THE OCEANOGRAPHY SOCIETY PROPOSES TO PUBLISH A SPECIAL ISSUE OF OCEANOGRAPHY ON OCEAN-LCE LNTERACTIONS TO BE PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2016. ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL GOALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY IS TO FOSTER CROSS-DISCIPLINARY UNDERSTANDING AND INTERACTION THROUGH PUBLISHING SPECIAL ISSUES. SPECIAL ISSUES ENABLE COVERAGE OF A SINGLE THEME FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES. ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN IN LANGUAGE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO A BROAD SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCE AND ALSO SCIENTIFICALLY LITERATE NON-SPECIALISTS. LN THIS WAY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DISCOVERY AMONG SCIENTISTS ARE ENABLED AND INFORMATION CAN BE EASILY EXTRACTED AND USED BY DECISION MAKERS.