It has been a really bad week for the ice shelves of the quickly warming Antarctic peninsula, the part of the vast frozen continent that extends northward toward South America.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Biloxi and west of Gautier. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,225 at the 2000 U.S. Census. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city of Ocean Springs had a population of 17,442.
Welcome to Ocean County. Ocean County features 44 miles of the fabulous Jersey Shore. Tantalize your toes with a stroll on our luxuriously soft, sandy beaches. Explore our wildlife and nature trails, set sail on the Barnegat Bay, indulge in wine tasting at our local vineyard and dance to a live band as the sun sets over our magnificent waterfront venues.