FOREST OF KELPTYPES OF SEAWEEDALGAL OVERKILLPHYTOPLANKTONFIND OUT MOREAlgae are simple organisms that make food from sunlight by photosynthesis, but lack the roots, stems, and leaves of proper…
(Encyclopedia) Malay Archipelago, great island group of SE Asia, formerly called the East Indies. Lying between the Asian mainland and Australia, and separating the Pacific Ocean from the Indian…
(Encyclopedia) Greenland Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean, off the northeast coast of Greenland between Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island. It is the main outlet of the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic. Because…
HOW DO WAVES CHANGE COASTAL LANDSCAPES? TIDESFIND OUT MORECoasts are border zones where the land meets the ocean. There is about 312,000 miles (502,000 km) of coastline worldwide. TIDES, waves,…
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The US has not recognized the interim government formed after the illegal coup of 5 December 2006…
Source: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey About 550 volcanoes have erupted on Earth's surface since recorded history; about 60 are active each…
(Encyclopedia) Challenger expedition, British oceanographic expedition under the direction of the Scottish professor Charles Wyville Thompson and the British naturalist Sir John Murray. Taking place…
(Encyclopedia) Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857–1937, American cartoonist and illustrator, b. Madison, Ohio. He began as a contributor to comic papers and was associated with Frank Leslie's publications…
(Encyclopedia) Stockton, Francis Richard (Frank R. Stockton), 1834–1902, American humorist and story writer, b. Philadelphia. He wrote several children's books including Ting-a-Ling (1870) and The…
