National Links
U.S. Global Change Research Program
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society.
- Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States This report represents a consensus of 13 agencies developed over a year and half and summarizes the science and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (JOCI)
JOCI works with people and organizations at the national, regional, state, and local levels to effect meaningful ocean policy reform.
- JOCI West Coast Report This report offers guidance to local, state and federal leaders on how to improve the health of coastal ecosystems and the economies that depend on them through integrated decision-making.
- Ocean Priorities For The Obama Administration And Congress
This report outlines twenty priority actions needed for improving ocean and coastal policy and management, bolstering international leadership, strengthening ocean science, and funding ocean and coastal policies and programs.
Pew Charitable Trusts-Protecting Ocean Life
The Pew Charitable Trusts’ marine work is aimed at preserving the biological integrity of marine ecosystems.
- America's Living Oceans: Charting a Course for Sea Change, is a review of the state of our oceans and a national agenda for protecting and restoring them.
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
The Commission’s mandate was to establish findings and develop recommendations for a new and comprehensive national ocean policy.
- An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century
The Commission's findings and recommendations for a new, coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy.
Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
CDIP measures, analyzes, archives and disseminates coastal environment data for use by coastal engineers, planners, resource managers, scientists and mariners.
Coastal Observing Research and Development Center (CORDC)
CORDC focuses on the development of new technologies and their application for basic and applied sciences.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
The Monterey Bay Aquarium developed Seafood Watch, a program designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources.
Lenfest Ocean Program
The Lenfest Ocean Program supports scientific research on living marine resources to inform policy.