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Understanding the life cycles, habits, habitats, and inter-relationships of marine life contributes to our understanding of the planet as a whole. Human influences and reliance on these species, as well as changing environmental conditions, will...
It is now the most endangered species of whale off of the U.S. coasts. Wise up about whales. Take a deeper dive into whales. Edgar Kleindinst of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center created the original version of this site in 1993, based on the...
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The ocean covers 70 percent of Earth 's surface. It contains about 1.35 billion cubic kilometers (324 million cubic miles) of water, which is about 97 percent of all the water on Earth. The ocean makes all life on Earth possible, and makes the...
20 incredible marine life facts about the ocean, weird friendships, changing sex, solar-powered slugs and vaporizing water.
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An estimated 50-70 percent of all life on Earth is found under the oceans. Humans have explored roughly 10-20 percent of the ocean. There are around 230,000 classified marine species, but as many as two million or more yet to be discovered. Marine...
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3. The name "Pacific Ocean" comes form the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, "peaceful sea". 4. The deepest known area of the Earth's oceans is known as the Mariana Trench. It's deepest point measures 11km. That's a long...
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