While reefs are just a sliver of that space (two-tenths of one percent of the ocean area), they are home to a quarter of all marine species.
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"The Indian Ocean area is pretty well covered, " says Kumar.
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French Polynesia is made up of some 200 islands -- the Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral and Marquesas groups -- spread over 4.1 million square kilometres of Pacific Ocean: an area roughly eight times the size of France.
The rig was aground in an area of Ocean Bay, where water depth is 32 feet to 48 feet.
An event of this size might happen about once a year, but most of them occur over the ocean or an uninhabited area.
Estimated to be around the size of Texas, this contaminated area of ocean has by some estimates more plastic than food for marine life.
Mr. Headington combined three of the units to create the 8, 262-square-foot penthouse, which has a circular all-glass living area, ocean views and wine as well as Champagne tasting rooms.
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The Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean constitute a vast area that swallow up the small boats of the innumerable desperate tribesmen willing to take a chance for riches.
The Waterfront is connected to a three-deck dining, entertainment and gaming area called 678 Ocean Place.
They are also engaged in ongoing research into the amount of methane hydrate under this area of the ocean floor.
The Ocean and Coasts Best Practices Area, where technologies and systems which contribute to our understanding of the oceans and coasts will be displayed, includes a presentation of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).
Officials have been planning to ditch the station in a controlled descent that will send it hurtling into a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, 1, 500-2, 000km east of Australia.
Officials are now planning to ditch the station in a controlled descent that will send it hurtling into a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, 1, 500-2, 000km east of Australia.
The historic property, arranged around a central lawn and pool area overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is just two blocks from the Carmel town centre and close to Pebble Beach and Monterey Bay.
UNESCO-IOC is co-founder of the Ocean Acidification network, a central source of information for ocean scientists on research activities in this area.
But when it sticks to achievable, measurable targets, such as increasing the area of nature reserves in the ocean, it can provide a useful focus.
The Multi One Attitude Foundation will install a Water Pavilion in the heart of the Race Village in each port of call, in order to draw the attention of the general public and educate future generations about water preservation, highlighting the role of UNESCO in this area both with respect to the ocean and freshwater.
There's a functioning railway linking the area with a port on the Indian Ocean.
The Southern Ocean Sanctuary was set aside in 1994 as an area where commercial whaling is prohibited.
The targeted area now encompasses over a quarter of the Indian Ocean and so is impossible to police.
And he describes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an enormous expanse of the Pacific Ocean where currents concentrate the trash over a continent-sized area.
The Tyler Award recognizes the contribution of Dr Wall's work to the climate change debate and how it has raised awareness of an area of science that has often lacked the popular appeal of ocean conservation and space exploration.
The Indian Minister for Human Resources and ocean development said a group had been formed to oversee further studies in the area.
"The high latitude North Atlantic Ocean is a globally important ocean region, as it is a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and an area where deep water formation takes place, " Prof Achterberg observed.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of aftershocks have shaken the area since the massive tremor last December 26th that triggered the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.
The ocean accounts for 70% of the surface of the Earth, but only one percent of their area benefits from protection.
The report by the National Transportation Safety Board said the airliner and the C-17 were put on a collision course in the dark over the Atlantic Ocean about 88 miles off New York after controllers mistakenly instructed the planes to converge in the same area.
Mr. SCHWEITZER: Well, the Ramona Valley is a intermediate area in the back country of San Diego that is almost exactly 20 miles away from the ocean and 20 miles away from the desert.
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