1. How has sea level changed over time
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2. Data Collection and Analysis
Oceanography is the scientific study of Earth’s oceans.
Technologies such as sonar, floats, satellites, submersibles, and computers have become central to the continuing exploration of the ocean.
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3. Data Collection and Analysis
At the surface
Sonar, which stands for sound navigation and ranging, is used by oceanographers to learn more about the topography of the ocean floor.
Large portions of the seafloor have been mapped using side-scan sonar, a technique that directs sound waves at an angle to the seafloor, so that the sides of underwater hills and other topographic features can be mapped.
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4. Origin of the Oceans
Where did the water come from?
Scientists hypothesize that Earth’s water originated from either a remote source or a local source, or both.
Comets and meteorites are two remote sources that could have contributed to the accumulation of water on Earth.
If early Earth contained the same percentage of water as meteorites, 0.5 percent, it would have been sufficient to form early oceans.
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5. Origin of the Oceans Volcanism
An episode of volcanism released large quantities of water vapor and other gases into the atmosphere. The water vapor eventually condensed into oceans.
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6. Distribution of Earth’s Water
The oceans contain 97 percent of the water found on Earth.
Another 3 percent is freshwater located in the frozen ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica and in rivers, lakes, and underground sources.
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7. Distribution of Earth’s Water
The blue planet
The northern hemisphere is covered by slightly more water than land. The southern hemisphere, however, is almost completely covered by water.
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8. Distribution of Earth’s Water
Sea level
Global sea level, which is the level of the oceans’ surfaces, has risen and fallen by hundreds of meters in response to melting ice during warm periods and expanding glaciers during ice ages.
Sea level is also affected by tectonic forces that lift or lower portions of Earth’s crust.
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9. Distribution of Earth’s Water
Ocean and atmospheric interaction
Oceans provide moisture and heat to the atmosphere and influence large-scale circulation patterns.
Oceans are also a vast reservoir of carbon dioxide.
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10. Chemical Properties of Seawater
Salinity
The measure of the amount of dissolved salts in seawater is salinity.
Oceanographers express salinity as grams of salt per kilogram of water, or parts per thousand (ppt).
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11. Chemical Properties of Seawater
Variations in salinity
The lowest salinity often occurs where large rivers empty into the oceans, creating areas of water called estuaries.
Even though salinity varies, the relative proportion of major types of sea salts is constant because all ocean water continually intermingles throughout Earth’s oceans.
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12. Chemical Properties of Seawater
Removal of sea salt
In arid coastal regions, water evaporates from seawater and leaves solid salt behind.
Winds can pick up salty droplets from breaking waves and deposit the salt further inland.
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13. Physical Properties of Seawater Density
Seawater is more dense than freshwater, and its density increases with salinity.
Temperature also affects density—cold water is more dense than warm water.
Because of salinity and temperature variations, the density of seawater ranges from about 1.02 g/cm3 to 1.03 g/cm3.
Freezing point
Variations in salinity also cause the freezing point of seawater (–2°C) to be somewhat lower than that of freshwater (0°C).
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14. Physical Properties of Seawater
Absorption of light
Water absorbs light, which gives rise to another physical property of oceans—darkness.
In general, light penetrates only the upper 100 m of seawater.
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15. Ocean Layering Temperature profiles
This figure shows typical ocean temperature profiles, which plot changing water temperatures against depth. Such profiles vary, depending on location and season.
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16. It is characterized by temperatures that decrease rapidly with depth.
Ocean Layering
Temperature profiles
The thermocline is the transitional ocean layer that lies between the relatively warm, sunlit surface layer and the colder, dark, dense bottom layer.
It is characterized by temperatures that decrease rapidly with depth.
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17. Water Masses Deepwater masses
Dense polar water sinks, producing a deepwater mass.
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18. Water Masses Intermediate water masses
Antarctic Intermediate Water is warmer and less dense, and thus it overrides the other two deepwater masses.
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