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The Outstanding Filipinos (TOFIL) Award for Science (Marine Biology) in 1992 [6] Laureate in the United Nations' Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1989; On April 22, 2024, the Marine Science Institute, in its 50th founding anniversary, was re-named Edgardo D. Gomez Hall. The Marine Biodiversity Resources and ...
Anton Frederik Bruun (14 December 1901 – 13 December 1961) was a Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist.. Educated at University of Copenhagen (1926) and employed at the Danish Commission for Marine Research (Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havundersøgelser), where he participated in the third Dana expedition (1928–1930).
Ashanti Johnson (previously Ashanti Johnson-Pyrtle) is an American geochemist and chemical oceanographer. [2] She is the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in oceanography from Texas A&M University.
The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-1-4262-0541-5. Co-author (2011). The Protection and Management of the Sargasso Sea: The golden floating rainforest of the Atlantic Ocean. Summary Science and Supporting Evidence Case. Sargasso Sea Alliance. Earle, Sylvia (2012). The Sweet Spot in Time.
In addition to her career in research, Gates served as a mentor, public speaker, science communicator, and proponent for change and progress in the field of marine science. [7] She captivated and inspired audiences with her passion, optimism, and, as she modestly put it, her English boarding school accent. [ 7 ]
Thermohaline circulation. 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.
The scientists – professionals and volunteers – have together mapped stories of recovery with data. And their findings have reinforced the fact that just as each beach is different, so is its ...
Marine geological studies were of extreme importance in providing the critical evidence for sea floor spreading and plate tectonics in the years following World War II. The deep ocean floor is the last essentially unexplored frontier and detailed mapping in support of economic ( petroleum and metal mining ), natural disaster mitigation, and ...