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  2. List of oceanographic institutions and programs - Wikipedia

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    CCE. Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography, based in College Station, Texas but with a campus in Galveston, Texas. TAMU Oceanography. University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, with locations in Long Beach, Ocean Springs, and the Stennis Space Center. SOSE.

  3. Scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Diver looking at a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [ 1] The name scuba is an anacronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus" and ...

  4. National Ocean Service - Wikipedia

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    The National Ocean Service (NOS) is an office within the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is the responsible for preserving and enhancing the nation's coastal resources and ecosystems along approximately 95,000 miles (153,000 km) of shoreline, that is bordering 3,500,000 square miles (9,100,000 km 2) of coastal, Great Lakes, and ocean waters.

  5. National Sea Grant College Program - Wikipedia

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    The National Sea Grant College Program is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a national network of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs involved in scientific research, education, training, and extension projects geared toward the conservation and practical use ...

  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Wikipedia

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    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA / ˈ n oʊ. ə / NOH-ə) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

  7. Oceanic Worldwide - Wikipedia

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    Huish Outdoors. Website. www .oceanicworldwide .com. Oceanic is an American manufacturer of scuba gear. It was founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and is based in San Leandro, California, United States. [1] Its products include dive computers, rebreathers and a novel diving mask incorporating a heads-up-display of information.

  8. Oceanic (unfinished ship) - Wikipedia

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    Oceanic. (unfinished ship) Oceanic was the planned name of an unfinished ocean liner that was partially built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. It would have been the third ship bearing the name Oceanic, after the one of 1870 and the one of 1899. It was envisaged in 1926, with the idea of modernizing the transatlantic service of the ...

  9. National Oceanographic Partnership Program - Wikipedia

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    Purpose and function. NOPP was established in 1997 through the National Oceanographic Partnership Act (PL 104-201, 10 USC 7901-7903) to improve the nation’s knowledge of the ocean, with the goals of promoting national security, advancing economic development, protecting quality of life, and strengthening science education and communication. [2]