The magazine "Knowledge-Wir" No. 9. 2021

The cradle of all things
the sea ... beckoning, calling into the distance, when it is calm. Fasting, inspiring horror and reverence when the storm rages. Giving food and giving inspiration. Since ancient times, man worshiped him, chanted him, made sacrifices in a vain attempt to appease the sea gods and curb sea monsters living in the depths. What we do not know inspires us with fear. Only by knowing the nature of the phenomena, we can learn how to resist them.
The world ocean occupies 71 percent of the surface of the Earth. Without it, there would be neither you and you, nor life itself on the planet. In fact, our existence is due to what is happening in the seas and oceans. The phrase about the wave of wings of the butterfly acquires a literal meaning - because the weather in our latitudes depends on what El -Nigno will be off the coast of Peru. We depend on the sea. The world ocean determines the climate on the planet. Seafood is an essential and integral part of the diet of people. The cheapest type of intercontinental trading transport is sea transportation.
The study of the oceans is one of the priorities of the scientific community. For all the apparent accessibility - it has long been a problem to get to the sea at a one or another point of the Earth, and here it is nearby, the waves rolled one after one - a person has still studied 5% of the water world. The importance of continuing such studies is obvious.
Sea romance - rustle of waves, salty wind, endless expanse, a feeling of freedom. Does this attract, gives rise to poetics, inspires people to chant the sea?
To study and understand, master and sing is what is characteristic of a person in his desire to know the world around him, and himself.
On the study of the oceans and the influence of the ocean on the culture, read the main topic of the current issue