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1 day ago · Marginal seas. v. t. e. 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.
1 day ago · Orca gladiator (Bonnaterre, 1789) The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable its black-and-white patterned body.
1 day ago · Southeast Asia[a] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [5] Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east ...
2 hours ago · The 2024 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record. The season runs throughout 2024, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's first named storm, Ewiniar ...
2 hours ago · Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. [8][9] It is bordered by nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the north, Cenderawasih Bay to the ...
1 day ago · The Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), alternatively ” Eocene thermal maximum 1 (ETM1) “ and formerly known as the " Initial Eocene " or “ Late Paleocene thermal maximum ", was a geologically brief time interval characterized by a 5–8 °C global average temperature rise and massive input of carbon into the ocean and atmosphere ...
1 day ago · List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1966. Ship. State. Description. Chignik 2. United States. The 10- gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank in Warner Bay (56°08′N 158°24′W / 56.133°N 158.400°W / 56.133; -158.400 (Warner Bay) ) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska.
