Oceans

The seas that cover most of the planet — their currents, depths, and hidden life.

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Earth & Climate Oceans

Earth has only one ocean — and it's mostly unexplored

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Earth & Climate Oceans

A drop of seawater takes about 1,000 years to circle the globe

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Earth & Climate Oceans

In 1977 we found thriving life on the seafloor with no sunlight

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Earth & Climate Oceans

There is more gold dissolved in the oceans than has ever been mined

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Earth & Climate Oceans

The deepest point in the ocean could swallow Mount Everest

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Earth & Climate Oceans

The ocean holds 97 percent of all the water on Earth

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Earth & Climate Oceans

At least half the oxygen you breathe comes from the ocean

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On this day in Oceans

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23 Jan 1960

Earth & Climate Oceans

Humans reach the deepest point in the ocean

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1 Sep 1985

Earth & Climate Oceans

The Titanic wreck was found 73 years after it sank

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