U.S. GLOBEC (GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics) is a research program organized by oceanographers and fisheries scientists to address the question of how global climate change may affect the abundance and production of animals in the sea. The U.S. GLOBEC Program currently has major research efforts underway in the Georges Bank / Northwest Atlantic Region, and the Northeast Pacific (with components in the California Current and in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska). U.S. GLOBEC is a major contributor to International GLOBEC efforts now underway in the Southern Ocean and Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) .... U.S. GLOBEC is a component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, with support from the: U.S. National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Coastal Ocean Program Office. A Call for Proposals .... The NSF / Division of Ocean Sciences, in cooperation with U.S. GLOBEC, announces a funding opportunity for implementing three-dimensional meso-scale surveys in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska (CGoA) during 2003. The deadline for proposal submissions is 15 August, 2002 .... On Station in the Southern Ocean APRIL - MAY, 2002 .... Several USGLOBEC researchers are currently working aboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould in the frigid waters surrounding the West Antarctic Peninsula. Dr. Se Jong Ju, a lipid biochemist at the University of Maryland, is conducting research on biochemical methods for aging krill, and has agreed to periodically pass along some photos from his stint aboard ship. We invite you to check-in from time-to-time over the coming weeks to get a flavor for "Research in the Field" - Antarctic style .... © Turnstone Publishing Group; text and images reprinted with permission. Mystery of the Vanishing Fishes Georges Bank, Northwest Atlantic A recent book for young adults called OCEAN DETECTIVES (2000; Steck-Vaughn Publishing Group) includes an excellent chapter on the precipitous decline of cod and haddock on Georges Bank, and the efforts underway by U.S. GLOBEC scientists to understand the problem. Authored by Mary Cerullo, she writes that "Georges Bank was once one of the richest fishing areas in the world. But now overfishing has caused the huge schools of fishes to vanish. Scientists studying the fishes have found that usually 99 percent of baby fishes don't make it to their first birthday. What things kill the baby fishes of Georges Bank?" .... Mystery of the Vanishing Fishes [4.4 Mb; please be patient] ....