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Laying out a vision for the Center for Ocean Solutions, the Strategic Plan 2012-2016 highlights important focal areas and collaborations as well as COS's educational programs and efforts. The Plan provides an overview of COS's approach to finding solutions to the challenges facing the oceans and how the organization selects project or program to include in its portfolio. Finally the Strategic Plan lays out metrics for measuring the success of the organization's efforts and undertakings.

• Introduction to the 21st century Maritime Silk Road.- Wind Climate Characteristics.- Wave Climate Characteristics.- Ocean Current Characteristics.- Marine resource Characteristics and Current Utilization.- Characteristics of Important Routes, Channels, and Ports.- Maritime Silk Road in the Perspective of International Law.- Construction of Comprehensive Application Platform of the Maritime Silk Road.
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This book focuses on understanding the characteristics of the marine environment; overall characteristic of the marine resources (especially the marine new energy) and their current utilization; important routes, channels, and ports; and the Maritime Silk Road from the perspective of international law. It also discusses the significance and opportunities of the Maritime Silk Road initiative, analyzes the challenges involved in the construction of the Maritime Silk Road and provides corresponding countermeasures. Based on the above research, this book also proposes to construct a comprehensive application platform for the Maritime Silk Road that will be a practical tool for decision-making. This book is one of the series publications on the 21st century Maritime Silk Road (shortened as "Maritime Silk Road"). This series publications cover the characteristics of the marine environment and marine new energy, remote islands and reefs construction, climate change, early warning of wave disasters, legal escort, marine environment and energy big data construction, etc. contributing to the safe and efficient construction of the Maritime Silk Road. It aims to improve our knowledge of the ocean, thus to improve the capacity for marine construction, enhance the viability of remote islands and reefs, ease the energy crisis and protect the ecological environment, improve the quality of life of residents along the Maritime Silk Road, and protect the rights, interests of the countries and regions participating in the construction of the Maritime Silk Road. It will be a valuable reference for decision-makers, researchers, and marine engineers working in the related fields.
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In Indian context.

• Go to the beach
• Get married on a wild beach
• Dive responsibly
• Be a blue boater
• Keep your home aquarium ocean friendly
• Go on a whale-watching trip
• Visit a tide pool
• Take kids surfing, or have them take you
• Fish for fun, food, and the future
• Walk on whatever beach you want
• Talk about the ocean in your place of worship
• Eat organic and vegetarian foods
• Eat seafood that's healthy and sustainable
• Grow a natural yard and garden (and play on a natural green)
• Conserve water
• Conserve energy to help the seas and yourself
• Be a marine sanctuary volunteer
• Prevent sea turtles from going the way of dinosaurs
• Use less plastic
• Opt out of the throwaway culture
• Raise funds for ocean conservation
• Maintain an ocean-friendly driveway or green roof
• Keep your household refuse nontoxic
• Drive a fuel-efficient car, join a car pool, or use public transit
• Don't use your storm drain as if it were a toilet
• Upgrade your house above hurricane code
• Join in a coastal cleanup
• Protect our waters from invasive organisms (exotic critters)
• Sail on an ocean-friendly cruise ship
• Support your local wetlands
• Restore a stream, river, or watershed
• Live a reasonable distance from the beach
• Count the fish; then do some light
• Housekeeping for them
• Protect the dunes so they'll protect us
• Power down around whales, manatees, and other marine wildlife
• Join a marine mammal rescue center
• Work to create wilderness parks under the sea
• Don't feed the sharks (or let them feed on you)
• Don't exploit sea creatures for vanity's sake
• Keep oil off our shore
• Visit an aquarium
• Support marine education in our schools
• Speak for the seas at local public hearings
• Learn your local maritime history
• Talk to your cousin in Kansas about the weather
• Learn how to navigate and read the tides
• Immerse yourself in blue media
• Go on a live or virtual ocean expedition
• Vote for those who protect the coast
• Be a seaweed rebel.

[This book] addresses daily choices we can make to restore, preserve, and ultilmatly respect the great seas ... (back cover.).

