Factoid/2011/01/28
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We Are Gathered Here at a Critical Time for Oceans
- "On behalf of President Obama, Secretary Gary Locke and the 12,800 employees of NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration], it is my pleasure to be with you today. ...We are gathered here at a critical time for oceans. Make no mistake: Oceans are changing. They are changing rapidly and radically, with profound consequences for humanity. Hope remains but time is running out. Now is the time for engagement if we wish to redirect the global trajectory and transition to sustainable uses and to healthy oceans and coasts." - quote from Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for the Oceans, from the keynote address for the "National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment - 2011 Our Changing Oceans." Read more.
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