Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Sea

Sea
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 2, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 16:32, 17 October 2013‎ (UTC)



The sea is the connected body of salty water that covers over 70 percent of the Earth's surface. It moderates the Earth's climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. It has been travelled since ancient times, while scientific oceanography dates broadly from Captain James Cook's 18th century voyages. Seawater has a salinity of about 3.5 percent, made up principally of sodium chloride, with many other substances in lower concentrations. Winds produce waves and surface currents, setting up a stable worldwide circulation and deep-sea currents, known as the global conveyor belt, carry cold water to every ocean. Large events such as submarine earthquakes can cause destructive tsunamis. Tides are caused by the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational effects of the Moon and to a lesser extent of the Sun. A wide variety of organisms live in the sea's many habitats, from the sunlit surface to the cold, dark abyssal zone, from the Arctic to colourful tropical coral reefs, and life may have started in the sea. The sea provides humans with food including fish and shellfish, and enables trade, travel, mineral extraction, power generation, naval warfare, and leisure, though often at the cost of marine pollution. The sea has been important in human culture since Homer's Odyssey, appearing in literature, mythology, marine art, cinema, theatre, classical music and dream interpretation.

Cwmhiraeth reworked this article with my help, and brought it through FA. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:08, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, refreshing nature, culture, adventure --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - I count 9 points: core (6), nominator's first TFA (1), and no similar article on MP in 6 months (2; when was the last time we actually had such a wide-scoped article on the MP?) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:19, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Encouraging to see such a big topic get through FA. Perhaps best to run soon after promotion, before the quality erosion sets in. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:17, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. As others have said, it's refreshing to see a core topic make it through the gauntlets. -  Floydian  τ ¢  20:54, 13 October 2013 (UTC)