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 ...
Emily Frost runs the Smithsonian Natural History Museum's Ocean Portal. She is based in Washington, D.C. Scientists who explore the depths using submersibles continue to discover amazing animals ...
Hotter oceans kill plankton, upon which the entire maritime ecosystem depends. They are the meal at the base of the food chain – seas without plankton will rapidly become seas without fish and ...