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OVERVIEW
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... OSB members identify issues for study, assess study plans and background documents, review draft reports, serve on committees, nominate new committee and board members, and organize special sessions for professional meetings. OSB activities are supported primarily by federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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... OSB activities fall into three broac} categories: promoting the health of ocean sciences in the United States, encouraging the protection and wise use of the ocean and its resources, and applying ocean science to improve national security. Within each area, the OSB focuses on basic science and, if appropriate, on how science relates to policy.
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Key Terms

  • ocean sciences
  • osb activities
  • times annually
  • eight units
  • advisory commissions

  • physical oceanography
  • earth sciences
  • waste management
  • water science
  • jointly administered

  • international ocean
  • agency sponsors
  • issues including
  • biological oceanography
  • review existing

  • marine geology
  • board meets
  • chemical oceanography
  • engineering communities
  • marine biology

  • activities fall
  • ocean research
  • assess study
  • international cooperation
  • background documents

  • oceanographic research
  • occasionally obtained
  • multidisciplinary body
  • improve scientific
  • national biological


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