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Oceans Around the World - Arctic Ocean

Posted by ecostinger on 15th Dec 2014

Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean which is located around the North Pole across the Arctic circle, it lies between Europe, Asia and North America and most of its waters are north of the Arctic Circle .   Most of the year it is covered by a drifting polar icepack and during summer much of the icepack melts followed by a continuous daylight with damp and foggy weather and you can re …
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Nanoparticles in sunscreen may harm marine life

Posted by ecostinger on 9th Sep 2014

One of the most recent studies that sunscreens containing nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide may react with sunlight and harm the phytoplankton which is a tiny plant found mostly on oceans, a microscopic form of algae, and beginning of food chain in oceans which sustain life cycle and is responsible for half of the oxygen produced by all plant life. It is an import …
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