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Curtis Charles Ebbesmeyer (born April 24, 1943) is an American oceanographer based in Seattle, Washington. In retirement, he has studied the movement of flotsam to track ocean currents. He gained public attention by his reporting of studies of the movement and distribution of a consignment of rubber bath toys, which were washed from ...
Curtis Ebbesmeyer (n. Los Ángeles, California, 24 de abril de 1943) es un oceanógrafo estadounidense . Biografía. Estudió en la Universidad de Washington, en donde obtuvo un PhD en el año de 1973, dedicándose a la monitorización de las corrientes oceánicas.
Curt Ebbesmeyer says that when investigating the paths of ocean currents, he uses every tool available. He studies satellite images and data from buoys. He tosses objects into the water to see where they go.
24 de jun. de 2009 · Nature - The tale of Curtis Ebbesmeyer's use of beachcombing to reveal patterns of ocean circulation conveys the romance of early marine science, but his lessons for today are serious, finds...
- Simon Boxall
- 2009
In Flotsametrics and the Floating World, oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer details how his obsession with floating garbage—from rubber ducks to discarded Nike sneakers—helped to revolutionize ocean science.
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Burns tells the tale of Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who started to track trash (flotsam) that washed up on the shore near his Seattle home. Through floating sneakers and bath toys that accidentally fell off container ships and a computer program named OSCURS, Ebbesmeyer tracked the currents of the ocean.
