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VOL. 33, NO. 1, MARCH 2020
REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES
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The MEDEA Program: Opening a Window into New Earth Science Data
By D.J. Baker and L. Zall
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An Oceanographic Perspective on Early Human Migrations to
the Americas
By T.C. Royer and B. Finney
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The 2019 Flooding of Venice and Its Implications for Future Predictions
By The ISMAR Team: L. Cavaleri, M. Bajo, F. Barbariol, M. Bastianini, A. Benetazzo,
L. Bertotti, J. Chiggiato, C. Ferrarin, F. Trincardi, and G. Umgiesser
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Polar Tourism as an Effective Research Tool: Citizen Science in the
Western Antarctic Peninsula
By A.M. Cusick, R. Gilmore, A. Bombosch, M. Mascioni, G.O. Almandoz,
and M. Vernet
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Using Authentic Data from NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative in
Undergraduate Teaching: An Invitation
By C. Greengrove, C.S. Lichtenwalner, H.I. Palevsky, A. Pfeiffer-Herbert,
S. Severmann, D. Soule, S. Murphy, L.M. Smith, and K. Yarincik
DEPARTMENTS
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QUARTERDECK. Introduction to the March Issue of Oceanography
By E.S. Kappel
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FROM THE PRESIDENT. Oceanography in the Decade of Digital Science
and Sustainable Development: New Opportunities for TOS?
By M. Visbeck
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RIPPLE MARKS. Sand: A Resource That’s Washing Away
By C.L. Dybas
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COMMENTARY. The Importance of Bottom-Up Approaches to
International Cooperation in Ocean Science: The Iron Story
By E.R. Urban Jr., A.R. Bowie, P.W. Boyd, K.N. Buck, M.C. Lohan, S.G. Sander,
R. Schlitzer, A. Tagliabue, and D. Turner
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COMMENTARY. California Wildfire Burns Boundaries Between
Science and Art
By K.M. Bisson, N. Baetge, S.J. Kramer, D. Catlett, G. Girling, H. McNair, E. Arrington,
D. Hayes, C. Jacobs, A. James, I. Closset, A.D. Fischer, S. Wagner, M. Reading,
J. Comstock, S. Amiri, E. Harvey, C. Carlson, P. Gaube, K. Drushka, and D.L. Valentine
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