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Oceanography – Marine Science
Oceanography
Introduction
Oceanography is the scientific study of the marine life, the life that lives in them and their physical features, ecology, the depth and extent of the oceanic water, their movements, composition and in meteorology, the interaction between the atmosphere and the oceans. Oceanography is also known as marine science.
Man first started to obtain knowledge of waves and currents in the seas and oceans in the pre-historic times.
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Scientists Plan Visit to Plastic Vortex in Pacific Ocean
A group of conservationists and scientists is due to set sail for an obscure corner of the Pacific Ocean in the coming months to explore a vast swirl of waste known as the “Plastic Vortex.” The giant gloop, which some scientists estimate is twice the size of Texas, has been gradually building over the last 60 years as Asia and the United States tossed their unwanted goods into the ocean.
Everything from flip-flops to plastic bags have been slowly broken down by the sun’s rays into small particles, and ocean tides have meant much of it has settled in a spiralling pattern just below the ocean surface between Hawaii and the mainland United States.
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