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Trade Routes
During the early times traveling on land was long, hard, and people couldn’t carry much even with pack animals. Traveling by sea was a lot easier, and it allowed people to bring large amounts of goods over to other countries.-trade -
Tide
Isaac Newton explained that the tides occurred from gravitational pull.- scientific research -
Submarine
Submarines were invented in the 1700s and allowed military to swiftly move through the water undetected..-military -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin contributed to oceanography in the mid- to late 1700s by making observations on the gulf coast and it’s patterns.-scientific research -
Current Patterns
Matthew Fontaine Maury Found books of abandoned ships and found similar patterns between the books. With the books he found the patterns of the moving current.-navigation -
Submarine Valley
James Alden discovered California's Monterey Canyon, the first known submarine valley. (a long, deep cut in the ocean floor-In scientific research -
Oscillator
Reginald Fessenden conducted the first acoustic exploration of the seas (sonar). Using an electric oscillator. He was able to receive echoes coming from the bottom of the ocean as well as from an iceberg.- navigation -
Pollution
Not a discovery, but water pollution started around mid 1900s and has continued to become a problem. People have been creating machines to pick up the trash to help reduce pollution. -
Evolution
Ecology and evolution theories of marine animals and plants- scientific research -
Plankton study
The quantitative and predictive studies of plankton - scientific research