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Theme II: Rationale for Studying the Ocean
1. Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next Generation Science in the Ocean Basins (Lecture)
PART I: Rationale for Studying the Ocean
2. A 2020 Vision for Ocean Science (Article by J.R. Delaney and R.S. Barga)
3. Science Overview: The Complex Oceans
4. Earth-Ocean Processes (Poster – Top Half and Bottom Half)
5. Oceans and Life: a Lesson in Complexity
6. Earthquakes in the NE Pacific
7. Carbon Cycle
10. Climate Change
11. Methane Hydrates: Hydrate Ridge
12. Volcanoes and Life: Axial Seamount
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