Oceanography is also known as oceanology. It is the study of the biological and physical aspects of the ocean. The improvement in technology has improved ability of the navigation and searching of the area actually covered by the ocean, excavation of the oceanic reserves by mining or drilling and fishing on large commercial scale.
Well scientist have found new species of fish and they have also been able to make new technology to go deeper into the ocean and are still finding new species of ocean plant and what not