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Oceanographer/Marine Biologist
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Oceanographers help us gain a better understanding of how our oceans,
and living creatures in them, function as an ecosystem. Oceanography
contains a wide range of jobs including engineers, marine biologists,
and zoologists (people who study animals). People with skills in these
and other areas are involved in oceanography because Earth has more oceans
than land, and it is a huge task to understand how the oceans work. |
One of the better-known careers in oceanography is marine biology. While
oceanographers study oceans as a whole, marine biologists focus on the
living creatures in different types of water, not just huge oceans. They
also study life in seas, bays, and other large bodies of water.
Oceanographers may also be technicians who specialize in working on
equipment used to study the oceans. Oceanography needs technicians who
are able to work on boats, electronics, and specialty equipment to make
sure that their experiments run smoothly.
Oceanographers also get to travel quite a bit to do research and
experiments. Although some oceanographers write technical reports in a
lab, others explore the oceans. If you enjoy the water, or marine
animals then you should think about a career in oceanography.
Updated: January 22, 2003
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