Handbook

The world’s oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface, they regulate the global climate system, and they sustain rich ecosystems that support humankind. This multidisciplinary subject introduces the fundamentals of physical oceanography, ocean chemistry and marine biology to explain and assess key inter-related ocean processes, including through developing field, laboratory, computational and communication skills. The subject integrates ocean knowledge to evaluate solutions to major threats to the oceans from, for example, the impacts of climate change, marine pollution and ocean acidification, and including those related to UN Sustainable Development Goal #14 ‘Life below water’.