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oceanographer

American  
[oh-shuh-nahg-ruhf-er] / ˌoʊ ʃəˈnɑg rəf ər /

noun

  1. someone engaged or having expertise in the study of oceanography.


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Ferrer and Scripps biological oceanographer Lisa Levin, the study's senior author, developed the idea for the review after attending COP25, the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Madrid.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

"A cold Atlantic doesn't necessarily mean a colder Europe," Gerard McCarthy, oceanographer at Ireland's Maynooth University, told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Visually, Price dropped the room’s grandiose oceanographer monument to the bottom of the sea.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

David Schwab, an oceanographer who developed a computer model of the conditions, said the ship “got to the worst possible place, at the worst possible time.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 3, 2025

As if to prove his point, headlines flared in 2007 when a twenty-six-person scientific team led by the oceanographer James Kennett proposed that a comet three miles in diameter struck Canada eleven thousand years ago.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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