The scientists investigated the effect of pollution and climate change on what they called the rainforests of the ocean.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Kahn was very careful to make sure they all received natural light and a view of the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

Maya Lin worked with ocean scientists to develop a three dimensional image of this part of the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Mister Wegener said the lighter continental rock floated up through the heavier basalt rock of the ocean floor.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

They are now discovering strange, new species of plants, animals and organisms surviving near hot currents that come out of the ocean floor.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

The blue of the ocean and the yellow of the desert flashed through his brain.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

So when their numbers fall, the entire ecosystem of the ocean is put at risk.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

He thought that this was evidence that the bottom of the ocean had been lifted up by powerful geological forces over long periods of time.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

If a ship was sailing in the middle of the ocean, a navigator could make mistakes using dead reckoning and no harm would be done.

VOA: special.2011.07.06

One language expert says that deep six is the bottom of the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The minerals calcium and sulfur were at the bottom of the ocean.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

He says they also can show part of the ocean's ancient history.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

The shark then bleeds to death on the bottom of the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

the final six feet at the bottom of the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

is from the top hundred meters of the ocean."

VOA: special.2009.01.13

We look to the other side of the ocean to learn how a people which has known how to make itself free, knows how to preserve its freedom. " The assassination of Abraham Lincoln touched the imagination of America's writers.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

The very top of the wire drawing represents the only part of the ocean landscape that can be seen on the surface of the water: It is Bouvet Island, one of the most isolated islands in the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

No human has returned to the deepest part of the ocean, although remotely operated vehicles have.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"Coral reefs only make up about one tenth of one percent of the ocean floor."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

So,the scientists say no one can really predict the future of the ocean.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

They are the nurseries of the ocean, where many species of fish and shrimp breed and serve as a buffer against coastal erosion in a region where much of the population livesin low-lying areas.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"He was told of a plan to take the bathyscaphe to the deepest part of the ocean, roughly 11,500 meters That really got my attention because I knew I was going to be a part of it."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

The weather was good. The scientists had planned that part of the rocket would fall into the ocean after the launch.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

The Hawaiian Islands were created in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as the plate moved slowly over a hot spot.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The only detail is a small stream of water running through the middle of the square towards the Pacific Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.12.13