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Marina Warner
Marina Warner, born in 1946, is a British novelist, historian, and mythographer known for her studies of myth, feminism, and fairy tales, including Alone of All Her Sex.
Marina Wheeler
Marina Wheeler KC (born 1964) is a British barrister, mediator, and writer at 1 Crown Office Row, called in 1987, made QC in 2016, known for public law, human rights, and employment work, her memoir The Lost Homestead, and as Boris Johnson's ex-wife.
Marina Wilke
Marina Wilke (Jährling), born 1958 in Berlin, East German rowing coxswain of SC Berlin-Grünau; won Olympic gold in the women's eights at Montréal 1976 and Moskva 1980, plus four World Championship medals.
Marina Yee
Marina Mariette Alfons Yee (1958–2025) was a Belgian fashion designer and teacher, a member of the Antwerp Six and an early slow-fashion practitioner known for reconstructing vintage clothing.
Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Biosphere Reserve
Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO-designated 28 May 2013 in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain; 116,724 ha, 17 municipalities, about 190,000 inhabitants, managed by the Mariñas-Betanzos rural development association.
Marination
Marination is soaking food, usually meat or fish, in a savory acidic liquid of oil, acid, salt, and aromatics to add flavor and tenderize the surface; effects penetrate only 1-3 mm, and marinating must be done refrigerated for safety.
Marinduque
Marinduque is a heart-shaped island province in Mimaropa, Philippines, capital Boac, six municipalities, 226,522 people (2024), known for the Moriones Festival and the 1996 Marcopper mine tailings spill.
Marine A.F.C.
Marine A.F.C., founded 1894 in Crosby, Merseyside, named after the Marine Hotel, is a fan-owned semi-professional club at Rossett Park playing in the National League North, famous for its 161-place FA Cup gap against Tottenham in 2021.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is the UK's independent body for investigating marine accidents, established in 1989 after the Herald of Free Enterprise capsizing and based in Southampton.
Marine algae of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
Marine algae of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, South Africa: seaweed communities at the Benguela-Agulhas transition, with Ecklonia maxima kelp forests, peak South African seaweed richness, and contrasting Atlantic versus False Bay floras.
Marine and reef aquarium snails
Marine and reef aquarium snails, the cleanup crew (CUC) gastropods Nassarius, Astraea, Trochus, Cerith, and Turbo, are reef-safe algae and detritus eaters chosen by function, stocked by tank size, and maintained by restocking.
Marine Animal Theater Akvatoriya
Театр морских животных «Акватория» (Marine Animal Theater Akvatoriya) is a dolphinarium and marine mammal show venue in Vinogradnoe near Yalta, Crimea, opened in 2005, with dolphins, belugas, seals, and walruses, plus dolphin therapy and swimming programs.
Marine Atlantic
Marine Atlantic Inc. (Marine Atlantique), Canadian federal Crown corporation since 1986 (formerly CN Marine) operating the constitutionally required North Sydney–Port aux Basques ferry and seasonal Argentia route with four ice-class vessels.
Marine biodiversity
Marine biodiversity is the variety of life in the ocean, measured across genes, species, and habitats, and declining from overfishing, warming, pollution, and non-native species.
Marine Biological Laboratory
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, Massachusetts: private nonprofit biology research and education institution founded 1888, oldest private marine lab in the Americas, 64 Nobel ties, University of Chicago affiliation 2013-2026, independent again June 30, 2026.
Marine biology
Marine biology is the study of organisms living in the sea, from microbes to whales. Covers its history from Phoenician voyages and the Challenger era to WHOI and Scripps, physiological adaptation to warming, acidification, and deoxygenation, and modern eDNA and deep-learning methods.
Marine boiler
A marine boiler is a closed pressure vessel aboard a ship that boils water into steam, using fuel oil or engine exhaust heat, for propulsion or ship services.
Marine Building
The Marine Building is a 97.8 m Art Deco office skyscraper at 355 Burrard Street, Vancouver, built 1929-30 by McCarter & Nairne, briefly the tallest in the British Empire, sold to the Guinness family in 1933.
Marine channel
Marine channel: a waterway deep enough for navigation through otherwise shallow or obstructed water, either a natural sea passage like the English Channel or a dredged lane such as the Ambrose and Savannah shipping channels; also submarine channels carved by turbidity currents.
Marine chronometer
A marine chronometer, also called a nautical or ship chronometer, is a precision clock that keeps accurate time aboard ship, letting navigators find longitude at sea.
Marine cloud brightening
Marine cloud brightening is a proposed solar radiation management technique that would spray sea salt into marine clouds to reflect more sunlight and cool the climate.
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, also called MAGTFTC or 29 Palms, is the Marine Corps' largest training base in the Mojave Desert, California, home of the Combined Arms Exercise and large-scale MAGTF live-fire training.
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (普天間飛行場)
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (普天間飛行場), a U.S. Marine Corps air station in Ginowan, Okinawa, agreed in 1996 to be closed and relocated to Henoko, Camp Schwab; construction, litigation, and dugong and coral disputes have kept it open over 30 years.
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, also known as MCAS Iwakuni, is a United States Marine Corps air base in Iwakuni, Japan, jointly used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the civilian Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport.
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, formerly Naval Air Station Miramar, is a US Marine Corps air base in San Diego, California, home of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing since 1997.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a US Marine Corps training base in Onslow County, North Carolina, established in 1941 and home to the II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, also Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, is the Marine Corps' largest West Coast amphibious training base: 125,000 acres in San Diego County, dedicated September 25, 1942, home of I MEF and the 1st Marine Division.
Marine Corps Base Quantico
Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCINCR-MCB Quantico) is a USMC installation in Virginia, established 1917, about 56,000 acres south of Washington, D.C. It is the Corps' education and combat-development hub, home to the FBI and DEA academies and HMX-1.
Marine Corps Brevet Medal
Marine Corps Brevet Medal, a one-time 1921 US Marine Corps decoration created via Marine Corps Order No. 26 under Commandant Lejeune, honoring living brevet-commissioned officers from the Civil War through the Boxer Rebellion; 23 approved, 20 received it; ranked below only the Medal of Honor; obsolete 1940.
Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is the USMC's combat system, established 2001, with tan through black belts, four technique areas, three disciplines, and 'one mind, any weapon.'