John R. Delaney and Roger S. Barga

Observing the Oceans – A 2020 Vision for Ocean Science

The oceans connect all continents; they are owned by no one, yet they belong to all of us by virtue of their mobile nature. The oceans may be viewed as the common heritage of humankind, the responsibility and life support of us all. This essay overviews the global ocean’s complicated history that produces today’s immensely complex system in which thousands of physical, chemical, and biological processes continually interact over many scales of time and space. It also limns as the Ocean Observing Initiative’s bold project now underway to put the Internet under the sea and provide an observation tool of unequaled potential.

John R. Delaney and Roger S. Barga, posted on March 22nd, 2010
Articles, Earth Observation, Oceans, Technology