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Societal Implications for Ocean Research in 2025--Matthew Alford
Pages 14-16

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... All nations will fully appreciate by then the reality and dangers of climate change. Most will resist changing business practices and energy policy for purely altruistic or environmental reasons.
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... That is, ocean models will be used by governments on a daily basis to determine the dollar amount of carbon credits, as well as by companies to determine the most economical way of proceeding (e.g., purchase green power versus paying carbon taxes)
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... These are expensive and often risky operations, often requiring the development of new instrumentation. For these investigators to have the expertise to develop nonstandard observational tools (besides moorings, acoustic Doppler current profilers [ADCPs]
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