The ocean is vast and on average about 4,000 metres deep. It contains 1.3 billion cubic kilometres of water – that’s 97% of all the water on the surface of the Earth. [1] Home to over 240,000 known ...
One global ocean spans 71% of Earth's surface, covering a vast interconnected body of water. Geographically, this ocean is divided into five distinct regions, commonly called the world's oceans.
At that time, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one giant one surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa. The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of ...
Every year an estimated 11 million tonnes of plastics enter our ocean. 29 million metric tonnes of plastic is expected to enter the ocean every year by 2040 It's estimated that 1.5 million tonnes of ...