THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Ocean Studies Board
Committee for the 2025 – 2035 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences for the National Science Foundation
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Congressional Briefing
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 – 3:00 p.m.
via Zoom
On
Forecasting the Ocean:
The 2025–2035 Decade of Ocean Science
This new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides advice on how to focus investments in ocean research, infrastructure, and workforce to meet national and global challenges in the coming decade and beyond, and in doing so, enhance national security, scientific leadership, and economic competitiveness through a thriving blue economy. The report also sets out an overarching challenge for the National Science Foundation and the broader research community to establish a new paradigm for forecasting the state of the ocean at scales relevant to human well-being in the next decade. Accomplishing this challenge is reliant on continued funding for basic research across ocean studies and reinvestment in ocean science infrastructure. It will require an integrated approach to research that takes full advantage of emerging technologies, expands the workforce, and increases available resources through strategic partnerships among federal and state agencies, industry, academia, and other interest holders.
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on February 20, 2025 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.