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Hace 7 horas · One world, one ocean – thirty two years ago, at the Earth Summit in Rio, delegates from Canada first proposed the concept of a World Ocean Day. Now celebrated annually on the 8th of June, Samu and Isla from the Guide team take this opportunity to examine the role that The Deep plays in ocean conservation and education.
Hace 7 horas · The kraken (/ ˈ k r ɑː k ən /) is a legendary sea monster of enormous size, etymologically akin to a squid or octopus, said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland.It is believed the legend of the Kraken may have originated from sightings of giant squid, which may grow to 12–15 m (40–50 feet) in length.. The kraken, as a subject of sailors' superstitions and mythos, was first ...
Hace 7 horas · CRISIS - Ocean Viability by Seavoice Global Commons Jun 8th 2024 3 mins. The SeaVoice Annual: Issue 01 is the first-ever SeaVoice book, backed by the United Nations Ocean Decade. The Annual features a curated selection of 20 stories from 16 countries that highlight the voices of ocean advocates, scientists, artists, and community members ...
Hace 7 horas · The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
Hace 1 día · Pinniped. Pinnipeds (pronounced / ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz / ), commonly known as seals, [a] are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin -footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus ), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals ), and ...
Hace 1 día · History Early plans Liberty Bridge View of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Upper New York Bay, with Coney Island in the distance. A bridge across the Narrows had been proposed as early as 1926 or 1927, when structural engineer David B. Steinman brought up the possibility of such a crossing.: 135 At the time, Staten Island was isolated from the rest of New York City, and its only direct ...
