IGBP was launched in 1987 to coordinate international research on global-scale and regional-scale interactions between Earth's biological, chemical and physical processes and their interactions with human systems. IGBP views the Earth system as the Earth's natural physical, chemical and biological cycles and processes and the social and economic dimensions.
The NCOF mission is to establish ocean forecasting as part of the national infrastructure, based on world-class research and development. NCOF aims to achieve this through collaborations that align the operational forecasting capabilities of the Met Office with world-class research carried out by a number of the UK’s leading marine and oceanographic research centres.
The "World Ocean Review" (WOR) is published by maribus gGmbH,a non-profit company founded by the publishing house mareverlag in 2008 and is a cooperation between the partners "The Future Ocean" and the International Ocean Institute.
To perform basic and applied research to promote the efficient use of coastal and ocean resources To undertake comprehensive surveys and studies of Korea's seas and open oceans To conduct scientific research in polar and tropical regions, especially in Antarctica and south Pacific......
he Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion University was established to promote research on the physical oceanography of the coastal ocean and related oceanographic processes. The coastal ocean is the focus of increasing research for reasons relating to both short-term anthropogenic impacts and long-term global change.