To fulfill its environmental mandate, BOEM has funded more than $1 billion in scientific research since 1973. This body of research supports timely, responsible offshore energy, mineral, and geological resource development.
ESP has completed over 2,000 studies, and its research covers an extensive portfolio of environmental and human sciences, including physical oceanography, atmospheric sciences, biology, protected species, social sciences, economics, submerged cultural resources, and environmental fates and effects.
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Covering studies published October 2022 through December 2023.
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GovInfo provides a comprehensive inventory of ESP publications, reports, and technical summaries. Search more than 50 years of ocean science using the box below.
Browse Publications and Data by Discipline
The ESP Hub contains 50 years of BOEM’s completed coastal and ocean research, as well as datasets and research published by our partners.
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Recently Completed Studies
The ESP Quarterly Reports provide one-page summaries for the environmental study reports published each quarter. Visit the archives for previous quarterly reports.