• 1 Front Matter
• 2 Keynote Lecture The Emergence of the National Science Foundation as a Supporter of Ocean Sciences in the United States
• 3 Landmark Achievements of Ocean Sciences Achievements in Biological Oceanography
• 4 Achievements in Chemical Oceanography
• 5 Achievements in Physical Oceanography
• 6 Achievements in Marine Geology and Geophysics
• 7 Deep Submergence: The Beginnings of Alvin as a Tool of Basic Research
• 8 The History of Woods Hole's Deep Submergence Program
• 9 Creating Institutions to Make Scientific Discoveries Possible A Chronology of the Early Development of Ocean Sciences at NSF
• 10 Ocean Sciences at the National Sciences Foundation: Early Revolution
• 11 Ocean Sciences at the National Sciences Foundation: An Administrative History
• 12 Two Years of Turbulence Leading to a Quarter Century of Cooperation: The Birth of UNOLS
• 13 Scientific Ocean Drilling, from AMSOC to COMPOST
• 14 Technology Development for Ocean Sciences at NSF
• 15 Large and Small Science Programs: A Delicate Balance The Great Importance of "Small" Science Programs
• 16 The Role of NSF in "Big" Ocean Science: 1950 to 1980
• 17 Major Physical Oceanography Programs at NSF: IDOE Through Global Change
• 18 Major International Programs in Ocean Sciences: Ocean Chemistry
• 19 Ocean Sciences Today and Tomorrow The Future of Physical Oceanography
• 20 The Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States
• 21 The Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics: A Summary
• 22 Out Far and In Deep: Shifting Perspectives in Ocean Ecology
• 23 Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach
• 24 Education in Oceanography: History, Purpose, and Prognosis
• 25 Evolving Institutional Arrangements for U.S. Ocean Sciences
• 26 NSF's Commitment to the Deep
• 27 Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery
• 28 Argo to ARGO
• 29 The Importance of Ocean Sciences to Society
• 30 Appendix A: Symposium Program
• 31 Appendix B: Symposium Participants
• 32 Appendix C: Poster Session
• 33 Appendix D: NSF Division of Ocean Sciences: Senior Science Staff, Rotators, IPAs, and Visiting Sciences
• 34 Appendix E: Support of Ocean Sciences at NSF from 1966 to 1999
• 35 Appendix F: Organizational Charts
• 36 Appendix G: NRC Project Oversight
• 37 Appendix H: Acronyms
• 38 Index
• 39 Supplementary Pictures.
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This book describes the development of ocean sciences over the past 50 years, highlighting the contributions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the field's progress. Many of the individuals who participated in the exciting discoveries in biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, and marine geology and geophysics describe in the book how the discoveries were made possible by combinations of insightful individuals, new technology, and in some cases, serendipity. In addition to describing the advance of ocean science, the book examines the institutional structures and technology that made the advances possible and presents visions of the field's future. This book is the first-ever documentation of the history of NSFa (TM)s Division of Ocean Sciences, how the structure of the division evolved to its present form, and the individuals who have been responsible for ocean sciences at NSF as a /rotatorsa and career staff over the past 50 years.
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• Landmark Achievements of Ocean Sciences
• Creating Institutions to Make Scientific Discoveries Possible
• Large and Small Science Programs: A Delicate Balance
• Ocean Sciences Today and Tomorrow.

This book describes the development of ocean sciences over the past 50 years, highlighting the contributions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the field's progress. Many of the individuals who participated in the exciting discoveries in biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, and marine geology and geophysics describe in the book how the discoveries were made possible by combinations of insightful individuals, new technology, and in some cases, serendipity. In addition to describing the advance of ocean science, the book examines the institutional structures and technology that made the advances possible and presents visions of the field's future. This book is the first-ever documentation of the history of NSFa (TM)s Division of Ocean Sciences, how the structure of the division evolved to its present form, and the individuals who have been responsible for ocean sciences at NSF as a /rotatorsa and career staff over the past 50 years.
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A comprehensive, single-volume A-to-Z reference, A to Z of Marine Scientists profiles approximately 140 scientists who have contributed significantly to the field of marine science. Emphasizing the scientists' contributions to the field as well as their effects on scientists in marine science and related fields who followed, A to Z of Marine Scientists will lead students and library users through the important and fascinating aspects of the lives of those profiled while exposing readers to the history of many important scientific and technological innovations.
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Describes different types of oceans, from the chilly Arctic Ocean to the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean, and shows how various species of animals and plants have adapted to life in these habitats.