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Physical Oceanography in 2025--Chris Garrett
Pages 65-67

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From page 65...
... It could even be argued that we are in a situation similar to that of 1941, facing serious threats that demand the focused attention of the scientific community. Many of today's threats are aspects of rapid global change, with some of them being associated with the by-products of human energy consumption.
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From page 66...
... Overall, it probably takes physical oceanographers to point out that power from the ocean is unlikely to be globally significant. By "we," I mean the physical oceanographic community.
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From page 67...
... the diversion of good students into calculus-free university programs in environmental science, and b) the narrow-mindedness of most North American physics departments.
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