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Web Portals for Research Institutions to sites about Supporting Local and Regional Decision-Making Pages on our site that provide information about and access to Web sites of closely-related agencies and programs.
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This San Francisco Bay mapping project is a subset of the larger San Francisco Bay Watershed Database & Mapping Project.
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Current News: Research Institutions
Arctic Activities It is estimated that by 2020-2030 the Arctic Ocean will be free of multi-year ice in the summer, increasing opportunities for maritime transportation, tourism, oil and gas exploration. Along with this comes a greater possibility of spills and damage to the environment. (updated: July 13, 2009)
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Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) The Coastal Response Research Center is focused on developing new approaches to spill response and restoration in marine and estuarine environments through research and synthesis of information.
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