Theme II Rationale for Studying the Ocean

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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

8.    Oceans and Humans

9.    Extreme Environments

10.  Climate Change

11.  Methane Hydrates: Hydrate Ridge

12.  Volcanoes and Life: Axial Seamount


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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