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Near the bay the sunset at the horizon is so romantic

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 25 Aug 24

Near the bay all over the world the rivers merge into the seas, bays, oceans. If travellers can watch the sunset at the horizon from vessels, launches, they will find that nature is romantic. It is a treat for the eyes.

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Sea Urchins wearing cowboy hats

Dawnsummer @misunderstood_zombie (8765) • United States 18 Jul 22

I recently watched a video which tells how sea urchins in the wild will cover their outer bodies with shells, food, and rocks. He explained that they do this for sun protection, food to eat later, and protection against...

sea urchins

oceans

hats

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Does depression in weather stop the winter to set in?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 15 Nov 21

In Kolkata we are having depression coming from Bay of Bengal. It is raining for the last days. Few days back minimum temperature reduced to 17 degree celsius. It looked like winter is going to set in. Now again minimum...

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It's World Oceans Day Today!!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 8 Jun 21

Hi guys, Hope all of you are doing good. I am doing good too. Today 8th June is declared as "World Oceans Day" by UN in 2008. I feel we need to protect our oceans by not throwing plastic, bio...

no pollution campaign

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Did You Know: Today in History

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 15 Aug 19

Today's Did You Know I wanted to mention two things. The first is just a marvel that I have seen up close and personal and find it amazing. Today, 15 Aug in 1914 the Panama Canal opened for traffic. The canal, which...

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Watching Nat Geo Wild.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 3 Aug 19

I am looking the very interesting documentary shows that Nat Geo Wild has. Now I am watching what happens in the ocean. It is so very interesting as we know so little about the life there. There are creatures that we would not...

nat geo wild

wild life

oceans

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Possible Habitable Planet

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222280) • United States 1 Aug 19

Astronomers have discovered the nearest possibly habitable planet 31 light years away. The exoplanet, a super-Earth called GJ357d is 6 time larger than our planet; and water may exist in liquid form on the surface. Its host...

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40 Tons of Plastic Trash Recovered

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222280) • United States 29 Jun 19

A while ago, you might remember that I did an article on plastic trash in our oceans. Environmentalists embarked on a $300,000 mission to clean up some of the plastic trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They returned...

plastic trash

great pacific garbage patch

beaches

oceans

rivers

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Should the government finance space science?

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 13 Feb 19

Today NASA announced that, after 8 months of not being able to contact it, they have officially declared the Mars rover Odyssey dead. It functioned fantastically for 15 years covering 28 miles of the red planet's surface. My...

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The origin of the oceans

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Dec 18

Planet Earth is unique in the Solar System in containing vast amounts of liquid water in the form of oceans, seas, lakes and rivers. But where did all this water come from? During its formation some four to five billion years...

oceans

earth history

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The world keeps changing

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169452) • United States 17 Sep 18

I remember when every classroom had a globe and it was frequently used. Then countries began rebelling and dividing, or even just changing names. I think it is a metaphor for how our own personal lives and worlds change. I did...

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Too Sad for the Whale Shark

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 11 Aug 18

Yesterday, I heard the news on television about a whale shark that died after it ate plastics. It is called "butanding" in our native tounge and it is commonly seen in shores of some provinces of the Philippines. People who...

whale shark

plastic wastes

oceans

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The Deep Blue Sea

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20363) • Fairfield, Texas 5 Mar 18

Not for you or me. The critters there are in for a scare. Poisons galore from our own shores, break down to kill those on the oceans floor. That plastic bottle that you drink water from, corrodes chemically as it floats...

poem

oceans

death

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Our Planet

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20363) • Fairfield, Texas 28 Jan 18

Up until recently, scientists have known more about Mars than the depths of our oceans. Because of new technology, they can now scan the oceans floors to see what critters lie below. It has been revealed that there is more life...

oceans

planet

life

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"Blue Planet2"

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20363) • Fairfield, Texas 21 Jan 18

BBC America has an outstanding show (title above) that has the most amazing cinematography and facts about our planet (oceans and critters). Last night was the new season for the show hosted by David Attenborough. It took 4...

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resorts at my locality

Chery @mthewalthea (66) • Philippines 14 Dec 17

Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte is one also of the most amazing places here in our province. i just want to share that even us here were so proud that we have these place, where we can rest, relax and experience the creation that God...

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Do you have a plastic bag tax?

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 9 Dec 17

A few years ago England produced a plastic bag tax. It had been trialled in Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland and proved a big success, an 83% reduction of plastic bags handed out at the checkout in England in 2015, some 9 billion...

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Rubber Duckies in the Ocean

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97954) • Daytona Beach, Florida 16 Jul 17

We’ve heard of kids in bathtubs playing with rubber ducks and even some imaginative adults might also like to bathe with them. However can you imagine an ocean full of rubber ducks? Well back in 1992 a large shipment of rubber...

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Buried Treasure

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97954) • Daytona Beach, Florida 25 Jun 17

It is thought that beneath the surface of the ocean is a lot of wealth in the form of buried treasure. Supposedly rotting on the ocean floor are at least a million ships and the unrecovered buried treasure could net someone as...

oceans

buried treasure

sunken shipwrecks

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Louisiana Town Relocating Because of Climate Change

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 10 Jun 17

A village in Louisiana has become one of the first places in the United States to be relocated because of climate change. The town of Isle de Jean Charles is located in the Mississippi Delta area of Louisiana and because of...

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