Oceanography

The word "oceanography" comes from the Greek words "okeanos" meaning ocean and "graphein" meaning to write or describe. Oceanography is the study of the physical, chemical, biological, and geological components of the ocean.

Tsunamis are the fastest ocean waves, traveling across the ocean at speeds of up to 500-600 miles per hour. This is much faster than wind-generated waves or currents.

It is hard to say, but almost all of Earth's surface have explored excluding the thick forests which are rumoured to have monsters in it such as the Yeti. However, the deep seas and oceans remain as the most unexplored places on Earth due to current underwater travel technology, which is not advanced enough.

The Nullarbor Plain is a vast, treeless expanse shared by Western Australia and South Australia. It covers an area of approximately 200,000 square kilometers and is known for its flat terrain and arid conditions. The Nullarbor Plain is crossed by the Eyre Highway, a major road that connects the two states.

Tides provide a source of renewable energy through tidal power generation. They also play a key role in maintaining healthy coastal ecosystems by flushing out pollutants. Additionally, tides support marine biodiversity by influencing nutrient distribution and providing habitat for various species.

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An example of oceanography is studying how changes in ocean temperature and currents impact marine life distributions and ecosystems. Scientists may use tools like satellites, buoys, and underwater robots to collect data on these changes and understand their broader implications on the health of the oceans. This research helps us better predict and respond to the effects of climate change on our oceans.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was established on October 3, 1970. It is an agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere.

Yes, it is believed that the movements of Plate Tectonics is generated by the convection currents in the mantle. The continents are made up of rocks somewhat lighter than the dense dark-coloured volcanic rocks of the interior. They therefore float on the denser rocks.

The same convection currents, or the net effect of them, is believed to generate the electric currents that produce the Earth's magnetic field.

Some examples of harmless sea creatures include jellyfish, sea stars, sea anemones, and certain species of small fish like clownfish or damselfish. These creatures generally do not pose a threat to humans and are essential parts of the marine ecosystem.

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Gravity is part of the answer, but not all of it. That doesn't explain how the water rose to point where it could crash down by gravity. I'm a little rusty but if I remember my old college class correctly, as waves move towards shore, they disturb the water underneath them at a depth equal to one half their wavelength.

So as an example if 2 waves were coming in together with one trailing the other by 8 feet, they disturb the water underneath them at a depth of 4 feet. When they are in deep water, they don't crest but just look like 2 rolling hills. As they approach water shallower than one half their wavelength, the disturbed water below the wave is hitting against the ocean floor and begins to put a drag on the lower part of the wave. Meanwhile the top of the wave isn't disturbed so it crests and falls over the bottom part of the wave.

No, unless you mean in water then yes, depending on how deep you go. I saw on discovery that people who deep sea dive have to be decompressed after because the pressure on their lungs when they go so far down into the ocean.

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Half right. You've not quite understood decompression.

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In deep sea diving the body's internal pressure becomes that of its surroundings, more or less. The diver breathes air or a special gas mixture whose pressure fed to the diver is adjusted automatically by the "regulator" valve to be always very slightly below ambient, so he or she can breathe normally through the mouthpiece.

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What you are talking about - decompression - is to allow nitrogen in the bloodstream to disperse naturally. Too rapid an ascent will make it effervesce, creating bubbles that can lodge in blood-vessels and cause at least severe pain. So the diver stops for a calculated time at certain points on the ascent, to decompress. Sometimes he or she may switch to breathing pure oxygen during this, but at fairly shallow depth, to purge the excess nitrogen from the blood. Even with all these precautions divers still have to be careful what they do for at least a day after the diving day, and diving tourists are told not to dive on the day before they are due to fly home. They go snorkelling or sight-seeing instead.

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For the deepest dives, specially- calculated mixtures of gas are used to avoid another danger: oxygen poisoning. This occurs when oxygen is breathed at high pressure, .i.e. at quite considerable depth.

The two main types of tides are spring tides and neap tides. Spring tides occur during the full moon and new moon phases when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned, creating higher high tides and lower low tides. Neap tides occur during the first and third quarter moon phases when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other, resulting in lower high tides and higher low tides.

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Ocean breakers are large waves that form and break typically near the shoreline. They are caused by the interaction of wind, currents, and obstacles in the water. Breakers are important for coastal erosion and the formation of beaches.

composed of sediments such as sand, silt, and clay. These sediments are deposited by erosion, rivers, and currents, creating a layer that varies in thickness and composition. Marine organisms, such as plankton and corals, also contribute to the top layer by depositing calcium carbonate skeletons.

Incoming ocean waves bend and become nearly parallel to the shoreline due to refraction. This occurs because the part of the wave closest to the shore starts to slow down as the water becomes shallower. As a result, the wave bends or refracts towards the shore, resulting in an almost parallel orientation to the coastline.

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon and its resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska

The Susquehanna River is the largest river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay, contributing a significant amount of fresh water to the bay's ecosystem.

A neap tide has the smallest difference between low and high tides. This occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth form a right angle, resulting in weaker gravitational forces.

The oceans help provide an exchange of gases with the atmosphere by dissolving oxygen and carbon dioxide. Oxygen is essential for marine life to breathe, while carbon dioxide is important for regulating the Earth's climate through its presence in the carbon cycle.

The wind that drives equatorial currents is primarily the Trade Winds. These winds blow consistently from east to west near the equator, pushing surface waters in the same direction and creating equatorial currents. The Coriolis effect also influences the direction of these currents.

It can any temperature that would would commonly encounter in water on Earth. Tsunamis are not dependent on water temperature and in most cases, the circumstance surrounding them would not affect temperature.

Tsunamis typically cause the most destruction among all wave types. These large and powerful ocean waves are usually triggered by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, leading to devastating impacts on coastal areas.