What is the Difference Between a Sea and an Ocean?
A look at the geographic definitions of oceans and seas.
Oceanography is the study of the biological and physical properties of the world’s largest bodies of water, the oceans.
A look at the geographic definitions of oceans and seas.
The oceans produce over half of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere, making them a vital source of oxygen for life on our planet.
The Atlantic Ocean, named after the Greek god Atlas, is the second-largest ocean in the world.
According to a new report by the United States’ federal Interagency Working Group on Ocean Coastal Mapping, 53 percent of the country’s ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes water is still unmapped.
How does pollution from plastic, trash, and oil spills move around Earth’s oceans?