous effort represented by major research programs.
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