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  2. Many fish, birds, and marine mammals depend on the phytoplankton. The bottom image shows sea surface temperature, cool up welling waters are coloured purple. Thriving phytoplankton populations are indicated by high chlorophyll concentrations (top image), coloured green and yellow. Images acquired on March 2, 2009.

  3. Galápagos Islands - Wikipedia

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    At Charles Darwin Station, the precipitation during the month of March in the particularly wet year of 1969 was 249.0 mm (9.80 in), but during March 1970 the next year it was only 1.2 mm (0.047 in). There is also a large range in precipitation from one place to another and across the islands' two main seasons.

  4. List of countries by average yearly temperature - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .

  5. The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are ...

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    GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. The 2021 collapse of ...

  6. Ocean temperature - Wikipedia

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    The ocean temperature plays a crucial role in the global climate system, ocean currents and for marine habitats. It varies depending on depth, geographical location and season. Not only does the temperature differ in seawater, so does the salinity. Warm surface water is generally saltier than the cooler deep or polar waters. [1]

  7. Academy Bay - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife includes sea lions, and lava flows come up to the edge of the water. Scuba diving is particularly popular, as water temperatures remain comfortable year round (18–25 °C) and visibility is generally excellent (10–20 m). Academy Bay is an example of a graben structure: a down-dropped block bound by faults.

  8. Galapagos penguin - Wikipedia

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    Temperature of surface water also influences reproduction as they prefer temperatures between 17 and 22 °C (63 and 72 °F) to incubate, above 25 °C (77 °F) causes their nests to fail. [17] Incubation takes 38–40 days, with both parents incubating.

  9. Bartolomé Island - Wikipedia

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    The summit provides views across the water to other islands in the archipelago. Bartolomé is famous for its Pinnacle Rock , a distinctive volcanic plug that juts out over Sullivan Bay. One of two bays divided by a narrow isthmus, Sullivan Bay is known as a snorkelling spot, where visitors may swim with penguins , marine turtles , white-tipped ...