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Proceedings of a Workshop IN BRIEF December 2020 Sustaining Ocean Observations Proceedings of a Workshop -- in Brief Uninterrupted, multi-decadal observations of the ocean are critical to understanding the Earth system as a whole and managing the ocean's resources on which human lives and economies depend. Short-term funding cycles in the United States challenge the continuity of ocean observations over the long term, and make support of a new generation of the workforce, technology development, and the research fleet vulnerable.
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holders, and how she coordinates with these stakeholders to communicate this value. Sosik has conducted plankton observations since 2006, using machine learning algorithms to classify billions of images collected with a submersible robotic microscope.
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FIGURE 2 The Schmidt Ocean Institute's Research Vessel Falkor (left) and a photo of a siphonophore, a colonial organism made of many individual animals (right)
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importance of ocean observing should be framed for them in this regard. She said messaging about the value of ocean observations is very effective when delivered by citizens and businesses, such as a beachfront hotel owner who needs predictions of the sargassum seaweed washing up on their shores.
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Strategy,7 which outlines a way forward for ocean observations by building partnerships and maintaining a system geared toward delivery of products to meet the needs of end users. Specifically, ocean data should provide a means to support environmental management, the economy, sustainable development, defense, and safety, he added.
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priorities differ between stakeholders, and there are different levels of stakeholders and funders. In this case, he said "sustainability" of the system means there will be a process of continual evolution and learning.
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needs, create flexibility, improve communication, identify regional differences and make connections across regions, inform ethical and sustainable management, and ultimately improve the ability to monitor and forecast the ocean. During the panel discussion, she further explained that indigenous people should not only be included in data collection, but also in project conceptualization and data interpretation.
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with funding agencies and end users (e.g., energy production, fisheries management, deep sea mining) would help build support for the system.
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government in ocean observing. NASA contributes to ocean observing through satellite measurements of ocean variables, some of which have been collected for several decades.
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relying on partners like the IOOS Association and the research community, and help is needed to communicate this value from a variety of perspectives. PRIVATE SECTOR INTERESTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT OBSERVATIONS Representatives from the private sector provided examples of partnerships they have entered in support of ocean science and observations.
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Another potential role for a private sector partner is to provide in-kind support, such as the data services described by Ana Pinheiro Privette, lead for the Amazon Sustainability Initiative. Amazon provides these services as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative, motivated by a concern for solving sustainability problems.
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support for ocean observing is establishing the backbone organization that can provide marketing and organizational capabilities, one option being a "National Ocean Observing Foundation" using NFWF as a model. He estimated that such an organization may require about $10 million.
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