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Ocean & Deep Sea

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Ocean & Deep Sea

How much of the ocean has actually been explored?

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

NOAA
Ocean & Deep Sea

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
Ocean & Deep Sea

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
Ocean & Deep Sea

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
Ocean & Deep Sea

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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