Conservation planning for large ecosystems has multiple benefits but is often challenging to
implement because of the multiple jurisdictions, species, and habitats involved. In addition, …

Ocean sciences research is highly complex and requires large investments of time and funding.
There is global recognition that collaboration, partnerships, and sharing of resources are …

Soft-sediment benthic environments are amongst the largest marine ecosystems in the
world and play important roles in many ecosystem functions. In recent years, exploitation of …

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES SPANNING THE COAST OF FLORIDA, ALABAMA,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, the coastal habitats and ofshore waters comprising the …

E/V Nautilus cruise NA075 returned to the Southern California Continental Borderland, an
area that remains largely unexplored. Part of the broader North America-Pacific plate …

In July, we collaborated with the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to embark on
two cruises—one to map large areas of the sanctuary, and one to dive on targets identified …

Marine optical imaging has become a major assessment tool in science, policy and public
understanding of our seas and oceans. Methodology in this field is developing rapidly, …

Slow slip events (SSEs) at the northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, are
among the best-documented shallow SSEs on Earth. International Ocean Discovery Program …

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 372 combined two research topics:
actively deforming gas hydrate–bearing landslides (IODP Proposal 841-APL) and slow …

The objective of this report is to detail the data inventory scope and methods, such as data
discovery, screening, acquisition, and extraction. The results of this inventory will be …