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NOAA acquired Discoverer and Oceanographer through an agreement with the United States Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command. [1] On 31 December 2020, the U.S. Navy awarded a US$178,082,877 contract to Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors of Houma, Louisiana, to design and build the two ships.
A welder welds the initials of Linda Kwok Schatz, sponsor of NOAAS Oceanographer, onto a steel plate that would be incorporated into the ship during a ceremony on 15 June 2022. In February 2024, NOAA Corps officers from NOAAS Nancy Foster and NOAAS Reuben Lasker pose in front of Oceanographer during her construction.
Oceanography and Climate Laboratory in Paris LOCEAN Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute on the island of Embiez near Six-Fours-les-Plages . Roscoff Marine Station , associated with Sorbonne University , is the oldest marine research station in the world. [ 17 ]
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.
Joe Gradone teaching Rutgers graduate students about underwater gliders for a field lab methods course.
David Pugh OBE (13 July 1943 – 1 August 2022) was a British marine scientist and academic. He founded the Global Sea Level Observing System, was President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level, and emeritus fellow of the UK National Oceanography Centre.
A team of oceanographers led by Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered and mapped a new seamount on the Nazca Ridge 900 miles off the coast of Chile.
Timothy Richard Parsons, OC FRSC (1 November 1932 – 11 April 2022) was a Canadian oceanographer and the first Canadian to receive a Japan Prize. Background and career