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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
177: ...Western and Northern Canada to Arctic and Pacific Oceans - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
33: ...vely subdued piano sound. Its closing track "1000 Oceans" was much closer in spirit to her early songs, an... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
19: ...was idealized, not documentary --> of life in the oceans, full of harmony, on her hundredth birthday - [[A... - Conch (4541 bytes)
19: ...most are in the [[Indian ocean|Indo]]-[[Pacific]] Oceans while six are in the greater [[Caribbean]] region... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
33: ...om [[erosion]] processes, and determined that the oceans were about 90 million years old. - Crust (geology) (1183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Earth-crust-cutaway-english.png|thumb|350px|[[Earth]] cutaway from [[core]] to [[...
5: ...ate]]s that move. On Earth, the crust beneath the oceans is different from that of the continents. The [[... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
6: [[Image:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were...
12: ...and parts of the floor of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The distinction is based on the density of const...
15: [[Image:Tectonic_plate_boundaries.png|thumb|right|350px|Three types of plate boundary.]...
94: ...e first edition of ''The Origin of Continents and Oceans''. In that book he noted how the east coast of [[... - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
6: ...ilometers (4.3 miles) beneath the [[Oceanic crust|oceans]]. It is made up of rocks which have a relatively...
54: [[image:Textures.png|center]] - Earth (30908 bytes)
74: [[Image:Earth-crust-cutaway-english.png|thumb|350px|left|Earth cutaway from core to exosp...
106: ...asa.gov/Library/Water/]) and divides it into five oceans and seven [[continent]]s. Earth's [[orbit|solar o...
108: ...oceans, the greenhouse effect failed, and Earth's oceans may have completely frozen over for 10 to 100 mil...
114: ...ch as 10 times the water as in all of the current oceans, though most of this trapped water will never be ... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
106: [[image:destructive_plate_margin.png|thumb|left|250px|Diagram of a destructive margin ...
122: [[Image:Tectonic_plate_boundaries.png|thumb|350px|Hotspot and types of plate boundaries...
126: ...r activity takes place beneath the surface of the oceans. Along the whole of the [[oceanic ridge]] system ...
174: [[Image:Mauna Loa atmospheric transmission.png|thumb|300px|Solar radiation reduction due to volc...
175: [[Image:TOMS SO2 time nov03.png|thumb|300px|Sulfur dioxide emissions by [[volcano... - Antarctic Plate (528 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|right|300px|The Antarctic plate is shown in...
2: ...d extending outward under the surrounding [[Ocean|oceans]]. The Antarctic Plate has a boundary with the [[... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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99: [[Image:Map of Australia.png|thumb|260px|States and Territories of Australia]]
111: ...rn Ocean|Southern]] and [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] oceans, and separated from Asia by the [[Arafura Sea|Ara... - Asia (16910 bytes)
1: [[Image:LocationAsia.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of Asia]]
18: [[Image:Asia-map.png|thumb|300px|right|Map of Asia]] - South Africa (40100 bytes)
- Indonesia (12958 bytes)
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122: [[Image:Id-map.png|thumb|336px|right|Map of Indonesia]] - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
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7: ... = Map_of_USA_highlighting_South_Carolina.png |
91: [[Image:National-atlas-south-carolina.PNG|left|thumb|200px|Map of South Carolina]]
97: ...unes from a time when the land was sunken, or the oceans were higher. - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
79: ...saw the first radiation of the [[diatom]]s in the oceans (freshwater diatoms did not appear until the [[Mi... - Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
- Desert (21206 bytes)
32: ...e deserts are in interior [[watershed]]s far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperatures. The...
46: ... to temperature variations between continents and oceans. The southeast trade winds of the [[Indian Ocean]... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
285: *[[List of oceans]] - Landform (3582 bytes)
- Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
59: ...astal people in China were forbidden to cross the oceans other than on official missions. Fu-jian military... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
264: ...cial, as the planes were required to fly over the oceans if they wanted to break the sound barier. The Co... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
17: ...oughout Eurasia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, with almost no country left unscathed. The only ... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
11: ...a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds aloft. If t...
