Crossing oceans

Crossing oceans

Eve Marder explains why all scientists should spend time living and working in a foreign country.

Polar Oceans

We survey progress in studies of ocean circulation, water mass formation, and ocean-ice interaction in both the Southern Ocean and the Arctic region during the period 1983-86. This review places emphasis on U.S. publications, but other significant work is included. It is not meant to be a complete synthesis of polar oceanography of the last four years, but rather to provide an overview of progr...

Crossing technique in cowpeas

Crossing Oceans: A Cross-Cultural Look at Elderly Immigrant Women in the United States and Elderly Women in India

Rams R. Seth/ is a native ofNew Delhi, India. She did her undergradu· ate work at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley In Political Science and City and Regional Planning and received a Master ofUrban Planning in 1993 from the University ofMichigan, spec/slizing in lntemstlonal Planning and Development. Both the absolute numbers and proportions of elderly persons are rapidly growing throughout...

The changing oceans.

THE EVOLVING DISASTER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL REMINDS US THAT OUR WELFARE depends on a healthy marine ecosystem and that the oceans are vulnerable to human activities. The oceans sustain a vast wealth of biological diversity, deliver critical ecosystem services, supply valuable natural resources, and are a central component of the climate system. It is therefore critical that the curren...