How to Use oceanography in a Sentence

oceanography

noun
  • Hal Whitehead would ask about oceanography, about changes in currents.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the classes were for fun or enrichment — like oceanography and paper plane making.
    Paloma Esquivelstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • This is a science experiment for I am in an oceanography course.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Sears had been selected to oversee the oceanography chapters of the reports.
    Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Their varied paths converged in the front rows of an introduction to oceanography lecture.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Autonomous research ships could help bring the oceans to those who cannot currently access the world of oceanography.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Nearby Woods Hole is home to the preeminent school for oceanography.
    John Konrad, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2019
  • That way of doing oceanography, said Lawrence-Slavas, doesn’t transition very well between groups.
    Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023
  • Aquarius is not a household name, and oceanography receives only a fraction of the funding that space exploration does.
    Mark Hill, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2021
  • This book is for anyone who is into oceanography, sustainability or art — that's a lot of 10-year-olds!
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Each episode of the series will look at a different ocean through the lenses of oceanography, earth sciences, and geography.
    Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 18 July 2019
  • Sears continued her own research but also took on the role of organizer for the emerging field of modern oceanography.
    Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • But the work by the three countries vying for the Arctic—and that of dozens of others elsewhere in the world—has been a bonanza for oceanography.
    Richard Kemeny, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
  • The abrupt rupture is jeopardizing data on climate change, oceanography, and ecology that stretch back decades.
    Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 3 May 2023
  • Munk, who joined Scripps as a student in 1939, has had one of the most storied careers in the history of oceanography.
    Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Galleries of art, oceanography, rocks, and dinosaur bones seem counterintuitive and eccentric, but that’s good.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • That’s the Argo Data Management system, which broke new ground for oceanography.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2022
  • Oregon is home to a number of elite scientists who have made advances in cancer treatment, oceanography, climate change, chemistry, biology and physics.
    Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • But campus officials say the final figures are expected to show that the school’s work in health and medicine, along with engineering and oceanography, will dominate the funding list.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Oreskes examines the military backing that poured into oceanography programs during World War II and the cold war.
    Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2021
  • So far, this winter the sea level is about four inches higher and growing, said Dan Rudnick, a professor of physical oceanography at Scripps.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Program covers oceanography, surf skills, ecology and fitness/competition in addition to water safety training and skills.
    Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Robert Ballard, 79, a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, may be slowing down.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
  • The claim by Walid Nekiche at his trial last Tuesday drew widespread criticism in the media, along with the prosecution's request for a life sentence for the oceanography student.
    Aomar Ouali, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
  • July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanography professor who helps produce the reports.
    Dánica Coto, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Russell Hopcroft, project leader and oceanography professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, says the status of three research cruises planned for 2020 is unclear even as the first is scheduled to depart in five weeks.
    Kristen Pope, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Chuanmin Hu, a professor of oceanography at the USF College of Marine Science and an author of the study, said the discovery was a coincidence, a matter of the right devices at the right place at the right time.
    Alex Harris august 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Ruari Buijs, a marine biology and oceanography student at the University of Plymouth in England, ultimately wants to work in Antarctica and research marine megafauna.
    ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The chain of events began decades ago, when westerly winds around Antarctica started to get stronger, said Aditya Narayanan, a study author and research fellow in physical oceanography at the University of Southampton in the UK.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • On the main campus’ 1,200 acres of coastal woodland, the university boasts undergraduate research opportunities across programs, including oceanography, biology and computer science.
    Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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