sea
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The research team had travelled for five days by sea to reach Nikumaroro and was forced to spend several days on their ship following rough seas and strong winds, delaying their search on the island.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
On the Carpinteria Reef, commercial fishers target crab, lobster, sea urchin, sea cucumber and, farther out, fish, including halibut, said Dave Colker, executive director of Ventura County Commercial Fishermen’s Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Japan Meteorological Agency last week declared this El Nino the strongest on record based on how far sea surface temperatures were above normal in the Nino3 region of the eastern Pacific.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The researchers call this unusual arrangement a fractional Fermi sea because its particles appear to obey a modified rule governing how quantum states are occupied.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
He shouted at the dogs and did not look back at the village or the frozen sea.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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"These lease sales will open the floodgates to the exploitation of our deep seas," said Oceana Defense Campaign Manager Julia Singer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Rough seas and strong winds forced the team to remain on their research vessel for three days, until the weather cleared on Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
As Hanns-Christoph Nägerl says: "The discovery of fractional Fermi seas shows how far we can push quantum simulation: not only reproducing known models, but creating and probing states that go beyond established paradigms."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Leaving Roz on shore, I headed out Shallotte Inlet to the open ocean, where southerly winds of 10-12 knots were chasing up one-foot seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
To compete for colonies, Germany’s leaders decided that they also needed a modern oceangoing navy that could challenge Britain’s centuries-old command of the seas.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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