topic lecture: ocean exploration
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Topic Lecture: Ocean Exploration. Georgetown Debate Seminar 2014 Maggie Berthiaume. What do you think of when you think of “ocean”?. “Ocean Wallpapers,” http://w8themes.com/ocean-wallpapers/. “Hurricane Earl,” www.nws.noaa.gov. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Topic Lecture: Ocean Exploration
Georgetown Debate Seminar 2014Maggie Berthiaume
What do you think of when you think of “ocean”?
“Ocean Wallpapers,” http://w8themes.com/ocean-wallpapers/
“Hurricane Earl,” www.nws.noaa.gov
“Aircraft Carrier,” http://www.topvehiclephoto.com/aircraft-carrier-wallpaper-desktop/
What are we doing here?
“These Shoes Just Did It,” http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/oceanography_currents_2.html
The Social Construction of the Ocean, Philip E. Steinberg
Questions About the Ocean
What is an ocean?
What is the historical role of the Earth’s oceans?
What is the current role of the Earth’s oceans?
Who owns the oceans?
(What does it mean to own an ocean, anyway?)
What are current global laws and regulations about the
oceans?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea#mediaviewer/File:Zonmar-en.svg
Trivia #1: What country has the largest EEZ?
We’re #1! USA!
Trivia #2: What country has the SECOND largest
EEZ?
Wait, what?
FRANCE??
What are current US policies about the oceans?
What does “exploration” mean?
“Space the Final Frontier,” http://www.photoboats.com/Aircraft/Space/triple_terrest_space_the_final_frontier_post_em_if_you_1280x1024_wallpaper_73991/download_1920x1440
Just how deep is the ocean, anyway?
http://drodriguez8.tripod.com/webclass/WG/wg2-1.htm
What’s down there?
How do we explore the ocean now?
Federal Oceanographic Fleet Status Report
“Orion,” http://www.upinthesky.nl/2014/06/mh370-grote-stap-naar-fase-2/
“CURV III,” http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23862359/
“Snorkeler discovers rare fish,” http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/16/snorkeler-discoversraregiantfishoffcaliforniacoast.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution HabCam, http://habcam.whoi.edu/gallery_view.pl
Josh London (NOAA), Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/
What are the US’s current research & exploration
priorities?
Why does the US or the Federal Government have
to explore it?
What parts of the USFG do ocean exploration? Who are
their partners?
What is the Federal Oceanographic Fleet?
What exploration does it do?