The Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS) was established in 1982 to foster collaborative research between Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in fisheries ecosystem studies, aquaculture, oceanography, and marine-resource technology and related fields. The present day CIMRS partnership brings university scientists together with scientists from NOAA's NW Fisheries Science Center, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory to work on problems of mutual interest relating to the living and non-living components of the marine environment and their interrelationships.

CIMSS scientists conduct research using passive remote sensing systems for meteorological and surface-based applications. CIMSS is a Cooperative Institute formed through a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

CORE is the Washington, D.C. based association of U.S. oceanographic research institutions, universities, laboratories, and aquaria. Our 79 members represent the nucleus of U.S. research and education about the ocean.

To improve our understanding of complex coastal ocean processes, long-term, region-scale measurements are required. Several oceanographic research institutions located on the U.S. East Coast have recently created coastal ocean observing systems to acquire such measurements. In order to facilitate good communication, WHOI CICOR and WHOI COI have begun to develop a central web entry point for participating coastal observatory websites.

This page presents images and news releases based on observations of the El Ni�/La Ni� phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and other NASA/JPL satellites and instruments.

Located in Boulder, Colorado, ETL supports the strategic goals of NOAA and OAR through regionally specific research efforts in weather, climate, and air quality that exploit the Laboratory's unique expertise in remote sensing of the geophysical environment.

The aim of ESONET is to establish the basis for a marine component of GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) comprising a network of long-term, sea floor, multi-disciplinary observatories at key provinces around the European margin providing continuous vigilance in relation to geophysical, biogeochemical, oceanographic and biological phenomena. ESONET will be focussed beyond the continental shelf edge in the ocean margin areas down to 4000 m depth which are less well known than the shelf itself and generally beyond the reach of existing ocean data systems. The European Ocean Margin region extends approximately 15,000 km from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea with an area of ca. 3 million km2 this great submarine terrain is comparable with the total land mass of Europe. Only a small fraction has been explored and new features, and communities of animals are discovered every year. It is important that monitoring of Biodiversity and Global change be established in this realm.

GFDL's mission is to be a world leader in the production of timely and reliable knowledge and assessments on natural climate variability and anthropogenic changes and in the development of the required earth system models. GFDL works cooperatively in NOAA to advance its expert assessments of changes in national and global climate through research, improved models, and products.

This website is designed to provide a portal through which scientists, resource managers, and the public can access information about our program and our partners.Our goal is to make our program completely transparent to the public, and to make products and data produced by the program readily accessible, including products from EPA researchers in our laboratories and centers, as well as from our grantees and collaborators.

The GHCC's many areas of study are closely related to each other. Like the climate and environment we study, no one aspect stands alone. Water vapor, winds, temperatures at different altitudes, lightning, aerosols, and other factors all connect in a complex, interactive Earth-atmosphere system. This is what makes our work both challenging and intriguing. The best way to grapple with so many questions is by scientists teaming across different disciplines and organizations. The GHCC is a unique joining of the talents of government, academic, and industry researchers in this common endeavor. GHCC scientists collaborate closely with other research centers, both in the United States and in other nations. We also work to spread awareness and understanding of our results among leaders and citizens of today and the future.

GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide. GOOS will provide accurate descriptions of the present state of the oceans, including living resources; continuous forecasts of the future conditions of the sea for as far ahead as possible; and the basis for forecasts of climate change.

Dr. Myers and colleagues launched the Global Shark Assessment in October of 2003 to assess how global shark populations have changed since the beginning of industrial scale fishing, and to make predictions about how these populations will respond to global climate change and to different methods of fishing.

Global temperature in 1998 was the hottest in the historical record, and the temperature increase over the 20th century is likely to be the highest of the past millennium. Global average temperatures have warmed about one degree Fahrenheit (0.6?C) since 1900. The ten warmest years on record have occurred since 1987, seven of them since 1994. This map illustrates the local consequences of global warming. Dr. Sharon Locke of the University of Southern Maine and Dr. Susanne Moser of the Union of Concerned Scientists researched, categorized, and described the events featured on this world map and completed a map update in January 2003 based on the latest scientific findings. This updated map builds on work originally undertaken by the Sierra Club and extended by Dr. Janine Bloomfield and Molly Smith of Environmental Defense and Dr. Sharon Locke for the first edition, published in 1999. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has developed background materials on the map for scientists and map curriculum materials for high school teachers.

The EPA Global Warming Site is provided as a public service by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA's climate change programs and activities are an integral part of the Agency's mission and purpose. With the Global Warming Site, we strive to present accurate information on the very broad issue of climate change and global warming in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society communities, individuals, business, public officials and governments.

The Great Lakes Commission is leading development of an integrated Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) to provide critical real-time data for multiple users, including, among others, resource managers, researchers, homeland security interests, the commercial shipping industry and the recreational boating community. GLOS will be a regional node of NOAA's multi-year, national Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) initiative.