November 13, 1998

Oceanographers Anticipate a New Age of Discovery

By VINCENT KIERNAN

Technological advances under the sea, on the sea, and far above it produce a wave of knowledge with practical applications

Oceanographers are poised to make significant strides in understanding the earth's oceans over the next two or three decades -- circulation patterns, the effects of pollution on life in estuaries, and microscopic organisms living in rocks deep under the ocean floor.

The advances will rely heavily on

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