Catch-22: Feds cut climate research to save fuel

User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)

In this March 20 2001 file photo Rainier a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel is anchored in Puget Sound near Tacoma Wash. The federal government is canceling or cutting back on ocean research trips aimed in part at study ...
In this March 20, 2001 file photo, Rainier, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel, is anchored in Puget Sound, near Tacoma, Wash. The federal government is canceling or cutting back on ocean research trips aimed, in part, at studying climate change to save money on fuel for their boats. There is the potential that NOAA may lose a couple hundred days at sea this year. (AP Photo/Lauren McFalls, file)

(AP) -- They haven't rechristened a ship the Irony, but federal researchers are canceling and cutting back on voyages aimed at studying climate change and ocean ecosystems so they can save money on boat fuel.


Full story »

All News summaries from Space & Earth science news
All News summaries for June 19, 2008