InterRidge

At present IR is supported by 3 principal member nations (China, France and Norway each paying 25 000 US$) and 7 regular member nations (Canada, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Korea and UK, each paying 5 000 US$), our other member nations and regions have corresponding nation status. InterRidge exists to: Promote interdisciplinary, international stu... dies of the ocean's floor Coordinate scientific exchange (information, technology, facilities) between national research groups Provide a unified voice for ocean ridge researchers worldwide Encourage the protection and management of the oceanic ridge environment Promote communication between non-scientists, scientists, educators and policy-makers Spearhead education outreach efforts to raise awareness of the oceanic ridge environment The event that sparked the birth of InterRidge occurred when two countries using the same resource- and labor-intensive tools to visit the same place on the ocean floor realized that it made more sense to share resources than have to find ways to independently fund their own. It was 1992.Read More