119: ...nderstorms that move through the world's tropical oceans.
141: ... cyclone by towing [[iceberg]]s into the tropical oceans; covering the ocean in a substance that inhibits ...
193: ...weather satellite]]s began monitoring the Earth's oceans in that year. - Monsoon (5846 bytes)
18: ...ralia]], and [[Africa]] and the adjacent seas and oceans. It is within these regions that the most vigorou... - Season (10047 bytes)
12: [[Image:seasons.png|A diagram of the seasons]]<br/>
15: [[Image:seasons2.png|Another diagram of the seasons]]<br/>
20: ...of [[water]], [[ocean current|current]]s in those oceans, [[El Ni/ENSO and other oceanic cycles, and p...
22: ...nce from the moderating influence of the southern oceans. The North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean, and thus ...
32: [[Image:Seasonearth.png|thumb|right|Illumination of the earth during vari... - Evolution (27661 bytes)
58: ...ellular plants and animals began to appear in the oceans. Soon after the emergence of the first animals th...
135: |[[Image:Stephen Jay Gould.png|right|thumbnail|160px|[[Stephen Jay Gould]], who,... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
58: ...at it had a junglelike environment or that it had oceans of either [[petroleum]] or carbonated water. Howe... - Mars (27704 bytes)
13: ...est which sources are most likely; in the Earth's oceans biological methane production tends to be accompa...
39: '''Zero elevation''': Since Mars has no oceans and hence no 'sea level', a zero-elevation surfac... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
221: [[Image:Saturnoppositions.png|thumb|Saturn Oppositions: 2001-2029]]
282: ... Sun has flared out of control and boiled Earth's oceans away. - Continental shelf (2503 bytes)
5: ...em with life compared to the biotic desert of the oceans' [[abyssal plain]]. Cod from the [[Grand Banks]] ... - Shark (14021 bytes)
- Earthquake (13859 bytes)
13: Earthquakes, especially those that occur beneath oceans or seas, can give rise to tsunamis, either as a d... - Convection (4185 bytes)
9: [[Image:Convection cells.png]] - Porpoise (4431 bytes)
17: Porpoises, divided into six species, live in all oceans, mostly near the shore. Probably best known is th... - Blue Shark (2648 bytes)
15: ...ers of the world's [[temperate]] and [[tropical]] oceans. They prefer cooler waters and are not found, fo... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
15: ...ge | image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Blue_Whale.PNG|250px|Blue Whale range]] | caption = Blue Whale r...
20: Blue Whales were abundant in most oceans around the world up until the beginning of the [[...
25: [[Image:Rorqual phylogenetic tree.PNG|left|thumbnail|250px|A [[phylogenetic tree]] of a... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
71: ...''T. truncatus''), found in most warm to tropical oceans; color sometimes almost blue; has a dark line fro...
112: ...olphin Tursiops in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Aquatic Mammals 26(2): 101-110. Discussing disti... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
25: ...d are found worldwide in saltwater, though not in oceans. ''Artemia'' is a well known genus as one variety... - Oceanography (3841 bytes)
1: ...ography's definition is simple, it's the study of oceans.
3: ...ogy]], which is the study of the [[biota]] of the oceans and their [[ecology|ecological interaction]];
11: Early exploration of the oceans was limited to its surfaces and the few creatures...
13: ... the lack of more than anecdotal knowledge of the oceans. The beginnings of oceanography as a quantifiable... - Ocean (6829 bytes)
2: [[Image:Oceans.png|right|400px]]
8: ...ceanographers]], however, may recognize only four oceans, treating the Arctic Ocean (or ''the Arctic Sea''...
10: Smaller regions of the oceans are called [[sea]]s, [[gulf]]s, [[strait]]s and o...
12: ...tinents. From this point of view, there are three oceans today: the World Ocean, and the [[Black Sea|Black...
