Ocean Research Gets a Modest Boost.

The article focuses on the $40 million budget increase for U.S. ocean research proposed by the Bush Administration for 2008. The increase is part of a $143 million spending boost for ocean projects in president George W. Bush's upcoming budget request. The four areas tagged as priorities for the budget include natural hazards in coastal areas, basic research comparing marine ecosystems, new biosensors and the role of the Atlantic Ocean currents in rapid climate change. Most of the overall spending increase, if approved by Congress, would go to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.