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.jpg) The purpose of the unit is to provide students with an introduction to the oceans, its various environments and how they function, including a history of oceanography and its early development; basic properties of the oceans and atmosphere; physical processes of the ocean including ocean currents and waves; geological aspects related to ocean basins, the seafloor and marine sediments; marine biological processes including ocean productivity, pelagic ecosystems; chemical processes in the ocean such as the carbon cycle; and climate, the ocean and global climate change.
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