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Sea ice

Sea ice is frozen ocean water at the sea surface, distinct from land-origin icebergs and glaciers, covering about 25 million square kilometers and influencing global climate.

Sea ice concentration

Sea ice concentration is the percentage of a given ocean area covered by sea ice, measured mainly by satellite passive microwave sensors and used to compute sea ice extent.

Sea ice extent

Sea ice extent is the total ocean area with at least 15 percent ice cover, measured by satellite since 1979 and reported separately for the Arctic and Antarctic.

Sea ice in the Pacific Ocean

Sea ice in the Pacific Ocean forms at its polar margins: the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific edge of the Antarctic pack.

Sea Island Clothiers Holdings, LLC (J.McLaughlin)

Sea Island Clothiers Holdings, LLC is the Delaware holding company for J.McLaughlin, a classic American sportswear brand founded in 1977 and acquired by Brentwood Associates in 2015.

Sea Island, Georgia: private resort barrier island in Glynn County, linked by causeway to St. Simons Island. Developed by Howard Coffin from 1926 around The Cloister; 2,000 acres, Forbes Five-Star hotels, G8 2004 site.

Sea Islands

Sea Islands: chain of tidal and barrier islands on the South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida Atlantic coast, home of rice, indigo, and Sea Island cotton plantations and the Gullah Geechee people.

Sea kayak

A sea kayak is a closed-deck paddle craft for seas, large lakes, and exposed coastlines, distinguished by watertight bulkheads, generous cargo capacity, and rudders or skegs.

Sea lamprey

Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), Atlantic-native jawless parasitic fish invasive in the Laurentian Great Lakes via the Welland Canal; controlled since 1955 by the GLFC with TFM lampricide, barriers, and traps, reducing populations about 90%.

Sea Launch

Sea Launch was a commercial launch venture, founded in 1995 by US, Russian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian partners, that launched satellites from a floating platform on the Pacific equator.

Sea level

Sea level, also called mean sea level, is the average height of the ocean's surface. It has risen about 3.6 inches since 1993 as oceans warm and land ice melts.

Sea level rise

Sea level rise is the rise in global ocean height, about 8 to 9 inches since 1880, driven by melting land ice and expanding warm seawater.

Sea level rise in Venice

Sea level rise in Venice is the long-term rise of the sea relative to the land, raising floods known as acqua alta and defended by the MOSE barriers.

Sea lice in salmon farming

Sea lice in salmon farming is infestation of farmed salmon by the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis, costing about 9% of revenue and driving regulation in Norway, Scotland, and Chile.

Sea Life Bangkok

SEA LIFE Bangkok Ocean World, formerly Siam Ocean World (2005, rebranded 2014), is Merlin Entertainments' aquarium on B1-B2 of Siam Paragon, Bangkok, with a 270-degree tunnel, penguins, sharks up to 4 m, 10:00-20:00 daily, foreign adult tickets from 1,099 THB.

Oct 20, 2026

SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium

SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium, formerly Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World, is an Auckland public aquarium opened 25 January 1985 inside disused sewage tanks, featuring the world's first curved acrylic viewing tunnel and sub-Antarctic penguins.

SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium (Australia)

SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium, opened January 2000 on the Yarra River at Flinders and King Streets, is a Merlin Entertainments aquarium with 12 themed zones, about 10,000 creatures, King and Gentoo penguins, and a 2-million-litre Southern Ocean oceanarium.

Sea Life Park

Sea Life Park Hawaii, Waimanalo marine theme park on Oahu opened 1964, known for dolphin shows, green sea turtle breeding colony, seabird sanctuary, 2022 mortality controversy, and 2026 Hawaiian Council acquisition.

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium is a public aquarium on the city side of Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, owned by Merlin Entertainments and opened in 1988 as Sydney Aquarium.

Sea Link (interconnector)

Sea Link is a proposed 2 GW HVDC electricity transmission link between Suffolk and Kent in England, developed by National Grid to reinforce the grid between East Anglia and the South East.

Sea lion

Sea lions, otariid eared seals with external ear flaps and four-limbed walking, include Steller, California, Galápagos, Australian, and New Zealand species; several are Endangered, threatened by fisheries bycatch and marine heatwaves.

Sea Lion Field

Sea Lion Field is an offshore oil field in the North Falkland Basin about 220 kilometers north of the Falkland Islands, discovered in 2010 by Rockhopper Exploration.

Sea Lions of the Galapagos

Sea Lions of the Galapagos is a 2025 Disneynature and Silverback Films documentary on Disney+, released Earth Day April 22, 2025. Narrated by Brendan Fraser and directed by Hugh Wilson with Keith Scholey, it follows sea lion pup Leo and mother Luna, with companion film Guardians of the Galapagos.