Major investments are necessary for basic research in oceans and to upgrade and replace infrastructure to support basic research inspired by use in ocean studies, said a New report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (Nasem). For more than two years, Shimi RII, member of the faculty Hawaii Marine Biology Institute at the University of Hawaii in Mānoa Ocean and Earth School of Sciences and Technologies (Soy), was a member of Nasem committee who wrote the consensual study report intended to inform the next decade of research and innovation.
“In this report, we will challenge ourselves and in the community of ocean sciences in general, by 2035, to establish a new paradigm to predict ocean processes at scales relevant to human well-being,” said RII. “This means that it is time to make science differently that we have always done – through creative partnerships, innovative efforts and the inclusion of multiple perspectives to improve scientific progress.”
The report, requested and sponsored by the National Science Foundation, focuses on three themes of research on the important ocean to improve forecasts of ocean processes:
- ocean and climate,
- resilience of ecosystems and
- Extreme events, such as tsunamis, hurricanes, storm waves, floods and heat waves.
He underlines the importance of the fundamental research necessary to understand how the changes in the health of ocean ecosystems could affect peaches, how an increased access to the Arctic will challenge American national security, how the ocean contributes to extreme and more meteorological events.
“I was honored to be invited to join a subcommittee of experts from all over the United States to meet critical research needs for” coastal oceans and urban seas “, said Margaret McManus, Soy Oceanography department President, who provided advice to the committee concerning the most urgent issues, challenges and opportunities in ocean science HawaiiThe Pacific Islands affiliated in the United States and the peripheral islands and atolls. “In HawaiiChallenges such as coastal flood, warming of oceans and marine pollution are becoming more and more urgent. I was happy to see the recommendations of our subcommittee included in a coherent plan to guide the next decade of research and investment in the ocean. »»
Invigorate American leadership in ocean research
The report provides advice to the National Science Foundation on how to invigorate American leadership in the research on the ocean. The concentration of investments in research, infrastructure and the workforce of Ocean studies thanks to a transdisciplinary collaborative framework will help to meet the national and global challenges of the next decade and will help improve national security, scientific leadership and economic competitiveness in support of an American blue economy.