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4 days ago · There are five major oceans on Earth: the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Southern, and the Arctic. The surface area of all of them combined is estimated at 139 million square miles (361 million km 2 ), with the average depth reaching 12,800 feet (3,900 m).
1 day ago · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. The ocean’s name, derived from Greek mythology, means the “Sea of Atlas.”
- Covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface, the area of the Atlantic Ocean without its dependent seas is approximately 31,568,000 square m...
- The Atlantic Ocean has an average depth (with its seas) of 11,962 feet (3,646 meters) and a maximum depth of 27,493 feet (8,380 meters) in the Puer...
- The outstanding feature of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an immense median mountain range extending throughout the len...
- The surface waters of the North Atlantic have a higher salinity than those of any other ocean, reaching values exceeding 37 parts per thousand in l...
- The Atlantic Ocean provides millions of tons of fish and other seafood annually for human consumption, including lobster, haddock, cod, mackerel, h...
2 days ago · Of the three major oceans, the Pacific is by far the largest, occupying about one-third of the surface of the globe. Its area, excluding the South China Sea, encompasses about 62.5 million square miles (161.76 million square km).
1 day ago · The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
2 days ago · Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean, with depth contours and undersea features. Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian).
4 days ago · Last summer, the surface of Earth’s ocean was hotter than during any period in more than 200 years of recordkeeping. The waters off Florida’s coast spiked to a feverish temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit in July. Corals expelled their life-giving algae and bleached white. Days later, scientists published research flagging early signs of ...
3 days ago · Watch these kids take action against ocean plastic. 19. Animals on both land and sea eat plastic. The devastating truth is that 52% of sea turtles have eaten plastic trash. One expedition found plastic in the stomachs of 20% of the fish. 20. Ocean pollution reduces oxygen in the water.
