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Maria Bianca Cita (Italy, 1924–2024); Craig A. Carlson (US, born 1963); Katherine Richardson Christensen (born 1954); James Churgin (US, born 1928); Josefina Castellví (Spain, born 1935)
Oceanographers direct or influence interdisciplinary oceanography research. This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:Women oceanographers The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Robert T. Paine (1933–2016), American marine zoologist known for developing the "keystone species" concept; Joseph R. Pawlik (born 1960), American marine biologist; Ronald C. Phillips (1932–2005), American marine botanist, co-author of Seagrasses (1980); worldwide development of seagrass science told in autobiographical Travels with ...
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.
Harald Rosenthal (born 1937), German hydrobiologist known for his work in fish farming and ecology [dubious – discuss] [citation needed] William R. Royal (16 March 1905 – 8 May 1997), explorer of Warm Mineral Springs and Little Salt Spring in Florida
In 2004, Ballard was appointed professor of oceanography, and currently serves as Director of the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography, at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography. He was the first speaker to give the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture in Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island in 2002. [41]
Marie Tharp was born on July 30, 1920, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the only child of Bertha Louise Tharp, a German and Latin teacher, and William Edgar Tharp, a soil surveyor for the United States Department of Agriculture. [6]
In 1993, Munk was the first recipient of the Walter Munk Award given "in Recognition of Distinguished Research in Oceanography Related to Sound and the Sea." [92] This award was given jointly by The Oceanography Society, the Office of Naval Research and the US Department of Defense Naval Oceanographic Office. [92]