25 days agoOfficial: The earth is made of five oceans, added one
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)If they ask you how many oceans the Earth has and your answer is four, then you'll be wrong. The National Geographic Association has said that our planet will already have five oceans known as such. The non-profit organisation has said it has decided to accept the water body around Antarctica as an ocean. [...]
The National Geographic Association has said that our planet will already have five oceans known as such.
The non-profit organisation has said it has decided to accept the water body around Antarctica as a separate ocean, writes Independent, translates Periscopi.
The South Ocean is the fifth ocean known to this group from which it started to map in 1915.
The other oceans are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic.
National Geographic has said that cartographers have decided that the rapid <x0m of circulation in Antarctica holds the distinct water there” and that it should be regarded as a separate ocean.
The South Ocean has been accepted for a long time by scientists, but because there's never been international agreements, we've never officially met,” said Alex Tait, geographer from National Geographic.
