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14 st / May 2016 www.sea-technology.com continues funding of $8.2 million to implement a limited earthquake early warning system on the West Coast. The Coastal and Marine Geology Program would get an in- crease of $5.8 million to beneft coastal communities deal- ing with sea level rise, severe storms and melting perma- frost. The budget would also fund research and modeling to apply fndings from Hurricane Sandy to other parts of the U.S. coastline. The request for Core Science Systems is $118.4 million, of which $1 million would go to collect lidar data along the U.S. coast to understand and mitigate the effects of coastal erosion and storm surge and support management of the Chesapeake Bay. The request for Ecosystems is $173.9 million. This in- cludes a $4.9 million increase to the Environments Program for critical landscapes, such as the Arctic, which would re- ceive $2.4 million to develop predictive models of changes to the environment. A $3.2 million request would go to new funding for the Fisheries Program to develop decision support tools for water ecology, assess Great Lakes fsher- ies and process offshore samples that could provide early warning for harmful algal blooms. An additional $2.5 mil- lion would go to the Invasive Species Program. The budget includes a $1.5 million increase to establish a Great Lakes Climate Science Center. A $500,000 increase would fund imagery data sets and analytical tools for improved coastal resource management and planning for resilient coastal landscapes and commu- nities. NASA NASA's budget request for FY 2017 is $19 billion. Of the $5,601 million requested for Science, $2,032 million would go to Earth Science, including a plan to continue Landsat global imaging measurements. The Science budget for NASA also includes $699 million for Heliophysics and research to improve space weather modeling. BOEM The request for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage- ment (BOEM) is $175.1 million, focusing on core program responsibilities, such as the Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Program, oil and gas exploration and development plans, offshore renewable energy and envi- NOAA NOAA's FY 2017 budget includes funding for commu- nity resilience: $12.3 million would enhance water predic- tion and public warning capabilities; $19.9 million would increase the capacity to complete consultations related to the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Man- agement Act; $30.84 million would improve understanding of climate change impacts and help communities increase resilience to impacts of extreme weather and sea level rise; $11.7 million would enhance understanding of vulnerabil- ity to ocean acidifcation and better inform adaptation and mitigation strategies; an additional $15 million would pro- vide grants to coastal communities for resilience from ex- treme weather and changing ocean conditions; $9 million would assist fshing communities with future declared fsh- eries disasters; and $10 million would fund a grant program to improve understanding and use of ocean and coastal re- sources and coastal infrastructure through baseline scien- tifc research, ocean observing and other programs. For the National Weather Service, $8.5 million would continue the service life extension for the NEXRAD Dop- pler infrastructure, and $7.5 million would initiate a service life extension for the nation's primary surface weather ob- serving system, the Automated Surface Observation System. For observational infrastructure, an additional $23 mil- lion would advance development of a Polar Follow On Satellite Program to ensure continuity of polar satellite ob- servations for weather prediction models through 2038. An additional $24 million would acquire a regional survey ves- sel to support fshery surveys, habitat studies, hydrographic surveys and disaster response. For ocean acidifcation, marine pollution and ecosystem recovery research, $4.6 million would help reconstruct the National Marine Fisheries Service's Mukilteo Research Sta- tion in Washington. U.S. Geological Survey The budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is $1.2 billion for FY 2017. It includes a $1.4 mil- lion increase for the Groundwater and Streamfow Informa- tion Program to expand the use of food inundation map- ping and rapidly deployable streamgages. The request for Natural Hazards programs is $149.7 million. The budget (Photo Credit: NOAA) An iceberg captured on camera during a mission to map areas of the Arctic aboard the NOAA Ship Fairweather.