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How much of the ocean has actually been explored?

We have better maps of Mars than we do of our own ocean floor.

NOAA
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What are hydrothermal vents and how do they support life?

Entire ecosystems thrive in boiling, toxic water where sunlight never reaches.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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How do whales communicate across entire ocean basins?

A single whale call can travel thousands of miles using a hidden sound highway in the ocean.

Marine Mammal Science
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What are brine pools on the ocean floor?

There are actual lakes on the bottom of the ocean, complete with shorelines that kill most creatures on contact.

Oceanography
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What is at the very bottom of the Mariana Trench?

At the deepest point on Earth, explorers found something disturbingly human.

National Geographic
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