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Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek ???fe?? = write), also called oceanology or marine science is the study of the Earth's oceans and seas. Oceanographers study a wide range of topics such as plate tectonics to ocean currents to marine organisms. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers blend to help us understand Earth's interdependencies: biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, and physics.

UK. Stanley Gray Lecture sees first presentation of ocean research ...  -  22 Oct 2007
BYM News (press release),Rick Spinrad is the President of The Oceanography Society, and served as Editor in Chief of Oceanography magazine; he has served on numerous professional

Two local teachers rewarded with underwater field trip  -  22 Oct 2007
Online Athens (subscription),Through daily blogs and e-mail, the teachers were able to bring their classrooms along with them, turning their trip into an oceanography and physics lesson

Students test Sound's vital signs  -  22 Oct 2007
The Olympian,The honors science program at the middle school was revived this year as a nine-week unit on marine biology and oceanography. Students were selected for the

Clipper to go down Nov. 15  -  22 Oct 2007
Daily News - Galveston County,From 1965 until 1994, the historic ship carried students from Texas A&M University at Galveston around the world as they studied oceanography,

UK. QinetiQ PSI subsidiary to research ocean dynamics & prediction ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
BYM News (press release),This research will benefit the Navy’s capabilities for real-time ocean monitoring, forecasting and support NRL’s Oceanography Division’s mission of planning

Red tide toxins give up secret  -  Oct 21, 2007
Earth & Sky,Red Tide caused by Dinoflagellates off the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Pier, La Jolla California. (P. Alejandro Díaz) View a larger version of this

Rex the giant lobster finds home  -  Oct 18, 2007
Canada.com,Chris Crowell holds Rex, an approximately 60-year-old, seven-kilogram lobster at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, NS on Wednesday,

Boat used by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) reportedly ...  -  Oct 9, 2007
Daijiworld.com,Daijiworld's Mangalore office contacted the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa and its director, VP Shetye, confirmed the news.

Dartmouth’s BIO opens its doors  -  Oct 20, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) Canada’s largest ocean research facility is holding its annual open house today and Sunday.

URI combines business administration and oceanography in new dual ...  -  Sep 25, 2007
URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription),09/25/07 - The University of Rhode Island is making its mark on both the oceanography and business worlds with a new graduate dual degree program.

US hydrographic survey ship makes first visit to Vietnam  -  Oct 18, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,Briefings and displays will include an overview of the US Navy's oceanography programme and will demonstrate the value of hydrographic, oceanographic,

Water, art tour coming to Valley  -  Oct 19, 2007
AZ Central.com,In partnership with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Wyland Foundation has created a mobile resource center to teach kids about waterways and

I Don't Know What Tomorrow Holds, But I Know Who Holds Tomorrow  -  Oct 19, 2007
CSRwire.com (press release)...influential participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University.

Jacobs gets deal from USGS Los Angeles Business from bizjournals  -  Oct 16, 2007
Bizjournals.com,The areas of support will include geology, hydrology, biology, chemistry, and oceanography. The purchasing agreement has a one base year with four

Jacobs Wins Contract Worth Up to $39M  -  Oct 16, 2007
Forbes,Jacobs will support work at the sites in areas including geology, hydrology, biology, chemistry and oceanography. The US Geological Survey is part of the

NA to become first assembly to complete term  -  Oct 13, 2007
Daily Times,The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Act, National Institute of Oceanography Act, National Database Registration Authority (Amendment) Act

UF student arrested during oceanography class  -  Sep 28, 2007
Independent Florida Alligator,By EVA MAE SMITH, Alligator Contributing Writer Borah, 3301 SW 13 St. Apt. P242, was arrested without notification on two active Alachua County warrants,

Beach erosion: Act now, say experts  -  Oct 18, 2007
Newindpress,PURI: Experts of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa have expressed shock over the depleting beach conditions along the Puri coast.

NOMWC Takes Over UUV Program  -  Oct 11, 2007
Military.comThe future of the Navy’s unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) program for mine warfare has been placed in the hands of the new Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare

Whales for the saving  -  Oct 15, 2007
Dalhousie News (press release),Now, research by Dalhousie student Angelia Vanderlaan and Oceanography professor Christopher Taggart is helping ensure these whales are protected from

University weighs development of research and technology park  -  Oct 16, 2007
URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription),The study also highlighted the research done by the oceanography and pharmacy departments at URI as a lure for prospective research companies.

ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR  -  Oct 3, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in oceanography, wetland science, ecosystem studies, or related fields; strong research background; established record in

Taking the pulse of the planet  -  Oct 16, 2007
University of Delaware,For Montone, the next step in her career likely will be graduate school for paleo-oceanography, the study of the ocean's history.

Port awards grants for environmental endeavors  -  Oct 10, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,SAN DIEGO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study copper levels in sediment and water from copper-based paint in recreational boats that frequent

T. Rex of a lobster escapes pot  -  Oct 17, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,...seafood aisle very much alive on Monday and is now enjoying his new digs inside a display tank at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth.

