Question

Geophysical oceanography and its importance

Answer 1

Oceanography is like geography, but for oceans. It is a branch of Earth sciences. It studies a wide class of phenomena: a) marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; b) ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; c) plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries.

It partly includes such sciences as Biogeochemistry, Biogeography, Climatology, Coastal geography, Environmental science, Geophysics, Glaciology, Hydrography, Hydrology