Much research in chemical oceanography focuses on quantifying the ocean's rate of uptake of carbon dioxide and understanding the biological pump by which the carbon dioxide that enters the surface ocean is transferred to deep waters and sediments, to be sequestered from the atmosphere for millennia.

Marine chemistry, also known as ocean chemistry or chemical oceanography, is the study of the chemical composition and processes of the world’s oceans, including the interactions between seawater, the atmosphere, the seafloor, and marine organisms. [2]

The section on “Chemical Oceanography” in the Elsevier Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences Reference Module presents articles that describe in detail the distributions of the chemical elements in the oceans, how they are added (their sources) and removed (their sinks) and the processes that affect their concentrations.

oceanography, scientific discipline concerned with all aspects of the world’s oceans and seas, including their physical and chemical properties, their origin and geologic framework, and the life forms that inhabit the marine environment. A brief treatment of oceanography follows.

Chemical oceanographers are essentially oceanographers, but rather than studying the physics, biology, or geology of the oceans as a broad subject; they examine the chemical composition of this particular environment.

Her research focuses on understanding and quantifying the natural mechanisms that transport carbon from the surface ocean to the deep. Her main tools are measurements of dissolved gases, both bioactive gases like oxygen and inert gases such as neon, argon, and krypton.

Studies of chemical oceanography have evolved from those focused on discovering what is in seawater and the physical–chemical interactions among constituents to those that seek to identify the rates and mechanisms responsible for distributions.

Chemical oceanography is the study of everything about the chemistry of the ocean based on the distribution and dynamics of elements, isotopes, atoms and molecules. This ranges from fundamental physical, thermodynamic and kinetic chemistry to two-way interactions of ocean chemistry with biological, geological and physical processes. It

Chemical Oceanography encompasses the study of the chemical components of the oceans, their reactions, and their pathways of transformation. We study both organic and inorganic compounds; particulate and dissolved material; and their distributions in the ocean’s water column, sediments, and at the land-ocean and air-sea interface.

This chapter begins with an introduction to the properties of water, before examining the origin and distribution of salts in the oceans. It then discusses the fates of dissolved gases in the ocean, particularly those that are important for marine life.