Jun 8, 2025 · 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 …

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 …

Jun 9, 2025 · Oceans Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern Japan roughly 115 …

The ocean water column is made up of five zones: the sunlight (epipelagic), twilight (mesopelagic), midnight (bathypelagic), abyssal (abyssopelagic) and hadal zones (trenches). …

Sep 10, 2020 · 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 …

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 …

May 9, 2024 · Baumgartner cited one final concern with the wind farms: food. Wind mixes the upper surface of the ocean. “Mixing is quite important for the algae in the ocean, because that …

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Mar 22, 2022 · Known as ocean acidification, this fundamental change in ocean chemistry makes it harder for calcifying organisms such as corals, shellfish, and some plankton (the base of the …