Overview
Ocean Sciences at UCSB Geography seeks to understand the changing processes that affect Earth's climate, marine ecosystems, and coastal landscapes. Our domain includes many aspects of interdisciplinary marine science, including: oceanography, coastal and estuarine processes, spatial ecology, ocean circulation and mixing, marine and coastal ecosystems, climate and climate variability, carbon and other biogeochemical cycles, and interactions between the ocean, atmosphere, and land. Faculty expertise includes physical oceanography, coastal geomorphology, climate and carbon cycle, remote sensing, optical oceanography, numerical modeling, fieldwork (both shore-based and ship-based), robotic observations, and environmental fluid mechanics.
