Setting Sights on Oceans
December 23, 2015
12/17/15 – The Earth’s oceans help drive climate and weather, shape planetary chemistry, and regulate global temperature, yet they were left off the formal agenda at the latest international climate conference, says a renowned oceanographer and explorer. In Issues, a long-time observer of science and society has also cited an even broader need to pay more attention to the oceans and their various functions, calling for the U.S. government to create a dedicated agency “to bolster ocean research and exploration the way that President Kennedy and NASA once led space research and ‘captured’ the Moon.”