Oceans

The History of the North Atlantic Ocean

Thousands of miles of emptiness. Nothing but blue, grey, green and white. Giant waves, shrieking gales, water so cold. This is what millions of people in history had to cross in order to begin new...

Deep Oceans – Abyssal Plains, Trenches and their Bizarre Life

Oceanography – the nature of the vast oceans and their ecosystems. The largest of the world’s biomes is the one we know the least of. Crushing pressures and the vast extent of the abyssal...

Shallow Seas – Continental Shelf, Coral, Plankton and Kelp

Coral Reefs, seaweed, kelp and plankton. Just a handful of lifeforms that we find in waters where light can reach, where plankton can photosynthesise, and for a complex array of plants and animals to...