Ocean researchers make waves in quest for funds and military data
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Ocean scientists under the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) intend to lobby Congress for access to highly confidential ocean research data held by the US military. The group plans to ask legislators to support the creation of a National Ocean Leadership Council, which will be given the task of coordinating ocean research across government. CORE will also seek an additional grant of $25 million for better university ocean research.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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Closure of primate lab angers both researchers and critics
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Scientists and animal rights campaigners are furious that the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP), New York, is to close down. The decision to close LEMSIP came after its own, New York University, failed to sell the establishment for 1.1 million US dollars. Activists were told that all the chimpanzees at LEMSIP would be retired. However many of them have been transferred for research purposes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Ocean researchers dive to deep-sea stations
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The US government is planning to replace expeditions on research vessels to obtain oceanographic data with a network of observatories fixed to the seafloor which could supply information continuously.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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