At the beginning of the 20th century, the term Oceanography was merely a few decades old, and few investigations of the oceans, which cover nearly three-fourths of the planet\'s surface, had taken place.
This is the story of an Institution that catapulted the field into the forefront of science--first as a pioneer of marine biology, then as a source of wartime environmental intelligence, and most recently as a messenger warning of humanity\'s effect on nature and a source of solutions to the problem..
At the beginning of the 20th century, the term Oceanography was merely a few decades old, and few investigations of the oceans, which cover nearly three-fourths of the planet\'s surface, had taken place