New species are discovered in the ocean each year by marine biologists and other ocean scientists.
Scientists that study geography of the ocean floor.
Geological oceanography is the study of the ocean floor and the processes that lead to the formation of ocean features such as valleys canyons and mountains.
Deep ocean hydrothermal vent ecosystems were discovered in 1977.
There are three tools used to map the ocean floor sonar satellites and submersibles.
Many of these newly discovered species live deep on the ocean floor in unique habitats that depend on plate movement underwater volcanoes and cold water seeps.
Geological oceanography studies the structure of the ocean floor the exploration of the ocean bed and taking cognizance of what changes in the physical structure formed the valleys mountains and canyons.
An oceanographer studies the ocean.
The study from australia s national science agency csiro estimates there is 14 million metric tons of microplastics sitting on the ocean floor.
Ocean currents waves and geophysical fluid dynamics.
Plate tectonics and the geology of the sea.
Sonar is a type of electronic depth sounding equiptment made in the 1920 s it is an acronym for sound navigation and ranging.
Through sampling geological oceanographers can examine the history of the ocean floor over millions of years climate and the oceanic circulation.
Today s technology lets scientists to study the ocean in a quicker and precise way.
That would be more than 35x as much plastic.