Globalization: A Natural Geoscience Focus
Global Impact
- Faculty/Research Scientists with international research portfolios
- Students from over 30 different countries
- 37% of graduate students are international
Brazil
- Meetings with CNPq and CAPES
- Memoranda of Agreement / USP
- "Sanduiche" students
China
- US-China Conference: 14-17 November 2005
- Costal Monitoring, Preservation and Restoration Round Table
Ecuador
- Department of Oceanography and INOCAR
- Faculty research exchange
- Ocean research in Ecuador
- Laboratory in Galapagos
- Study abroad in Galapagos
- M student ship-time
- Training of INOCAR officers
Qatar
- Proposed Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences is strongly Geosciences oriented
- Air quality modeling program submitted to the Supreme Council for .5 M
- Negotiations for coastal observing and modeling with Exxon Mobil
- Negotiations for marine ecology research and training with Qatar University and Occidental Petroleum
- Early discussions with Exxon Mobil to establish an annual Environmental Forum
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
- 10 year project
- million annual budget
- FY06 - million extra
- 132 employees
- R/V Joides Resolution
- ODASES - Ocean Drilling and Sustainable Earth Science Faculty positions
"Science and art belong to the whole world and before them vanish the barriers of nationality"
- Johann Wolfgang von Geothe
International initiatives:
- IODP
- GOOS
- TRMM
- SCAR
- Antigua
- Brazil
- China
- Ecuador
- Qatar
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