Bumpus, Dean

Bumpus, Dean
▪ 2003

      American oceanographer (b. May 11, 1912, Newburyport, Mass.—d. March 14, 2002, Woods Hole, Mass.), conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of ocean currents ever undertaken. The unusual method by which Bumpus—a researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1937 to 1979—carried out his study attracted widespread attention. He recruited colleagues, friends, and even strangers to dump thousands of bottles at sea, each one containing a note that promised any finder 50 cents for informing Bumpus when and where a bottle had turned up. Bumpus was thus able to measure the flow of the Atlantic Ocean over the eastern continental shelf and help scientists track weather patterns as well as nutrient flows and corresponding fish movements.

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