A quick technological fix is not the best response to the December tsunami.
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I thank Thorkild Aarup, Bernardo Aliaga, Patricio Bernal, Ehrlich Desa, Albert Fischer, Paul Mason, Peter Pissiersens and Francois Schindele for contributing many useful thoughts to this article.
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Alverson, K. Watching over the world's oceans. Nature 434, 19–20 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/434019a
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