The first Argo floats were deployed in late 1999, and by November 2012, Argo had collected its millionth profile of temperature and salinity, twice the number obtained by research vessels during all of the 20th century. 120, 000 new profiles are collected every year, at the impressive rate of 1 profile approximately every 4 minutes.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Twenty high-profile economists have urged the government to drop the top 50p tax rate, which they say is doing "lasting damage" to the UK economy.

BBC: Top 50p tax rate damages UK, say economists

Mr Crompton does expect to see an increase in the conviction rate in the coming years, though, and says he will try to raise the profile of wildlife crime.

BBC: Wildlife crime 'not taken seriously'

The health service estimates of how many staff it needs to maintain services from 2016 onwards is based on a number of factors including the age profile of staff, the number of people currently working and in training, and the course attrition rate.

BBC: Healthcare training backed by ?82m from Welsh Government

If the profile of the US Treasury yield curve has to rise even before the Fed look to move the funds rate then the implication is that the corporate borrower will similarly have to pay more for capital.

FORBES: To Stay AAA, America Has To Act

When Buffett published his high profile New York Times op-ed last week, he offered the example of his own low tax rate, 17.4 percent of his taxable income, compared with the average rate of 36 percent for the other twenty people in his office.

FORBES: Warren Buffett Is Right On Taxes -- But It Is Not About Fairness