Six scientists of NIO attacked off Goa coast  -  Oct 10, 2007
Times of India,PANAJI: A boat carrying six scientists of Waltair-Vishkhapatnam-based regional centre of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Panaji was attacked off

NIO scientists attacked off Udupi coast  -  Oct 10, 2007
Hindu,Panaji, (PTI): A boat carrying six scientists of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) here was allegedly attacked by a group of people off the Udupi

Dean to resign from post  -  Oct 16, 2007
LSU The Reveille,He also serves as a professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Laws said he is looking forward to returning to faculty status.

Jacobs to support Naval Research Laboratory  -  Oct 9, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Naval Research Laboratory for ocean dynamics and prediction oceanography research.

For URI, grant money is blowin' in the wind  -  Oct 9, 2007
URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription),The Graduate School of Oceanography will receive $125000 to create a center for offshore renewable energy research and the remaining $75000 will finance the

UCSD Scripps Researchers Share Nobel Peace Price With Al Gore  -  Oct 12, 2007
KPBS,Researchers at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography are sharing the Nobel Peace Prize with other scientists and Al Gore.

Udupi: No Breakthrough yet in Assault on Scientists at Yermal  -  Oct 14, 2007
Daijiworld.com,...regional centre attached to Goa- based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has reached a dead end with no major breakthrough achieved till date.

River runs white in a rare though natural process  -  Oct 14, 2007
Providence Journal,That’s what happened early Saturday, according to Veronica M. Berounsky, a scientist at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography,

Climate Change Drives Endangered Seabird Into UK Waters  -  Oct 20, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The findings come from a new survey, led by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) in collaboration with the RSPB,

Something in the Water  -  Oct 8, 2007
SDSUniverse,Researchers from San Diego State University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University California San Diego proposed a project called "RiverNet,"

COURTESTY RI OER  -  Oct 1, 2007
Providence Business News,The other $100000 will go to the Graduate School of Oceanography to use in developing plans for offshore energy technology research and development,

Udupi: Scientists attacked near Yermal  -  Oct 12, 2007
Bellevision,...scientists from Vishakhapatnam-based regional centre of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) two days ago off Yermal coast in Udupi district.

Far Eastern Scientists Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Earth’s ...  -  Oct 4, 2007
Vladivostok Times,The three-day conference "Achievements of satellite oceanography, research and monitoring of marginal seas of Asia from the space," which started at the VI

Boat carrying NIO scientists attacked off Udipi coast  -  Oct 10, 2007
Navhind Times,Panaji, Oct 10 A boat carrying six scientists from the National Institute of Oceanography, on a “routine geophysical survey� off the coast of Udipi in

Mayor Seeks Waiver For Point Loma Plant  -  Oct 10, 2007
NBC Sandiego.com,In June, the mayor appointed a committee composed of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography to inspect the conditions and come up with a

Scientists robbed at sea  -  Oct 10, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,New Delhi, Oct. 10: Some unknown persons climbed into a boat carrying six scientists from the National Institute of Oceanography off the coast of Udipi,

NIO-Vizag scientists boat waylaid in west coast, equipment robbed  -  Oct 10, 2007
NewKerala.com,Regional Centre of the National institute of Oceanography (NIO) were undertaking a survey in the west coast and decamped with valuable instruments.

Fishery study: 'Academic exercise or action plan?'  -  Oct 21, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,One of the report's co-authors, Joseph Powers of the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University and former fisheries

After All These Years: Al Lewis, Age 73, Living with Type 1 ...  -  Oct 1, 2007
Diabetes Health (press release),After a three-year foray into forestry at the start of college, Al found himself drawn to the study of oceanography instead (no big surprise there).

No fuss in France at Sarkozys' split  -  Oct 21, 2007
Edmonton Journal,...creature that must be at least 60 years old, the lobster now known as Rex will live out its days at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth.

Private sector a key ingredient in recipe for economic success  -  Oct 21, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,...clams in the area were still contaminated, Dr. John Vandermeulen told a symposium organized by the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

On-the-job training, kid-style  -  Sep 27, 2007
Jeffconews.com,The money generated will help fund an oceanography field study for Excel Academy sixth graders in Dana Point, Calif. Kids at Excel go on yearly trips over

Himalayan rocks fast weathering, depleting carbon dioxide: scientist  -  Sep 27, 2007
NewKerala.com,But the contribution of the young and growing mountains of Himalayas to the cooling is much more than the global average,'' claims nuclear oceanography

Buckland professor visits Shetland  -  Oct 18, 2007
Fish Update,...“My own research discipline is physical oceanography and for some years I have been measuring the temperature of the oceans around Shetland.

Robert (Bob) William Walter Langton -- Rochester  -  Oct 6, 2007
Post-Bulletin,He studied diverse topics in depth including oceanography, scuba diving, mushroom hunting and genealogy. He attended many Elderhostels and enjoyed embracing

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