The early years 1. Could your parents afford to live on the good side of town? The one with the right schools? Did they send…
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Tag: Funding
Tipping Points, For-Profit Scientific Publishing, and Closed Science
Was there a tipping point? When had this all started? This uncomfortable sensation in my gut. This nagging thing rolling around inside my head. It…
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It’s Time to Overhaul the Funding of Ocean Science
The National Research Council (NRC) released the first-ever Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences(DSOS) report on 23 January 2015 as commissioned by the National Science Foundation’s…
View More It’s Time to Overhaul the Funding of Ocean ScienceWe Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.2
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.2We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1
For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and…
View More We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1Scripps oceanographic library will shut down
I’m disappointed to report that the Scripps Institution of Oceanography library will shut down this summer. After I reported the library’s potential closure last year,…
View More Scripps oceanographic library will shut downSciFund Challenge: The Aquatic Projects
I cannot say it any better than Jai and Jarrett so in their own words The #SciFund Challenge is an experiment – can scientists use…
View More SciFund Challenge: The Aquatic ProjectsShouldn’t We Be More Skeptical of the DeepChallenger Dive?
This is an invited contribution. A marine biologist, who posts here under the pseudonym, Dour Marine Biologist, offers a counter to the media and even DSN…
View More Shouldn’t We Be More Skeptical of the DeepChallenger Dive?I Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t One
When I say I am going on research cruise, I get two responses. 1. “Well that sounds nice, do they serve cocktails and is there…
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