THINGS ABOUT EARTHS OCEANS
Added on: 19th Oct 2015
ANTARCTICA HOLDS AS MUCH WATER IN ITS ICE
AS THE ENTIRE ATLANTIC OCEAN
THE TOP TEN FEET OF THE OCEANS HOLDS THE SAME
AMOUNT OF HEAT AS THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE
IN WATER THE SPEED OF SOUND IS 1,435 METRES
PER SECOND. THAT IS ALMOST FIVE TIMES FASTER
THAN IT IS IN AIR.
90% OF ALL VOLCANOES ARE UNDERWATER
AS OF TODAY ROUGHLY 226,408 UNDERWATER ANIMA
L SPECIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT THERE COULD BE UP TO
25 MILLION MARINE SPECIES LIVING IN THE OCEANS
THIS MEANS WE HAVE ONLY DISCOVERED LESS THAN 1%
OF ALL UNDERWATER MARINE LIFE
THIS IS MOSTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY MANAGED
TO EXPLORE ABOUT 10% OF THE OCEANS AREA/VOLUME
MOST OF THE OTHER 90% CONSISTS OF SOMETHING
KNOWN AS THE DEEP SEA
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