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ocean

[oh-shuhn] / ˈoʊ ʃən /


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"Under faster warming, the ocean simply can't keep up."

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Located near the ocean, the first home is a 1,300-square-foot bungalow with two bedrooms and a streamlined gallery kitchen featuring Caesarstone counters and Miele appliances.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The most efficient method for moving thousands of vehicles across the ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

First responders worked in the dark of night on the rescue, sending at least five rescue swimmers into the ocean to pull the woman from the car and confirm there were no other trapped occupants.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Even across the ocean, the madness seemed to be spreading: the papers said America would enter.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The Danish shipping company upgraded its full-year guidance after both underlying Ebitda and Ebitda in the oceans unit came in ahead of expectations, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Copernicus also said the world's oceans hit record-high temperatures for a second straight month in July, driven by marine heatwaves around Europe and a powerful El Nino taking shape in the Pacific.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Because the satellites travel in carefully coordinated orbits, they can separate magnetic signals coming from the core from signals produced by the crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

But warmer oceans are also often bereft of the high-energy prey these juvenile salmon need for rapid growth when they reach the saltwater.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The first, at 1 per cent of the present level, shielded out enough ultraviolet radiation to permit cells to move into the surface layers of lakes, rivers, and oceans.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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