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On average, the Atlantic is the saltiest major ocean; surface water salinity in the open ocean ranges from 33 to 37 parts per thousand (3.3–3.7%) by mass and varies with latitude and season. Evaporation, precipitation, river inflow and sea ice melting influence surface salinity values.
Portal:Oceans/Facts/21 . Ocean Wind, a planned offshore wind farm in the U.S., may use infrastructure at a closed nuclear power plant to access the electrical grid. Clover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996.
Barnegat Bay is a small brackish arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, along the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States. It is separated from the Atlantic by the long Island Beach State Park (colloquially called a " barrier island "), as well as by the north end of Long Beach Island , popular segments ...
The North Atlantic Current, together with the Gulf Stream, have a long-lived reputation for having a considerable warming influence on European climate. However, the principal cause for differences in winter climate between North America and Europe seems to be winds rather than ocean currents (although the currents do exert influence at very ...
Halobates or sea skaters are a genus with over 40 species of water striders.Most Halobates species are coastal and typically found in sheltered marine habitats (a habitat where a few other genera of water striders also live), but five live on the surface of the open ocean and only occur near the coast when storms blow them ashore.
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Why are parts of the Southern Ocean warming twice as fast as the rest of Earth's oceans? 3: Red Sea - First broadcast 26 November 2008; The team explores the remote and unexplored Southern Red Sea. 4: Atlantic Ocean - First broadcast 27 November 2008; The team explores a corner of the Atlantic Ocean. 5: Indian Ocean - First broadcast 3 December ...
Natural delimitation between the Pacific and South Atlantic oceans by the Scotia Arc; Natural delimitation between the Pacific and South Atlantic oceans by the Shackleton Fracture Zone; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic garbage patch; North Atlantic oscillation; North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization