Famous Oceanographers Flashcards
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William Beebe
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developed the bathysphere (submarine) to explore deeper underwater
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Jaques Cousteau
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Developed the first SCUBA equipment
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Sylvia Earle
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ambassador for the worlds oceans, holds many diving records for females
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Jacques Piccard
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Developed underwater vehicles to study deep ocean currents
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Robert Ballard
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an oceanographer that discovered the titanic, and PT 109 among others
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Alfred Wegener
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Famous for his theory of continental drift
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Henry Stommel
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Developed theories about ocean circulation
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Roger Revelle
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One of the first scientists to study global warming, and the movement of earth’s tectonic plates
