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Thermohaline circulation. Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
This list of oceanographers is presented in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surnames This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Oceanographers direct or influence interdisciplinary oceanography research. This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:Women oceanographers The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Oceanographers explored an area around the Pacific Ocean’s Nazca Ridge and found a massive underwater mountain. Using a sonar system, the researchers digitally mapped the seafloor of the area ...
The list may include archaeologists, wreck divers, treasure hunters, biologists, marine geologists, geophysicists, ocean engineers, oceanographers, crew of exploration submersibles, cave divers and surveyors of the underwater topography, but these categories are not exclusive.
Forde is one of a handful of Black oceanographers; he has retired from NOAA after 50 years. Faced discrimination, racism “There was lots of discrimination when I started my career,” he said.
Perspective view of the sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The purple sea floor at the center of the view is the Puerto Rico Trench.. Roughly 97% of the planet's water is in its oceans, and the oceans are the source of the vast majority of water vapor that condenses in the atmosphere and falls as rain or snow on the continents.
Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large (formerly Explorer in Residence) since 1998.