oceanographer
Americannoun
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“Coastally trapped” means they must follow a coastal boundary, with the shoreline to their right in the Northern Hemisphere, said Michael Jacox, research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries’ Ecosystem Science Division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The current heat wave has been ongoing for "about six months," said Andrew Leising, a research oceanographer at NOAA.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The study, co-authored with Rutgers oceanographer Richard Lutz, stands out because Cinquemani began the work as an undergraduate assignment that later became a peer-reviewed publication.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
Stevens said its underwater search unit had also been deployed and officers had consulted with an oceanographer.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
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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