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- Ocean | NASA Earthdata
The ocean covers more than 70% of Earth’s surface and contains 97% of the planet’s water This vast, critical reservoir supports a abundance of life and helps regulate Earth’s climate
- 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…
- 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
- 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
- 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…
- Ocean Life - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Incredible diversity exists in the ocean, from microscopic organisms to the largest animals on Earth
- How the Ocean Works - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Although the oceans cover most of Earth, the the tiny sliver of the coastal ocean greatly influences, and is most influenced by, human activity
- 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…
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