Featured essays. Marine embedment anchors: a twist on anchors / Royce Randlett, Jr.
Undersea exploration: a biographical sketch of Jacques-Yves Cousteau / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
Air-sea interactions: a biological sketch of Vagn Walfrid Ekman / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
Drill ship: Glomar Challenger / Bradley A. Weymer
The Sargasso Sea: sea of legends / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
Cold seeps: it is not all hot stuff / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
Antarctica's tabletops: bergs of note / Kyle R. Dedrick
The joint global ocean flux study / David L. Porter, Ph.D.
Radioactive waste disposal in the sea / Kyle R. Dedrick
Oceanographic innovations: a biographical sketch of Fridtjof Nansen / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Marine Sanctuary Program / Craig Bonn
A brief history and current and future programs at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / David L. Porter, Ph.D.
Ocean explorations: a biographical sketch of Dr. Robert D. Ballard / C. Reid Nichols
Drill ship JOIDES Resolution / Bradley A. Weymer
Ocean platforms for research: The Harvest Platform / C. Reid Nichols
Modern physical oceanographer: a biographical sketch of Walter Heinrich Munk / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
The Deep Sea Drilling Project / Bradley A. Weymer
NOAA's Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTIS®) / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
Acoustic tide guages: a sound way to measure water levels / Robert G. Williams, Ph.D.
Appendixes. Marine science further resouces
Selected major oceans, seas, gulfs, and bays worldwide
Classification of marine organisms
Periodic table of elements
Selected listing of marine laboratories
Modern map of the world's oceans.
