Recent Port Beach Shark Attack Highlights Growing Concerns Over Ocean Safety
On a warm Wednesday afternoon, a calm day at Port Beach in Perth turned alarming when a swimmer was bitten by a 1.5-meter tiger shark. This incident marks the fourth shark attack in Western Australia ...
Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using ...
So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled pilots flying planes ... on the Southern California fires is full-strength, salty ...
Business Insider7 年
Water reflections can tell us how choppy and calm waves are
That pattern is called a glitter path." "The width of the glitter path is telling us how rough the water is. Where its narrow the waters calm and where it gets wider the waters a bit rougher." ...
BBC4 年
Explore oceans
The nearest ocean to the UK is the Atlantic Ocean ... The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic. Although the water looks calm and still from outer space, it’s always moving in patterns ...
Nature11 年
Key Physical Variables in the Ocean: Temperature, Salinity, and Density
Important state variables measured for parcels of water in the ocean are therefore temperature, which is related to the heat content, salinity, which is related to the amount of dissolved matter ...