OCEAN LIFE SUNLIT ZONE TWILIGHT ZONE DEEP-SEA ZONE WHY IS THE SEA SALTY? WHAT CAUSES THE OCEAN CURRENTS? OCEAN FLOORWAVESFIND OUT MOREEarth’s five oceans (the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern…
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(Encyclopedia) Bunyan, Paul, legendary American lumberjack. He was the hero of a series of “tall tales” popular through the timber country from Michigan westward. Bunyan was known for his fantastic…
(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830–82, Scottish naturalist, noted as a marine biologist and deep-sea explorer. He participated in three deep-sea dredging expeditions (1868–70) and…
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(Encyclopedia) green flash or emerald flash, a refractive phenomenon of the atmosphere where the top edge of the setting (or, less frequently, rising) sun will momentarily turn emerald green. The…
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iris, common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The…
Journey to the Center of the Earth For forty years, scientists have attempted to drill deep into the ocean’s crust, an enterprise promising significant insight into the planet’s geological history…
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