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June 8, 2011
Why We Need Scientific Ocean Drilling
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that they will fund only 6 months of scientific ocean drilling on the ship JOIDES Resolution in 2012. There is much need for scientific drilling, but NSF has been debating the expense of ocean drilling in the midst of budget cuts. There’s a chance that NSF may choose not to fund any scientific ocean drilling in the near future (The Integrated Ocean …
