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1 day ago · The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the 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.
- 4,280 m (14,040 ft)
- 165,250,000 km² (63,800,000 sq mi)
- 10,911 m (35,797 ft)
- 710,000,000 km³ (170,000,000 cu mi)
1 day ago · The Pacific Northwest ( PNW ), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, northern ...
1 day ago · War was declared between Bolivia and Chile on March 1, 1879, and between Chile and Peru on April 5, 1879. Battles were fought on the Pacific Ocean, in the Atacama Desert, the Peruvian deserts, and the mountainous interior of Peru.
- Chilean victory, Bolivia becomes a landlocked country.
2 days ago · 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).
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4 days ago · The Archival Computed Tomography Scanning Project (ACTS) currently develops the USGS Coral Core Archive, housed at the Pacific and St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Centers, that contains approximately 500 coral reef cores from U.S. jurisdictions worldwide. This archive, is one of the largest coral archives in the world and provides ...
5 days ago · Traditionally, the world’s oceans were divided into four: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. However, in 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization recognized the Southern Ocean as the fifth official ocean. This ocean encircles Antarctica and is known for its frigid waters and unique ecosystem.
2 days ago · Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows. Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an ...
