marine environment
21Marine Nature Reserve — (MNR) is a British conservation designation officially awarded by the government to a marine reserve of national significance. MNRs are created by statute (under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) and are designed to conserve marine life and… …
22marine — ma‧rine [məˈriːn] adjective [only before a noun] connected with ships or the sea: • marine cargo • marine insurance • a marine construction company * * * marine UK US /məˈriːn/ adjective [before noun] ► TRANSPORT related to the sea or s …
23Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act — Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (USStatute|92|532|86|1052|1972|10|23 [Full statute is at 86 Stat. 1052 and 1061. Titles I and II are codified at 33 U.S.C. 1401 1445. Title III is codified at 16 U.S.C. 1431 1445] ) or MPRSA …
24Marine environmental protection — is one of the eleven missions of the United States Coast Guard.[1] Officially, there are five areas of emphasis in the marine environmental protection (MEP) mission. These areas cover virtually every aspect of oil and chemical response and… …
25environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
26Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …
27marine ecosystem — Introduction complex of living organisms in the ocean environment. Marine waters cover two thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high; for example, the Mariana Trench and the… …
28Marine protected area — Milford Sound, New Zealand is a Strict Marine Reserve (Category Ia) Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1,692 m (5,551 ft) above the sea.[1] Marine protected areas, like any protected area, are regions in which human activity has… …
29Marine mammal — A Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), a member of order Cetacea …
30Marine biology — Only 29 percent of the world surface is land. The rest is ocean, home to the marine lifeforms. The oceans average four kilometers in depth and are fringed with coastlines that run for nearly 380,000 kilometres. Marine biology is the scientific… …
