Without the ocean, life as we know it wouldn't be possible There are a number of key reasons why First, the ocean is the largest source of oxygen on earth According to scientists, approximately half of the planet's oxygen production originates from the sea Most of this oxygen is created in the top 200 meters (656 feet) of the ocean's surface Within this depth, sunlight penetrates.
Discover the ocean learning hub—your gateway to trusted ocean science content Easily explore by topic, media type, grade level, and educational standards. Why is the ocean blue People have wondered this for hundreds of years One idea is that it reflects the sky From the coast, it may appear a deep blue on a sunny day
Or even turn a brilliant pink during sunrise or sunset But if we sink below the surface, the blue color remains Here, the water isn't reflecting the sky What happens in the ocean as a hurricane passes over (courtesy nasa) hurricanes are the most powerful storms on the planet, spanning hundreds of miles (kilometers) We know them for the destruction they cause when they reach land
Their high winds, heavy rains, and storm surges cause billions of dollars in damage each year. The solubility carbon pump, which stores much larger amounts of carbon, operates on timescales in the thousands of years and is a much slower mixing process. Soto facilitates visual exploration and comparative analysis of physical oceanographic data, enabling scientific oceanographic, climate, and related. Understanding how the ocean works is foundational to understanding life on this planet and to the discipline of oceanography Get to know the big systems of the ocean Its cycles, circulation, zones, and connection to the atmosphere
The ocean color level 3 and 4 browser provides access to products produced and archived by nasa's ocean biology processing group and ocean biology distributed active archive center (ob.daac) Users can obtain links to download the data directly, save images, and order or extract netcdf data file (s) Ocean color images are added daily and can be filtered by product status, instrument, product.
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