Environment committee  Yes, there has been a shift from basic towards applied science. The innovative scientists who are out there are basically trying to find ways to cope with this by squeezing in as much fundamental science...as part of their basic sciences. As part of this, I perhaps work in a for

Environment committee  I'm falling into that redundancy problem again. However, I will come back to the issue that Jeff has raised earlier about how you need your plan with your metrics so that you know what you've got, and then you can tell what you're losing if something is being cut here. From my

Environment committee  You've opened a huge subject here, and I would start with how we begin to harmonize and make the most of our existing efforts. If you look to a country like Australia, you have an integrated marine ocean observing system that's pulling together all the information about the ocean

Environment committee  That is absolutely correct.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. One of the dangers of being the last speaker on an eminent panel is that you become increasingly redundant. However, I will proceed to the best of my ability. My name is Fred Whoriskey. I am a research scientist by training and currently the executive dir