28: Much of the bottom of the world's oceans is unexplored and unmapped. A global image of ma... - Cephalopod (4875 bytes)
22: Cephalopods are found in all the oceans of the world and at all depths. They are regarded... - Coral reef (11599 bytes)
6: ...h of the coral reef. Coral reefs are found in all oceans of the world, generally between the [[Tropic of C... - Jellyfish (6276 bytes)
- Canal (2513 bytes)
- Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
80: ... of the carbon dioxide would be absorbed into the oceans. One of the earliest types of bacteria are the [[... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
10: ... have been around as long as people have used the oceans as trade routes. The earliest documented instance... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
18: ...erra del Fuego where the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans met at Cape Horn was not discovered until 1616. - Pirate (23151 bytes)
4: ...cific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] oceans, and specifically in the straits of [[Strait of M... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
60: [[Image:Magellan-Map-En.png|450px|thumb|One of Magellan's ships circumnavigat...
100: ...South America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The men among Magellan's expedition were also t... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
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67: ...rained by natural boundaries such as mountains or oceans, Oklahoma City annexed huge swaths of land in the...
311: |[[Image:Wikitravel.png|50px|none|Wikitravrel|<nowiki></nowiki>]] - Russia (28007 bytes)
51: [[Image:Ac.russiamap.png|thumb|left|300px|Federal subjects of the Russian ...
57: [[Image:Rs-map.png|right|thumb|550px|Map of the Russian Federation]]
60: ...Some smaller bodies of water are part of the open oceans; the [[Barents Sea]], [[White Sea]], [[Kara Sea]]...
97: ...traits of Gibraltar]], to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The salt waters of the [[Caspian Sea]], the worl... - Glacier (6999 bytes)
- Water cycle (2867 bytes)
- Continental divide (2798 bytes)
2: ...rts or inland seas, and thus do not end up in the oceans. - Baleen whale (4213 bytes)
27: Baleen whales live in all oceans. All species travel seasonally. They spend the su... - Insect (14296 bytes)
68: [[Image:800px-Robal.png|left|350px|thumb|Insect anatomy <br> - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
17: ...iaka]]'' that in the Outer Ocean (which meant all oceans, not just the Atlantic) there were seven small is...
138: ...community. Under this theory, all continents and oceans shifted as one, causing the ancient south pole to... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
29: ...'Rightful Ruler'' (also "Ruler of all between the oceans") at around the age of 40. The name "Genghis" (w... - Climate change (15859 bytes)
6: [[Image:Vostok-ice-core-petit.png|thumb|right|Variations in CO2, temperature and du...
26: [[Image:Global Carbon Emission by Type.png|thumb|right|Global [[carbon dioxide]] emissions.]... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
1: [[Image:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png|thumb|250px|right|Global mean surface temperature...
5: ...red years due to the lag in warming caused by the oceans.
25: [[Image:2000_Year_Temperature_Comparison.png|thumb|right|Two millenia of temperatures accordin...
36: [[Image:Lower_troposphere_trend_2004.png|thumb|right|One version of the [[satellite temper...
71: [[Image:Carbon Dioxide 400kyr.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Carbon dioxide]] during the l... - Cyclone (6571 bytes)
12: ...gh winds, and flooding. They form over the tropic oceans especially in the Carribean region and South East... - Subduction (7616 bytes)
1: ...would not have differentiated into continents and oceans and all of the solid Earth would lie beneath a gl... - Coast (8529 bytes)
5: ...d which adjoin any large body of water, including oceans (sea shore) and [[lakes]] (lake shore). Similarl... - Carbon (15360 bytes)
105: ... example, some carbon dioxide is dissolved in the oceans; dead plant or animal matter may become sedimenta... - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
- Potassium (12496 bytes)
8: <tr><td align="center">[[Image:K-TableImage.png]]<br>
136: The oceans are another source of potassium but the quantity ... - Great White Shark (5784 bytes)
15: ...rk]] found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. Reaching lengths of about 6 meters (about 21 fee... - Leatherback Sea Turtle (10187 bytes)
22: ...re rare. It is found in all tropic and subtropic oceans. It is the only species in the family Dermochelyi... - Sea turtle (6190 bytes)
22: ...[[Arctic Ocean]], and some species travel between oceans. The Flatback turtle is found solely on the north... - Turtle (6271 bytes)
14: ...Sea turtle]]s grow to large sizes and live in the oceans in the temperate and [[tropical]] regions of the ... - Ecology (24417 bytes)
55: ...mosphere and biosphere in regular [[cycles]]. The oceans are large tanks, which store water, ensure therma...
