If oceans didn’t exist and there was only land between continents, traveling around the world would look very different! We’d likely have huge, continuous landscapes with forests, deserts, mountains, ...

Several oceans-related decisions, as well as the formal inclusion of Indigenous peoples and local communities in negotiations going forward, were bright spots at the summit, observers said.

This is Dulgerian's life as he navigates four continents looking for international talent. He also identifies talent in Australia but isn't on the ground to conduct tryouts in person. While most ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

It is the modern update to continental drift, an idea first proposed by scientist Alfred Wegener in 1912, who that Earth’s continents had "drifted" across the planet over time. Wegener didn't ...

“The Olympic symbol expresses the activity of the Olympic Movement and represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.” Olympic ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

The term "alert and oriented" (AO) is a medical notation describing a person's level of consciousness and cognition (the ability to understand and learn through thought, experiences, and the senses).

The world’s oceans have taken up more than 90% of the extra energy stored by the planet as a result of enhanced greenhouse gas concentrations. Measuring changes in ocean heat content is therefore an ...

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