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A perspective on Capitol Hill |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 63,
Issue 5,
1982,
Page 137-137
Carroll Ann Hodges,
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As the AGU Congressional Science Fellow for 1980–1981, I had a unique opportunity to witness the federal engine in action—a remarkable piece of machinery. The American Association for the Advancement of Science organized an excellent orientation program, introducing our class of science fellows (about 30) to the kinds of options available for a year's tenure on Capitol Hill. These include affiliation with a congressman's or senator's staff or with one of the hundred or so standing, select, or joint committees and subcommittees. I arranged to join the personal staff of Congressman Jim Santini (D, Nev.), largely because of his demonstrated interest in Department of Interior affairs in general and the minerals industry in particular. The position of fellow provides no guarantee of work in one's areas of expertise or inclination, however, and I found that my staff assignments included topics ranging from wild horses to peanut subsidies. My principal task involved evaluation of the Air Force proposal to deploy the MX missile in Nevada and the consequent impact of that incredible scheme on the physical and economic environments of the state and the nation, including effects on minerals exploration. I had not expected to become conversant with missile technology, but the exercise provided quite an educat
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO063i005p00137
年代:1982
数据来源: WILEY
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Microbial transformations of organic matter at oceanic interfaces: A review and prospectus |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 63,
Issue 5,
1982,
Page 138-140
David M. Karl,
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The title of this article may seem a bit presumptuous or at least premature in the sense that marine microbiologists have only quite recently entered the quantitative phase of their investigations of the distribution, biomass, and in situ metabolic activities of sea microbes. Nevertheless, I believe that summarizing the results of preliminary studies will serve to define more clearly the important questions and will help to formulate a more productive research prospectus. Throughout this discussion I will attempt to identify what I consider to be important prospects for future oceanographic investigations.The central theme that I would like to consider is that of microbially mediated transformations of carbon at oceanic interfaces. There are at least two major ideas to pursue and develop:
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO063i005p00138
年代:1982
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[Comment on] Scientific Freedom and the Sea, II |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 63,
Issue 5,
1982,
Page 140-140
Warren S. Wooster,
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Although I also have endured a few sessions of the UN Law of the Sea Conference, I have a very different interpretation of events from that described by Riddihough in a recentEosOceanography Report (Eos, 62,Dec. 1, p. 1162). In fact, his letter is sufficiently misleading to demand comment.It is certainly difficult to distinguish among academic, economic (commercial?), and military research solely on the basis of the types of measurements made. A more useful test is whether the results are openly published. For example, in this country, academic research (about 11% of which is supported by the Office of Naval Research) is openly published, while that of corporations and of military laboratories often is not.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO063i005p00140-01
年代:1982
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Federal R&D funding: 10‐year trends |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 63,
Issue 5,
1982,
Page 141-141
Peter M. Bell,
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Research and development (R&D) funded by the federal government has grown steadily since 1971, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The total federal R&D funding gained at an annual rate of 8.6% in actual dollars. Substantial gains, on the order of 15% over 1981, had originally been planned but later revised downward, close to 0%, for the fiscal year 1982. The essential features of the 10‐year trend are that federal R&D funding has been mostly directed toward the military—over twice the amount of all other types of R&D funding—and while military research funding is accelerating sharply, other research funding is on the decline. In simple terms, the 10‐year increases are only for national
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO063i005p00141-01
年代:1982
数据来源: WILEY
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