Budget cuts for NOS ahead

SEED magazine (Fall 2004) reports that US budget request for fiscal year 2005 proposes a $215 million (35 percent) cut in funding for the National Ocean Service, the primary US Federal agency working to protect and manage America's coastal waters. Bad news, but on a bright side - US is heading for the Moon! Yee-ha! Have a pina colada for me on a beach when you are up there, would ya.

I picked up the SEED (Science is culture) magazine by chance when I was wasting my time at some airport, and I am glad I did so. Broad in scope, smart and, well, about science AND culture. Such a freash breath among those well-endowed coveres of other journals.