March 01, 2012 Environmental Protection: New ocean radar treaty
of 153 nations covers spilled oil, debris, tsunamis, bodies.
Here's a positive upshot of America's months-long Gulf of Mexico
spill in 2010. At Environmental Protection, do see "153
Countries Sign Treaty on Ocean Radar Improvements". The meeting
of The International Telecommunication Union’s World
Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) took place from Jan.
23 to Feb. 17 in Geneva, Switzerland, and concluded with
agreement on a number of items, including improved ocean radar
technology. This will yield better tracking of tsunamis, oil
spills, ocean debris, and people lost at sea, according to the
National Science Foundation (NSF). After recent destructive
tsunamis and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill increased interest in
ocean radars, which have operated informally and would be
quickly shut down if they caused interference with other radio
systems, according to NSF. But action taken at the meeting
provides specific radio frequency bands for ocea