U.S. Ocean Research Catches a Wave
JAN 29, 2007
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020810
ScienceNow : Hurricanes, healthy fisheries, and rapid climate change are among the top priorities in an ocean research plan released here today by the White House. At the same, the Bush Administration announced it plans to ask for $143 million in new funds for ocean research and conservation in next month’s 2008 budget request to Congress. “It’s a good day for ocean science,” says Shirley Pomponi, President and CEO of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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