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  2. Matthew Fontaine Maury - Wikipedia

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    There, Maury studied thousands of ships' logs and charts. He published the Wind and Current Chart of the North Atlantic, which showed sailors how to use the ocean's currents and winds to their advantage, drastically reducing the length of ocean voyages. Maury's uniform system of recording oceanographic data was adopted by navies and merchant ...

  3. Whirlpool - Wikipedia

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    A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. [ 1 ] [ clarification needed ] Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( / ˈ m eɪ l s t r ɒ m , - r ə m / MAYL -strom, -⁠strəm ).

  4. Randy Olson - Wikipedia

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    Olson in 2010. Richard Randolph "Randy" Olson is a marine biologist-turned-filmmaker who earned his Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University (1984) and became a tenured professor of marine biology at the University of New Hampshire (1992) before changing careers by moving to Hollywood and entering film school at the University of Southern California.

  5. ‘The heart of the universe’: How the Panama Canal changed the ...

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    President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question,” possibly with military force, has ...

  6. Marine geology - Wikipedia

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    Marine geology or geological oceanography is the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical , geochemical , sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and coastal zone .

  7. Henry Stommel - Wikipedia

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    Henry Melson Stommel (September 27, 1920 – January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography.Beginning in the 1940s, he advanced theories about global ocean circulation patterns and the behavior of the Gulf Stream that form the basis of physical oceanography today.

  8. Humboldt Current - Wikipedia

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    Humboldt Current. The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America. [1] It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator, and extends 500–1,000 km (310–620 mi) offshore.

  9. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Monday ...

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    Winter storm live tracker: Snowfall maps, current alerts, weather warnings, and more. Weather. Associated Press. Kilauea is spewing lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano's latest activity in an on ...