Solomon Sea

noun

1. a part of the Coral Sea, in the W South Pacific Ocean, between Papua New Guinea on the W and N and the Solomon Islands on the E. 280,000 sq. mi. (720,000 sq. km).

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Raised sea levels and wild storms threaten the Tuvalu islands, which dot the Solomon Sea, and there are concerns the nation of 12,000 people will become uninhabitable.

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Ballard also is responsible for finding pieces of John F. Kennedy's World War II patrol boat in the Solomon Sea, the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic, and many ancient ships in the Black Sea, as well as hydrothermal vents near the Galapagos, the channel said.

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As the sun dims over the Pacific’s glassy Solomon Sea, Guillaume Iwankow dons his diving gear and descends from the research schooner Tara into a motorized dinghy.

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Its only natural predators are raptors like the Solomon sea eagle.

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature says that only a handful of Omura's whales have been found before, including in the Sea of Japan and the Solomon Sea.

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