United States and Australia Team Up to Explore and Map the Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and two of Australia’s leading science agencies (Geoscience Australia and National Collections and Marine Infrastructure for Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)) announced a formal agreement to work together to advance Pacific Ocean exploration and mapping, a major priority for NOAA and of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.