WIKIPEDIA OPEN SEARCH EDIT ARTICLE THE COLLECTIVE OF EARTH SEE LIST THE SEA OCEAN SEA WAVE BREAKWATER THE GULF SANTA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ENTREPOT BODY SALT WATER INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OCEANIC AS ONE GLOBAL OCEAN PRINCIPAL MODERATES CLIMATE ROLES IN THE WATER CARBON CYCLE NITROGEN CYCLE TRAVELED THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BRITISH CHALLENGER EXPEDITION CONVENTIONALLY DIVIDED UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC THE SOUTHERN OCEAN THE PRESENT STATE CONTINENTAL DRIFT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE LAND AND SEA RATIO THE SOUTH THE OPEN OCEAN GENERALLY BAND LANDLOCKED MOUTHS OR AT THE SOLIDS SODIUM CHLORIDE CURRENTS DIFFERENCES SALINITY SURFACE CURRENTS FRICTION WAVES THE WIND CHANGES LOCAL SEA LEVEL GRAVITY OF THE MOON DIRECTION GOVERNED SURFACE SUBMARINE MASSES ROTATION THE EARTH CORIOLIS EFFECT SEA LEVELS LEFT CONTINENTAL SHELVES AREAS CLOSE WATERS TEEM HUMANS SUBSTANTIAL SHELLFISH HARVESTED IN THE WILD DIVERSE SURROUND TROPICAL CORAL WHALING IN THE DEEP ONCE COMMON NUMBERS INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION FINALLY MORATORIUM COMMERCIAL OCEANOGRAPHY RESTRICTED SUNLIT DEPTHS NUTRIENTS HYDROTHERMAL VENTS SUPPORT UNIQUE MICROBIAL MATS OXYGENATION PLANTS AND ANIMALS EVOLVED ESSENTIAL ASPECT HUMAN TRADE MINERAL EXTRACTION POWER GENERATION WARFARE MAJOR CITIES EXPOSED EARTHQUAKES VOLCANOES NEARBY POWERFUL TSUNAMI CYCLONES THE TROPICS IMPORTANCE DUALITY HUMAN CULTURE GODS EPIC POETRY HOMER THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE BURIAL AT SEA HYPERREALIST MARINE MUSIC RANGING THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLAND TO THE SEA THE SCENE LEISURE POPULATION GROWTH INTENSIVE FARMING MARINE POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASING LOWERING PROCESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION NATURE OVERFISHING OCEANS SENSES DATE SENSE DEFINITE ARTICLE EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH TERM OVER TIME SHARP SMALLER BOUNDED ONES SCALE SINGULAR STANDARD EXCEPTION SARGASSO SEA BOUNDING THE NORTH ATLANTIC LAKES SALT DEFINING ELEMENTS SIZE ACCEPTED TECHNICAL DEFINITION INTERNATIONAL THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF PHYSICAL PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY ORIGINAL SHOWING THE JUNCTION INDIAN THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE EARTH THE ONLY PLANET LIQUID WATER MARS ICE CAPS SIMILAR PLANETS OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS WATER SEEN OUR PLANET APPEARS CUBIC KILOMETERS PERCENT COVER MORE ICE COVERING THE ARCTIC OCEAN ICE CAP ANTARCTICA ADJACENT GLACIERS DEPOSITS THE REMAINDER UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS STAGES THE WATER CYCLE FRESHWATER TERRESTRIAL LIFE VAPOR THE CLOUDS THE RAIN FALLING THE LAKES RIVERS FLOW AGAIN AND AGAIN DOMINANCE THE PLANET SUCH THAT AUTHOR ARTHUR CLARKE THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY WATER CYCLE HYDRODYNAMICS THE PHYSICS THE MORE RECENT PARTICULAR THE STUDY SHAPE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROPERTIES CHARTS COASTLINES MAPS SUBFIELD DEALING ACTING BIOLOGY ORGANISMS MARINE ECOSYSTEMS CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY BEHAVIOR MOLECULES PARTICULARLY ROLE THE CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE MARITIME GEOGRAPHY SHAPING MARINE GEOLOGY EVIDENCE COMPOSITION STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH CLARIFIED THE PROCESS VOLCANISM SOLUTES SOLUTE TOTAL CHLORIDE SODIUM SULFATE MAGNESIUM CALCIUM POTASSIUM BROMIDES BORATE FLUORIDE MAIN ARTICLE GLOBAL MAP SMOS SATELLITE DEGREE SALTINESS DISSOLVED DESCRIBE EXPRESS MILLAGE PER THOUSAND THE SURFACE CLOSER IN THE SOUTH OCEAN WATER RIVER OCEAN FLOOR COMPOSITION OF STABLE MAKE UP METAL IONS NEGATIVE IONS THE ABSENCE HARMFUL DRINK EXCEPT CANNOT IRRIGATING PLANTS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STANDARDIZED ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER VARIATIONS CAUSED FLOWING INCOMING FORMATION MELTING TURN UPPER LEVEL THE BALTIC SEA TEMPERATURES PRODUCE MINIMAL CONNECTION TO THE NORTH CREATE DENSE THE RED SEA LIES THE SAHARA ARABIAN HIGH EVAPORATION LITTLE SUEZ CANAL MEDITERRANEAN THE DEAD SEA GRAMS LITER MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE C SEA TEMPERATURE DEPENDS AMOUNT SOLAR RADIATION SUNLIGHT TEMPERATURE LAYERS RISE THE POLES EQUILIBRIUM FREEZING POINT CONTINUOUS CIRCULATION COOL AS MOVE AWAY THE COLD MOVES THE EQUATOR WELLING DEEP PARTS FREEZING ICE CRYSTALS BEGIN BREAK PIECES COALESCE FLAT DISCS SUSPENSION CALM FRAZIL FREEZE SHEET ICE FORMS BENEATH TURBULENT JOIN SLIDE OVER TRAPPED AMID NILAS GRAYISH IN COLOR FRESHER BLUISH MEAN OXYGEN CUBIC METER LIGHT THE ANGLE THE LOCAL TURBIDITY THE LIGHT YELLOW GREEN REACH GREATER LONGER BLUE VIOLET PRESENT LIVING PHYTOPLANKTON ACTIVITY MARINE ANIMALS OXYGEN SATURATION THE NIGHT BELOW DEPTH 200 M BACTERIA BREAK DOWN ORGANIC MATERIAL HYDROGEN SULFIDE PROJECTED GLOBAL WARMING REDUCE STRATIFICATION WIND WAVE WAVE HEIGHT NOTE SWELLS SOUTHERN FLUID OCEAN SURFACE WAVES PROPAGATING THE DRAG MOVING ENERGY MORE OR LESS FOOT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CRESTS POINT RISE UP AS THEY PASS GOES TRACING THE ENERGY THE WAVE SPEED MOTION ITSELF DETERMINED THE DISTANCE THE WIND BLOWS SURFACE TENSION STRONG WINDS PUSH RAISED MAXIMUM HEIGHT RATE TRAVELING NEARLY MATCHES THE SPEED THE WAVES SWELL NATURALLY TRAVEL HALF THE ROARING FORTIES SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DIES RIPPLES INTERNAL FRICTION REDUCED CAUSE ROGUE WAVES HIGHER LESS THAN STORMS DOUBLE TRIPLE CONSTRUCTION WIND FARMS OIL PLATFORMS METOCEAN STATISTICS MEASUREMENTS COMPUTING INSTANCE DOCUMENTED ABOVE METERS