Marine Science

The NODC manages the world's largest collection of publicly available oceanographic data.

From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it.

AQUASTAT is FAO's global water information system, developed by the Land and Water Division. The main mandate of the programme is to collect, analyze and disseminate information on water resources, water uses, and agricultural water management, with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.

DataONE is a collaboration among many partner organizations, and is funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) under a Cooperative Agreement.

The NSF GAGE and SAGE Facilities operated by EarthScope Consortium are transitioning to authenticated access (information available on this page), in addition to links to existing data portals and resources.

This is a publicly accessible registry describing scientific data sets on ecology and the environment

The Environmental Data Explorer is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments.

EEA is an agency of the European Union, with 33 member countries. See news feed to the right.

This page provides a search box for DR (Data Repository) number to locate their available data. The data is now housed and searchable by other facets on a new Figshare site and a link is provided.

The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) is the One Stop Source for environmental and natural resources data, at anytime, from anywhere, to anyone.

International inventory of data repositories organized by subject and country.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

Dispatches is a multimedia initiative featuring documentaries, short videos, and podcasts that examine science, innovation, community, and recovery in the Gulf of Mexico in the years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

This Guide to the Identification of Harmful Microalgae in the Gulf of Mexico was developed for analysts and managers world-wide involved in marine HAB monitoring, assessment and forecasting.

One of several interactive resources about organisms and habitats vital to Gulf fisheries available via the Coral Portal through the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council.