Introduction to This Special Issue On Marine Renewable Energy
By David M. Kennedy

Ocean Renewable Energy's Potential Role in Supplying Future Electrical Energy Needs
By Robert Thresher and Walter Musial

An Overview of Ocean Renewable Energy Technologies
By Roger Bedard , Paul T. Jacobson, Mirko Previsic , Walter Musial , and Robert Varley

Technological Challenges to Commercial-Scale Application of Marine Renewables
By Greg Beaudoin, Derek Robertson, Ronan Doherty, Dean Corren, Bill Staby, and Laurie Meyer

Centers for Marine Renewable Energy in Europe and North America
By Markus Mueller, Henry Jeffrey , Robin Wallace, and Annette von Jouanne

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Minerals Management Service
By Timothy Konnert and Wright J. Frank

The Role of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Authorizing Hydrokinetic Technology Projects
By Timothy Konnert

The Role of the Minerals Management Service in Offshore Renewable Energy Development
By Wright Jay Frank

Environmental and Ecological Effects of Ocean Renewable Energy Development: A Current Synthesis
By George W. Boehlert and Andrew B. Gill

Ocean Space, Ocean Place: The Human Dimensions of Wave Energy in Oregon
By Flaxen Conway, John Stevenson, Daniel Hunter , Maria Stefanovich, Holly Campbell , Zack Covell , and Yao Yin

Using Adaptive Management to Resolve Uncertainties for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects
By Cherise Oram and Chad Marriott

Marine Renewable Energy Policy: Some US and International Perspectives Compared
By Michelle E. Portman

Op-Eds
Op-eds. 2010. Oceanography 23(2):106–111, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2010.50.

The Volume of Earth's Ocean
By Matthew A. Charette and Walter H.F. Smith

The Interconnected Biosphere: Science at the Ocean's Tipping Points
By Jane Lubchenco and Laura E. Petes

QUARTERDECK • There Really Is (A Good) Life Beyond Academia
By Ellen S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT • Why Become a Member of a Professional Society?
By Carolyn A. Thoroughgood

RIPPLE MARKS • Canyon "Ghost" Critical to Stream Ecosystems: Cougars Act as Guardians of Fish, Frogs | "Wavelet" Math Translates Whale Song into Art | Fire in the Sky, Smoke in the Water: Queen of American Lakes Under Siege from Fireworks Displays? | Jellyfish "Blooms" Signal Ailing Seas Ahead: Jellywatchers Help Scientists Track Locations
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • A Public Education
By Simon Boxall

BOOK REVIEW • Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth
By Kiho Kim

CAREER PROFILES • Options and Insights
Career profiles—Options and insights. 2010. Oceanography 23(2):134–135.

Elisa Chae, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Annette von Jouanne, Oregon State University
Ted Brekken, Oregon State University
Ellen Ternes, NOAA
Kerry Kehoe, NOAA
Ralph Lopez, NOAA
Benjamin Baron-Taltre, NOAA
Whitney Blanchard, NOAA
MaryLee Haughwout, NOAA
Carleigh Rodriguez, NOAA

Production of this issue was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.