79: * as [[oceanic ecosystem]]s (seas, oceans).
115: ...- from the highest mountains to the depths of the oceans.
117: ...ased on to the physical environment (for example, oceans or mountain ranges) and to the [[climate]]. Their... - Cargo ship (2532 bytes)
3: ...usands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of [[internationa... - Snail (3838 bytes)
14: .... The majority of the world's snails live in the oceans and new species are being discovered regularly. ... - Humpback Whale (17123 bytes)
16: ... image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Humpback_Whale.PNG|250px|Humpback Whales go where there is water.]] ...
18: ...mplex [[whale song]]. The Humpback Whale lives in oceans and seas around the world, and is regularly sough...
50: [[Image:Humpback_song.PNG|500px|left|Humpback song schematic]] - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
34: ...opical waters of the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its population overlaps slightly with the Long-f... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
2: {{Five Oceans}}
5: ... than the total number in the rest of the world's oceans combined), the majority of which are found south ...
11: [[Image:Pacificocean.PNG|right|Pacific Ocean]] - Penguin (7847 bytes)
21: ...d half of their life time on land and half in the oceans. - Baleen Whales (6057 bytes)
38: Baleen whales live in all oceans. All species travel seasonally. They spend the su... - Basking Shark (7122 bytes)
14: ...ing Sharks are found in all the world's temperate oceans. They are the only surviving member of their fami... - Brydes Whales (4400 bytes)
16: ...| image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Bryde's_Whale.PNG|250px|Bryde's Whale range]] | caption = Bryde's W...
25: ...n [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and western [[Pacific]] oceans. - Cephalopods (4509 bytes)
22: Cephalopods are found in all the oceans of the world and at all depths. They are regarded... - Copepods (3800 bytes)
41: ... with its [[fecal pellet]]s into the depth of the oceans ([[biological pump]]), sequestering [[CO2]], if t... - Dusky Dolphins (3923 bytes)
15: ...| image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Dusky_Dolphin.PNG|250px|Dusky Dolphin range]] | caption = Dusky Dol... - Fin Whales (8533 bytes)
15: ...age | image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Fin_Whale.PNG|250px|Fin Whale range]] | caption = Fin Whale ran...
40: ...latively small areas of water away from the large oceans, such as the [[Red Sea]], the [[Persian Gulf]], t...
47: ...ced since 1985, the Northern and Southern Pacific Oceans populations have recovered somewhat. There may al... - Leatherback Turtles (10187 bytes)
22: ...re rare. It is found in all tropic and subtropic oceans. It is the only species in the family Dermochelyi... - Marine Life (10377 bytes)
8: ...n [[earth]] is contained in the oceans. While the oceans comprise about 71% of the Earth's surface, due to... - Pilot Whales (6380 bytes)
13: ...[Image:cetacea_range_map_Short-finned_Pilot_Whale.PNG|250px|Short-finned Pilot Whale range]] | caption ...
15: ...[[Image:cetacea_range_map_Long-finned_Pilot_Whale.PNG|250px|Long-finned Pilot Whale range]] | caption =...
36: ...opical waters of the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its population overlaps slightly with the Long-f... - Risso's Dolphins (4213 bytes)
14: ...image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Risso's_Dolphin.PNG|250px|Risso's Dolphin range]] | caption = Risso's...
34: ...watered parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Risso's are found in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Med... - Sea Spiders (6456 bytes)
- Sea Urchins (11174 bytes)
35: ... creatures of the class '''Echinoidea''' found in oceans all over the world. (The name ''sea urchin'' mean... - Snails (3374 bytes)
14: .... The majority of the world's snails live in the oceans and new species are being discovered regularly. ... - Striped Dolphins (5037 bytes)
15: ...image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Striped_Dolphin.PNG|250px|Striped Dolphin range]] | caption = Stripe...
17: ... temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans.
