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Marine and
Atmospheric Science is an interdisciplinary program
dealing with the study
of the world's oceans and atmosphere: their physical
and biological constituents,
the influence of oceanic resources on human society and the conservation and
future development of those resources.
The program offers the following areas
of study:
Biological
Oceanography: the
ecology of marine systems including fisheries
and ecosystem
modeling, and the interfacing of biological
processes with physical phenomena.
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Marine
Biology: functional morphology and
development, evolution, physiology, biochemistry
and genetics of marine plants and animals.
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Chemical
Oceanography: chemical properties
and processes of seawater, the sources and
relationships between various dissolved compounds,
mineral extraction, and marine pollution
including nuclear waste disposal. New areas
of research include marine pharmacology and
natural product chemistry and this involves
the search for useful drugs and organic compounds
in marine organisms.
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Geological
Oceanography: the shape of the ocean
floor, rocks, sediments, fossils and minerals,
coastal erosion, oil and gas deposits, seismic
activity and plate tectonics.
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| Physical
Oceanography: physical properties
of seawater, light and sound in the ocean,
tides and waves, how water and energy are circulated
by currents, the interaction of the ocean and
the atmosphere, and the ocean's effects on
weather and climate. |
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Science/Computer Science: research
in applied scientific aspects of ocean science
and management. The curriculum emphasizes computing
skills for data capture, data visualization,
and data analysis and programming skills sufficient
to write system models, to program instrumentation,
and to interface with remote sensing applications. |
| Meteorology: weather,
climate, atmospheric circulation, remote sensing
of the atmosphere and air-sea interaction. |
Marine
Affairs and Policy: marine policy,
political ecology, marine resource economics,
management of marine resources, environmental
impact analysis, marine cultural resources,
marine anthropology, ocean and coastal
law and policy.
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