The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's ocean basins, according to the National Ocean Service. It contains more than half of the free water on Earth, spanning around 63 million square miles .

KS1 Geography: Oceans - The oceans of the world. This short film, for 5 to 7 year olds, identifies and explores the oceans of the world. BBC Teach.

THE world has a new ocean – at least according to National Geographic. The magazine and map maker recently announced that it now recognises the Southern Ocean as the planet’s fifth ocean. Get… ...

For the first time in the more than 100 years that National Geographic Society has mapped the world's oceans, it will recognize five: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern.

The Five Deeps expedition aims to explore the bottom of each of the world's oceans. ... heading out in a new $48 million dollar submarine system to better map the bottom of the world's five oceans.

American undersea explorer Victor Vescovo has become the first person to dive to the deepest points of the earth’s five oceans, and he’s now back on dry land to reveal his discoveries.

World Oceans Day was June 8, 2021 and has been designated an unofficial “holiday” by the United Nations as a way for humanity to celebrate the world’s oceans. In honor of World Oceans Day ...

The organization has yet to agree to a proposal that was submitted in 2000 to add the Southern Ocean to the world map, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...