OCEANS TO PLAY LARGER ROLE IN MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE At the National Ocean Conference in Monterey, Calif., President Clinton and Vice President Gore launched a series of major initiatives to explore, protect and restore America's vital ocean resources. One of these initiatives is dedicated to stepping up efforts to monitor climate and global warming. To better understand the role of the oceans in shaping our weather and climate and to help address the threat of global warming, the Administration announced an expanded ocean monitoring system. The Administration is proposing an additional $12 million through 2002 to place hundreds of monitoring buoys in the North Atlantic and North Pacific to measure critical ocean data. This will help the United States refine climate prediction models. For more information on this initiative, contact Matt Stout at (202) 482-6090). CALENDAR EVENTS Sept. 19 - Oct. 9: Coast Weeks Oct. 13 - 16: APEC Ocean Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Nov. 16 - 19: Ocean Community Conference '98 - Annual Meeting of the Marine Technology Society (MTS), Baltimore, Md.

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