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 ...

Even if every human being on Earth went for a dip in the ocean at the same time, they’d be just a drop in the bucket compared ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has remained a mystery. However, the SWOT satellite is changing that by doing ...

Geographically, this ocean is divided into five distinct regions, commonly called the world's oceans. These oceans, while ...

In this collection of trivia bits, you'll find interesting facts on how the observation got ... A majority of the earth's water comes from the oceans. The rest can be found in the form of rivers ...

Dolphins live and hunt in large social groups called pods, and they communicate with each other using high-pitched clicks and ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

So take care of me, please, because I'm your home. Here are some more facts about oceans in these BBC Bitesize and BBC Teach guides. Learn how big the oceans are and where they are located with ...

DENVER — The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has a new exhibit exploring the depths of prehistoric oceans. Jurassic Oceans: ...

Man-of-wars are found, sometimes in groups of 1,000 or more, floating in warm waters throughout the world's oceans. They have no independent means of propulsion and either drift on the currents or ...

These well known seabirds do not migrate, but live year-round in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Familiar to boaters, they often follow (and sometimes ...