Earth's Oceans 
Earth's Oceans
Animated map exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling the Earth, the world (global) ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.
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Featured Article
Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification relates to the on-going decrease in ocean pH as a result of the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean. Surface ocean pH is estimated to have decreased from...
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Featured Blog Post
Assignment Blog--Brian Skerry: One Fish, Two Fish, Gray Fish, Blue Fish
Monday September 14 - I felt like I was in the middle of a Dr. Seuss story on my third dive today at Nikumaroro. Rob Barrel, the owner of our expedition vessel NAI'A, took me to an underwater...
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The Pacific Ocean's Garbage Patch needs more study
I keep reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, that floating island of trash between California and Hawaii. Can we ever clean it up? And should we even bother? The Lantern always...
Blog Posts
- The eradication of rats on McKean Island
- Why are sharks important?
- Tukabu Terooko Kiribati and the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
- Blue water diving to study deep-sea jellies in Nikumaroro
- Coral reef scientist Randi Rotjan answers student questions from the remote Phoenix Islands
- Shifting Baselines and coral reefs in the Phoenix Islands
- Assignment Blog--Brian Skerry photographs fish in the Nikumaroro surf zone
News Articles
- Navy for partnership in Indian Ocean region
- Earthquake preparations 'a disgrace', says seismologist
- Change is seen in Atlantic from climate, fishing
- Part of vast ocean observing network will be in Newport
- UCSD Working To Build Ocean Observation System
- UCSD Working To Build Ocean Observation System
- Risk Of Huge Pacific Ocean Tsunami On West Coast Of America Greater Than Previously Thought
