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Ocean | NASA Earthdata The global ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface and contains 97 percent of the planet’s water Data collected by NASA’s Earth-observing instruments help scientists understand how the ocean supports a vast abundance of life, regulates the climate, provides a large amount of the planet’s oxygen, and stores an abundance of
Ocean Topics - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The ocean matters The ocean covers more than two-thirds of Earth's surface, it makes life as we know it possible, and it sustains human society Yet the global ocean is largely unexplored and unknown What we do learn never ceases to amaze or to provoke more questions These topics will…
Ocean in Motion - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean currents are the reason London rarely has a white Christmas despite having a latitude on par with central Quebec’s They’re the reason San Francisco can be a pleasant 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius) while Sacramento swelters in the hundreds Ocean dynamics determine whether it will be a good year for wheat in India
Ocean Topic: Biological Carbon Pump - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The ocean’s so-called biological carbon pump removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it deep in the ocean on timescales that are important to the lifespan of humans The solubility carbon pump, which stores much larger amounts of carbon, operates on timescales in the thousands of years and is a much slower mixing process
Oceans - Science News Oceans How will the LA fires affect the ocean? These researchers are racing to find out Scientists aboard a research vessel near Los Angeles collected ash, air and water samples as fire blazed on
What’s Living in the Ocean? - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution In 2010, as the United States conducted its latest decadal population census, marine scientists completed their first census to discover the abundance, diversity, and distribution of organisms living in Earth's oceans Launched in 2000, the Census of Marine Life evolved into a $650 million project involving more than 2,700 researchers…
Ocean Life - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Microbial life can be found throughout the ocean, from rocks and sediments beneath the seafloor, across the vast stretches of open water, to intertidal and surf zones Ocean Plants Ocean plants are critical to marine life—they are an important food source, they provide oxygen to surrounding marine life, and they supply refuge and nursery grounds
Know Your Ocean - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Know Your Ocean The ocean covers more than 2 3 of Earth's surface and is a fundamental reason why life exists on Earth-but much of it remains unexplored and under-appreciated Coastal Ocean The sliver of ocean less than 200 meters (650 feet) deep near land accounts for just 7 percent of…
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How the Ocean Works - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The ocean water column is made up of five zones: the sunlight (epipelagic), twilight (mesopelagic), midnight (bathypelagic), abyssal (abyssopelagic) and hadal zones (trenches) Abyssal Zone Hadal Zone