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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The author acknowl
edges many contributions and informative discussions with his MBARI colleagues
who helped to shape this article, in particular Kelly Benoit-Bird, Peter Brewer,
James Barry, James Birch, Dave Caress, Francisco Chavez, Nancy Jacobsen-Stout,
Ken Johnson, Eve and Lonny Lundsten, Raúl Nava, Bruce Robison, John Ryan,
Rob Sherlock, Yui Takeshita, Susan von Thun, Giancarlo Troni, and Yanwu Zhang. With
great appreciation, the author also thanks the Ocean Studies Board for extending the
invitation to present this overview at the 26th Annual Roger Revelle Lecture and to the
National Academies for hosting the event. Stacee Karras and Claudia Benitez-Nelson
graciously and patiently provided invaluable assistance with preparing and improving
this presentation and made significant contributions to developing the concepts on
which it is based. The author also thanks Oceanography editor Ellen Kappel for her
work to improve the final version of this manuscript ahead of its publication.
AUTHOR
Chris Scholin (scholin@mbari.org), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute,
Moss Landing, CA, USA.
ARTICLE CITATION
Scholin, C. 2025. Oceanography in the age of intelligent robots and a changing
climate. Oceanography 38(3), https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.e310.
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