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Nature 426, 6 (6 November 2003) | doi:10.1038/426006b

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National Academy calls for sea change in ocean efforts

Betsy Mason

The United States isn't doing enough to explore the oceans, and needs to develop an inter-agency approach to such exploration, says a committee of the National Academy of Sciences.An academy panel says that a better understanding of the oceans requires a major, coordinated, international effort to investigate unexplored regions.