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Marine Science
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Course Summary
- Type: MSc
- Location: Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Duration: 1 year
- Deadline: 15-01-2013
Course Description
The Marine Science program focuses on the specific environment of KAUST - the Red Sea, one of the most complex and diverse ecosystems in the world, making KAUST a marine science field lab. The Red Sea is not only economically important for fisheries and tourism, but crucial for coastal protection as well. The Marine Science program takes advantage of KAUST's location on the Red Sea, a living laboratory with great potential. There are two primary academic tracks, one focused on the study of the biology and ecology of the multitue of marine life forms, the second focused on the interactions of the physical marine environment with atmospheric and climatic conditions. There is an intentional focus on the local Red Sea system, both as a primary study system and as a system with which general concepts from other marine systems can be compared.Faculty members in the program have a wide range of interests, reflecte in the program's course offerings. These include marine microbiology, molecular ecology and genomics, coral reef biology and ecology, pelagic ecology, and conservation of marine resources. Other faculty members associated with the program have interests in large scale data assimilation, geophysical fluid dynamics, and modeling air-sea interactions.
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