{"id":186630,"date":"2024-08-29T16:04:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=186630"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:20:16","slug":"chemical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/chemical\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: Chemical Oceanography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Work to understand the chemistry of the ocean and the behavior of elements within it.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chemical oceanographers study the chemical composition of seawater and how it is affected by physical mixing processes and by interactions with the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the sediments and rocks that form the seafloor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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