THE LIFE AND LOVE OF THE SEA by LEWIS BLACKWELL : FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Fantastic photography and important text, Lewis Blackwell is the photographer.

Loved this book!

NASA REVEALS GLOBAL SEA LEVELS ROSE BY UNEXEPECTED HIGHER LEVELS : HUNDREDS OF CITIES MAY BE OVERWHELMED

DAILY MAIL : NASA ...GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH AMOUNT 

The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,' said Josh Willis, a sea level researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

'Every year is a little bit different, but what's clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting faster and faster.'

Since 1993, global sea levels have risen by a staggering 3.97-inches (10.1cm).

And if they continue to climb at this rate, hundreds of densely populated cities around the world could be plunged underwater. Excerpt: According to NASA, this 'unexpected' increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers.

Siren here! Check out those charts!

OARFISH : LEGENDARY FISH THAT ANNOUNCES TSUNAMIS

You can find past posts about OARFISH by clicking on the label below.  This is a documentary by YouTube Station Best Documentary about this fish...  Because I dislike unasked for advertising, I'm linking to this video rather than embedding it. It's an interesting and well made video.  Siren

BEST DOCUMENTARY : OARFISH LEGENDARY ANNOUNCES TSUNAMIS

SHARK ATTACK HOT SPOTS? THE INTERNATIONAL SHARK ATTACK FILE!

 FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - SHARK ATTACK FILE

Siren here! This is a new one for me!  Maps and Data!  

This is the world's ONLY scientifically documented and comprehensive database of all known shark attacks.  Beginning in 1958, but going back too, there are now close to 7000 investigations...

CHECK OUT THE INTERACTIVE MAPS...

What are the chances?

HELLO

A rowboat to be used in a lake in the big ocean.  Not for nothing that I tagged this one with the term Delicious Fiction. Generated by AI through Freepik...

OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS

SCIENCE DAILY - RESEARCH NEWS OCEANOGRAPHY

Hidden Threat: Global Underground Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise

Apr. 15, 2024 — As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study compiled research from experts worldwide showing that in ...

WHY DOES THE OCEAN HAVE WAVES?

NOAA on WHAT CAUSES OCEAN WAVES

Excerpt:  Waves are created by energy passing through water, causing it to move in a circular motion. However, water does not actually travel in waves. Waves transmit energy, not water, across the ocean and if not obstructed by anything, they have the potential to travel across an entire ocean basin. 

EARTH DAY : MOSTLY OCEAN

 

WHAT DOES THIS OLD MAP TELL YOU ABOUT OCEAN HIGHWAYS?

 

WESTERN HEMISPHERE GLOBE...

 What islands does this globe map show?

WHAT OCEANS ARE SHOWN ON THIS WATERY GLOBE?

Maps that are sold in a country tend to show that country as the center of the earth, but globes are more democratic in their representation of the earth. Still, the earth is not perfectly round.

MOST OF THE EARTH IS WATERY : WHAT OCEANS ARE WE SEEING ON THIS GLOBE IMAGE?

 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES THERE ARE NOW FIVE OCEANS!

National Geographic - There Are Now Five Oceans  A Part of the Pacific has been determined to be The Southern Ocean.

(You may have to sign up with National Geographic to read the whole article.)

CNN TRAVEL ; SOUTHERN OCEAN  It's the ocean around Antarctica

SEA FEVER : POEM BY JOHN MASEFIELD

SEA FEVER 

by John Masefield

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea  and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grew dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

WATER PLANET

Did You Know THERE ARE NATURAL HOLES IN THE SEA BED THAT OIL FLOWS OUT OF?

OIL DOES EMERGE from natural holes in the sea bottom and that oil does pollute the water all the time. ON SOME BEACHES you find SEA TAR which is another oily substance. The amounts are usually minimal and not so destructive as the spill we are learning about now which is in the Gulf of Mexico.

NAME THE FOUR OCEANS....

THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD are

the Arctic Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
the Indian Ocean
the Pacific Ocean

SAIL SHIP