Overall, Marine Biology as a great career option for many people. If you have a love of nature, and also can bare with research it is a great job. To be a marine biologist, it does require a lot of schooling, and there is not high pay. Marine Biology (MB) is the study of marine organisms and their relationship with the physical and chemical dynamics of the marine environment. Faculty expertise encompasses several major areas of modern biology including evolutionary, ecological, organismic, physiological, biochemical, and genetic processes of marine animals and microorganisms.

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An excellent panel presentation on contemporary topics in marine science with a specific focus on access to curriculum and resources for educators who work in ships. Starting the discussion was Austin Becker of Stanford University, who gave a thorough overview of global warming and sea level rise.

He specifically addressed the potential implications of storm surge in seaports. Jenan Kharbush of Scripps Institution for Oceanography followed with a presentation on the disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The incident, BP and government response, large dilute areas of oil at great depth, dead and dying corals, use of dispersants, and the large body of unknowns associated with dispersants and oil in these quantities were all covered. And bringing it all together was Gwen Noda of The Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE-West) who offered a very thorough list of resources for educators and presented a number of hands-on examples for teaching ocean science concepts on ships. The list of resources assembled for this session are available on the COSEE website at [add URL here]. She talked about COSEE’s role in connecting scientists to educators and encouraged all to take advantage of COSEE’s resources. Ken Neal of Call of the Sea talked briefly about curriculum elements they have added to programs aboard Seaward and his work on education units for ocean power. Jan Wagner added that SEA will be working on a shipboard program in the Gulf this spring and spoke briefly about SEA’s historical work with tarballs. Austin Becker, Stanford University Austin Becker Austin Becker is a Ph.D.

Student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program for Environment and Resources at Stanford University. Austin researches the risks and vulnerabilities that climate change pose to seaports and the socio-political systems that depend upon them. To understand how best to approach climate-change adaptation, he works across the fields of engineering, policy, sociology, and climate science. He earned a Master of Marine Affairs (2005) and Master of Environmental Science and Management (2006) at the University of Rhode Island. Before returning to graduate school, he worked as a captain in the Sloop Providence and various other sailing ships. Austin holds a 500-Ton U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license for ocean-going vessels.