Taking the Fifth

 

Antarctic Circumpolar Current   (NASA image)

Although Earth’s fifth ocean has long been taken for granted, it is now officially being acknowledged by National Geographic.

This Southern Ocean is down by Antarctica.  It now joins the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic Oceans in being categorized as such.

Yet these are human distinctions.  There is actually just one massive interconnected body of water on our planet.  Nevertheless, we love to slice and dice reality into compartments that somehow seem more tame.

Resources

https://news.yahoo.com/earth-now-5th-ocean-according-100754534.html

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