What is Marine Science?

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What is Marine Science?

• The study of living organisms and their
  relationship to the physical, chemical and
  geological nature of the ocean.

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Two Main Divisions

• Marine Biology
• Living organisms taxa
• Characteristics of growth
• Food web interactions
• Sub Groups
• Veterinary medicine
• Resource management
• Aquaculture
• Education
• Behavior/psychology

• Oceanography
• Tides, waves, currents
• Ocean floor geology
• Water chemistry
• Sub Groups
• Engineering
• Archeology
• Military
• Meteorology
• Energy management

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Professional Opportunities

• Education
• Pollution Control
• International Policy of the Sea
• Environmental Law
• Ocean engineering
• World Trade Global Shipping
• Mapping, Exploration, Research
• Recreation

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College Departments

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Geology
• Oceanic Engineering
• Computer science

All will train in ocean related fields.
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Marine Careers

• 40 all levels of government related fields,
  Military
• 40 academic or educational
• 20 private sector

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History

• Learning from the Past

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Oceanography and Marine Biology began as a
necessity not a science!
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Minoans and Phoenicians used the Mediterranean
for trade.
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Greeks calculated the Earths size, shape and
latitude lines.

• Eratosthenes' Calculation of Earth's
  Circumference
• By comparing the shadow of the sun at Summer
  Solstice noon at Alexandria and Syrene, and
  knowing the distance between the two, he
  calculated the circumference of the earth to be
  250,000 stadia (about 24,662 miles).

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Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, colonized Iceland
in 700 A.D. and North America by 100 A.D.
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Arabs and Chinese

• Developed the compass
• Used earliest from of navigations
• The Chinese developed rudders on Junks before the
  Europeans.

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Polynesians

• used stars to explore Micronesia in double hulled
  canoes.

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Voyages of Columbus (1492) and Magellan (1522)
began the Age of Discovery