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the water is crystal blue and clear

The Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean is now at least 30% more acidic and 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was 40 years ago — and climate change is to blame.

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seaweed on the beach with waves coming in

Wikipedia word of the day is sargasso : A brown alga of the genus Sargassum that forms large floating masses. (figurative) A confused tangled mass or situation. (biology oceanography) A part of an ocean or sea characterized by floating masses of sargassos like the Sargasso Sea. The Dominican-born author Jean Rhys who wrote the novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) was born on this day 130 years ago in 1890.

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a map with the names of different towns

Outline Wide Sargasso Sea: General Introduction & Questions Jean Rhys and Social Background Part I: Antoinette’s Relations to Annette, Christophine and Tia  Her Personality Annette: a) The Creole Identities of Annette; b) Annette as a Woman; c) madness  Gender+Race Antoinette: a) loss of mother; b) as a creole; 3) convent Antoinette’s personality FYR: Part II Main Questions: 1) Mad Woman 2) Fatalism? Abeng and Wide Sargasso Sea

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a sea turtle swimming in the ocean

After green sea turtles hatch, they scuttle across the sand, jump in the Atlantic ocean and disappear into the horizon. Scientists have never really known where the sea turtles spend the next few years of their life. But biologist Kate Mansfield now has a pretty good idea.

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the beach is covered with seaweed and sand as it sits on land next to water

Forget the seaside, there’s one body of water on Earth that doesn’t touch a single coastline.The region, located in the North Atlantic Ocean is called the Sargasso Sea and it’s characterised by its unique boundaries.Rather than land, it’s defined by ocean currents, so there’s no Sargasso beach to hi...

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