For more than 15 years the project's drilling ship, the Glomar Challenger, roamed the world's oceans for a consortium of oceanographic institutions, logging 375,632 nautical miles and removing 19,119 core samples from the sea floor.

Mr. Vine joined the oceanographic institution in 1940.

It is the subject of ongoing study by the scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and other oceanographic institutions.

Scientists from 11 universities, 6 government agencies, 3 private companies and 3 oceanographic institutions are conducting more than 30 experiments on topics such as rip currents, the way waves carry sand in the surf zone and sediment transport along the shore in storms.

During his Directorship, Linsky visited 15 countries in a 3-year period to conduct research, organize international conferences, or present at leading oceanographic institutions throughout the world.

Lutz is the Director of Rutgers University's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, the fourth best oceanographic institution in the world.

Two months later, IMCS was named the fourth top oceanographic institution in the world, based on a Reuters survey of paper citations since 2000 and impact on the marine sciences.

In 1965 Nierenberg was asked to run one of the most prestigious oceanographic institution in the world, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).

With some 60 buildings and laboratories and 650 employees and visiting scientists, including several Nobel laureates, it's the largest oceanographic institution in the US.

The Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI) is a multi-campus research facility and non-profit oceanographic institution headquartered in Terminal Island, California.