Word: oceanic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hard-shelled submarines that can operate down to the bottom of the ocean, learning much more by direct observation than can be learned by the instruments of surface ships...
This week a committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences and headed by Geochemist Harrison Brown of Caltech sketched out a ten-year program for unlocking the ocean treasure house, which may contain as much of value to man as the earth's land. As the planet becomes more thickly populated, whole nations may get the bulk of their food from the fertile sea, as well as minerals and fuel in vast abundance. A quick and valuable byproduct of oceanography will be improved knowledge of the conditions governing submarine warfare. The committee did not mention, but was well...
...Development of high seas engineering techniques and equipment for sampling the ocean bottom and drilling deep holes in it. It has been known for years that rich deposits of manganese, nickel and cobalt cover much of the ocean bottom...
...study of the possibilities of fertilizing the ocean surface water, so that more marine life can grow...
...Projects to transplant useful organisms, e.g., U.S. oysters or lobsters, from one part of the ocean to another...