Zero Kelvin crypto but The NYPaper hisses 28 Nov: The US Navy is starting to release a treasure trove of physical data about the sea that was gathered in secrecy during the long decades of the cold war, exciting scientists who see it as a bonanza for understanding environmental change. Over the decades, the Navy deployed thousands of ships, airplanes, submarines and satellites to collect such data. Usually kept secret, the archival readings are seen as unrivaled yardsticks for judging long-term processes of global climatic change and planetary warming. A geophysicist said the value of that data for scientific and commercial exploitation is measured in billions of dollars. "Scientific Utility of Naval Environmental Data," a June, 1995, 52-page appraisal by the Medea scientific advisory group, is available for free by telephoning (703) 883-5265 voice or (703) 883-6190 fax. NAV_dat (13 kb)