Oceanography

“Shadow Divers” by Robert Kurson is an adventurous depiction of a group of amateur deep sea divers who discover a U-boat, a World War 2 era German submarine, sunken in the deep waters off the coast of New Jersey. The sea divers eventually find out that there are no official records listing a sunken sub at that location and later set out to determine the lost identity of the mysterious U-boat. Kurston focuses on the two main divers who obsessed over the U-boat, John Chatterton and Richie Kohler,…

Sea level continues to rise in recent years, but also that the rate gradually accelerated, according to some data of observations. Sea level is rising primarily because as global temperatures increase, oceans are warming, which causes sea water to expand; and land ice is melting, which transfers water to the ocean. The rise of sea level will increase the risk of the coastal inundation. “Climate change will not introduce any new types of coastal hazard” (Manatu Mo Te Taiao, 2004), but the climate…

The Beaufort Gyre, a major anticyclonic circulation feature in the Arctic Ocean, hosts a substantial fraction of the overall Arctic freshening citep{haine2015arctic}. The large-scale gyre circulation has been directly linked to its freshwater content (FWC) via the process of Ekman pumping that converges relatively fresh surface waters and deepens the halocline citep[e.g.][]{proshutinsky2002role}. The Ekman pumping arises due to transient anticyclonic winds that cause significant gyre…

Introduction A vessel floating in water reacts to its environment with motion. It has six degrees of freedom, three translational and three rotational. When the floating vessel is attached to appendages, which in this case is mooring lines and risers, these attached slender structures also have effect on how the vessel reacts to the environmental loads. This study is to understand how these effects are analysed. In this chapter, the solution of the uncoupled and coupled analysis is going to be…

Currents are the movements of the ocean produced by various causes. It may be divided into general and particular. The former depending on fixed and general causes which is always preserve the same direction and limits while the latter resulting from local and temporary ones vary both. The grand movement of the ocean from east to west or the equatorial current has a more complicated origin and the trade wind, so far from being the cause as has been supposed by some are probably in part the…

Dynamic Planet is an amazing branch of science. From oceanography, to currents, to plate tectonics, all of the subtleties of the dynamic planet are unique in their own ways. Our Earth, itself, is a dynamic planet. The planet contains over one thousand volcanoes, forty thousand earthquakes, and almost two hundred impact craters. All of these features come from the Earth constantly being in motion. The Earth has powerful forces that are caused by nature. Most of which can’t be seen but felt…

let us look at the definition for both terms. A chart as Tom Garrison, a science professor, defines the term is a "graphic representation that primarily depict water and water related information." (Oceanography pg.26). A map on the contrary shows a graph that "primarily represent land."(Oceanography pg.26). People commonly think a map and a chart have similarities, and in fact they do have similarities. As a matter of a fact, at the time we are using a nautical chart some classmates call charts…

Have you heard of the very first scientist that invented the very first aqua lung device. Incase you don’t know a aqua lung device is the very first machine that allowed humans to breath underwater. Not only did this person invent the aqualung device this person also invented the first underwater camera which allowed people to take photos of all the animals and plants underwater. Well if you still haven’t guessed who i will give you more clues. This person conducted underwater expeditions as…

different types of tourist attractions. If one was interested in a very mountainous peninsula with extremely beautiful beaches, then Greece is the perfect place! The unique way Greece has been formed is because of how geology, meteorology, and oceanography have shaped the country. Geology in Greece Despite the small surface area, Greece is filled with a rich and diverse natural environment. The country has many abundant natural landforms such as thousands of sea coasts, imposing mountains,…

Jonathan. I chose him because he works in software engineering, but majored in marine biology while minoring in chemistry and computer science engineering. This intrigued me because in high school I took an oceanography class and fell in love with the study, I wanted to major in oceanography and minor in marine biology, but I figured engineering would be more economic. I still love engineering, so it is not something I’m doing just for the jobs or money. In fact, I am considering a minor in…