Hi All,
More such please.
At a time when government funding declines and job retrenchments seem the norm, it is good to hear of some individual largesse making research possible. These private funding sources can make a real difference, witness the past Census of Marine Life support from the Sloan Foundation.
http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-launches-global-marine-biodiversity-project-10-million-donation
"The goal of the project-Smithsonian's Tennenbaum Marine Observatories-is to monitor the ocean's coastal ecosystems over a long period of time."
(a couple of months old, but I don't recall hearing of it before).
Geoff
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