Continued Partial Support of the Ocean Studies Board

美国国家科学院将通过其海洋研究委员会(OSB)就重大海洋科学和政策问题向国家科学基金会/海洋科学司和其他联邦机构提供指导。此请求是为了继续为OSB提供核心支持。OSB计划在未来几年内审议与沿海海洋学、二氧化碳循环、渔业海洋学、海洋分子生物学、“1990年‘S’的海洋学”和罗杰·雷维尔杰出讲座系列有关的科学问题。OSB还将通过支持参与国际科学联盟理事会(ICSU)的海洋研究科学委员会(SCOR)，支持美国海洋科学家在这些领域发挥国际领导作用。因此，海洋科学委员会将继续为维护美国海洋科学的健康作出贡献。

The National Academy of Sciences, through its Ocean Studies Board (OSB), will provide guidance to the National Science Foundation/Division of Ocean Sciences and other Federal agencies on major ocean science and policy issues. This request is for continued Core Support for the OSB. The OSB plans to consider scientific issues related to coastal oceanography, the carbon dioxide cycle, fisheries oceanography, marine molecular biology, "Oceanography in the 1990's", and the Roger Revelle Distinguished Lecture Series-- over the next few years. The OSB will also support U.S. ocean scientist to provide leadership in these areas internationally, through support of the participation in the Scientific Committee of Oceanic Research (SCOR) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). The OSB will, thus, continue to contribute to maintaining the health of ocean sciences in the United States.