Be a Dr. of the Ocean! For researchers, science comes naturally, and they must like it, because they likely spent 8 to 9 years in college to land their doctorate degree. They are constantly curious, sometimes alone to focus, and at other times collaboratively adventurous! Ocean researchers may need to be as comfortable in a lab looking at samples or sorting through numbers, as they are out on a boat for hours in the sun and wind while the boat is rocking! All the time and efforts are worthwhile when their data reveals a pattern, and they help find solutions to problems like pollution. Its like solving a 100,000-piece puzzle!