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  2. Past sea level - Wikipedia

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    The main factors affecting sea level are the amount and volume of available water and the shape and volume of the ocean basins. The primary influences on water volume are the temperature of the seawater, which affects density , and the amounts of water retained in other reservoirs like rivers, aquifers, lakes , glaciers, polar ice caps and sea ...

  3. Tidal range - Wikipedia

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    The typical tidal range in the open ocean is about 1 metre (3 feet) – mapped in blue and green at right. Mean ranges near coasts vary from near zero to 11.7 metres (38.4 feet), [ 4 ] with the range depending on the volume of water adjacent to the coast, and the geography of the basin the water sits in. Larger bodies of water have higher ...

  4. Timeline of the far future - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. Scientific projections regarding the far future Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see List of numbers and List of years. Artist's concept of the Earth 5–7.5 billion years from now, when the Sun has become a red giant While the future cannot be predicted with certainty ...

  5. ‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most ...

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    At around 600 miles wide and up to 6,000 meters (nearly four miles) deep, the Drake is objectively a vast body of water. To us, that is. To the planet as a whole, less so.

  6. List of circumnavigations - Wikipedia

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    The map of Dampier's circumnavigation produced by Herman Moll (1697) The map of Ambrose Cowley's circumnavigation in the 1699 edition of his travels. The survivors of the expedition of Jacques Mahu (Dutch); 1598–1601; westward from Holland; Of Mahu's five ships only one returned.

  7. Ocean exploration - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic Ocean. Ocean exploration is a part of oceanography describing the exploration of ocean surfaces. Notable explorations were undertaken by the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Polynesians, Phytheas, the Vikings, Arabs and the Portuguese. Scientific investigations began with early scientists such as James Cook, Charles Darwin, and ...

  8. Sea level rise - Wikipedia

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    So a small change in the mean temperature of the ocean represents a very large change in the total heat content of the climate system. Winds and currents move heat into deeper parts of the ocean. Some of it reaches depths of more than 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [89] When the ocean gains heat, the water expands and sea level rises. Warmer water and ...

  9. Circumnavigation world record progression - Wikipedia

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    one month 2 December 1941 6 January 1942 Pan American World Airways' Pacific Clipper the Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat NC-18609(A) the first commercial plane flight to circumnavigate the world from Treasure Island, San Francisco to LaGuardia Field. [41] Rutan Voyager, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager: 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds 14 December 1986