30: ...found in abudance in the North and South Atlantic Oceans, including the Meditterranean and Gulf of Mexico,... - Spotted Dolphins (5640 bytes)
15: ...age:cetacea_range_map_Pantropical_Spotted_Dolphin.PNG|250px|Pantropical Spotted Dolphin range]] | capti...
17: ...] found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat d...
43: ...al waters around the world - roughly speaking all oceans and seas between 40° N and 40° S. The total... - Spinner Dolphins (5175 bytes)
14: ...image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Spinner_Dolphin.PNG|250px|Spinner Dolphin range]] | caption= Spinner ...
26: ... distinct groupings have been identified in other oceans.
40: ... pelagic tropical waters in all the world's major oceans. Their greatest populations density occur between... - Toothfish (2948 bytes)
16: ...ive years. Called the "white gold of the Southern Oceans," illegal toothfish catches are unloaded at so-ca... - Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins (8143 bytes)
19: ...Sea turtle]]s grow to large sizes and live in the oceans in the [[temperate]] and [[tropical]] regions of ... - History of ecology (10158 bytes)
41: ... the evaporation rate, the chemistry of soils and oceans — so as to maintain conditions favorable to... - Coast Guard (2378 bytes)
9: ...s and Oceans (Canada)|Department of Fisheries and Oceans]]. The [[Canadian Coast Guard College]] is locat... - Brittle star (5616 bytes)
20: ...]s, and [[ophiuroid]]s rule the floor of the deep oceans at depths below 500 metres. Basket stars usually... - Historical temperature record (5347 bytes)
1: ... of the [[temperature]] of the atmosphere and the oceans since the invention of thermomenters. A quasi-glo...
3: [[Image:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png|thumb|right|300px|Instrumental global surface tem...
4: [[Image:Short Instrumental Temperature Record.png|thumb|300px|Expansion of the last 25 years of tem... - Temperature record (5617 bytes)
1: ... of the [[temperature]] of the atmosphere and the oceans through various spans of time. The most detailed...
3: [[Image:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png|right|300px|Global surface temperatures]]
16: [[Image:2000_Year_Temperature_Comparison.png|right|thumb|250px|Comparison of many reconstructe...
33: [[Image:Holocene_Temperature_Variations.png|thumb|left|250px|Plot showing the variations, and...
39: [[Image:Ice Age Temperature.png|thumb|right|250px|Curves of reconstructed tempera... - Eocene (7034 bytes)
45: ...ing of the Eocene, the high temperatures and warm oceans created a moist, balmy environment, with spreadi...
61: ==Eocene oceans==
62: The Eocene oceans were warm and teeming with [[fish]] and other sea... - Proterozoic (1645 bytes)
13: ... modern levels, continental crusts were in place, oceans of liquid water existed, and simple lifeforms eit... - Arctic Ocean (7316 bytes)
1: {{Five_Oceans}}
5: [[Image:Arctic_Ocean.png|right|Arctic Ocean]]
19: [[image:north pole september ice-pack 1978-2002.png|thumb|Extent of the Arctic ice-pack in September,...
20: [[image:north pole february ice-pack 1978-2002.png|thumb|Extent of the Arctic ice-pack in February, ... - Baffin Bay (763 bytes)
3: ...ntic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]] oceans. It is 1,130 km (700 mi) across from north to sou... - Dugong (1641 bytes)
- Jurassic (4659 bytes)
57: ...tic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Tethys Ocean|Tethyan]] Oceans were relatively narrow. In the late Jurassic, the... - North Pole (13759 bytes)
- Water (15217 bytes)
5: ... exists in many places and forms: mostly in the [[oceans]] and polar [[ice cap]]s, but also as [[cloud]]s,... - Land (1318 bytes)
- Life (11665 bytes)
81: ... [[Europa (moon)|Europa]], which seems to possess oceans of liquid water. - Climatology (2439 bytes)
5: ... driven by solar heat and the interactions of the oceans, the atmosphere, and the resulting circulation pa... - Coral (8108 bytes)
- Cumulonimbus (3980 bytes)
12: ...s form around [[weather front|front]] lines, near oceans where sea breezes provide the storm energy, or ov...
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