Jun 8, 2025 · The global ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface and contains 97 percent of the planet’s water. Data collected by NASA’s Earth-observing instruments help …

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 …

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. …

Sep 10, 2020 · 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 …

Jun 9, 2025 · Oceans Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern Japan roughly 115 …

Nov 14, 2024 · Ocean currents are the reason London rarely has a white Christmas despite having a latitude on par with central Quebec’s. They’re the reason San Francisco can be a …

Oct 22, 2024 · The ocean is a vast and critical reservoir that supports a diversity of life, helps regulate climate, provides a large amount of the planet’s oxygen, and stores an abundance of …

Dec 17, 2010 · In 2010, as the United States conducted its latest decadal population census, marine scientists completed their first census to discover the abundance, diversity, and …

The ocean water column is made up of five zones: the sunlight (epipelagic), twilight (mesopelagic), midnight (bathypelagic), abyssal (abyssopelagic) and hadal zones (trenches). …

Microbial life can be found throughout the ocean, from rocks and sediments beneath the seafloor, across the vast stretches of open water, to intertidal and surf zones. Ocean Plants Ocean …