What is Oceanography

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What is Oceanography
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And the Answer is

• Basically
• the study of all aspects of the physics,
  chemistry, geology and biology of the sea
• The oceans make a working machine with the
  continents, atmosphere and ice covered areas

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Oceanographers

• Practical Problems
• Research
• Discovery

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• More than ½ the worlds population live within 50
  km of the sea

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Why is Oceanography Important

• We can use the oceans to learn about our
  environment and how the earth works as a global
  system
• New electronic devices are able to probe deep sea
  environments
• Temperature
• Salinity
• Why is hard for humans to study the deep sea?

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What do Oceanographers Do?

• Ship Research of Sea
• Seismology and Geophysics
• Studied sometimes with underwater observatories
• Moorings from land with probes
• AUV
• Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
• Propel themselves drift with current
• ROV
• Remotely operated vehicle

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• With in sensitive areas such as estuaries
  Cat-Scans can be done

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Working in the Polar Regions

• Icebreakers and drilling holes in the ice are two
  ways of studding the ice filled areas

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Most Importantly Jobs

• Working aboard a Ship
• Analyzing specimens in the lab
• Research
• Labs, Universities, Industry
• Working in Academia
• Environmental Consultant
• Economics
• Political
• Government

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More Jobs

• Geological Oceanographers/Geophysicists
• Exploration of seafloor
• History of Earth
• Properties of Rocks
• Explanation of Ocean Basin Creation
• Physical Oceanographer
• Physical Properties of the Ocean
• Ocean influences on Weather and Climate
• Wave, Tides, Currents
• Transmission of light and sound in water

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More Jobs

• Chemical Oceanographer/Marine Geochemist
• Investigation of Chemical Composition of Seawater
• Salinity
• Pollutants
• Studying where chemicals move in oceans/tracing
• Biological Oceanographers/Marine
  Biologist/Fisheries Scientist
• Study of Plants and Animals
• How to harvest food
• Biological response to Pollution
• MOST COMPETIVIE SECTOR OF MARINE SCIENCE!!

http//www.palomar.edu/oceanography/links/Careers.
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Themes We Will Potentially Study

• Why does Earth have oceans?
• Does this make us special?
• What occurs in and around the oceans.
• How does water affect our lives?
• How do humans affect water on Earth?

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