#OceanFacts for World Oceans Day
In honor of World Oceans Day (June 8th), I asked the online ocean science and conservation community to tweet some #OceanFacts.
For world oceans day, share your favorite facts about the ocean! Use #OceanFacts , and I'll RT and Storify my favorites! Please RT and share- Friendly warning.... there are going to be a metric crap-ton of #OceanFacts and #WorldOceansDay tweets and RTs from me today.
- Your #OceanFacts can be anything, but I request that they be, well, facts- not opinions, not links to other info, not things that are wrong.
- #OceanFacts about ocean habitats and the ocean itself
- #OceanFacts The ocean covers more than 70% of the earth's surface and have more than 95% of volume available for life
Wetlands, estuaries & coral reefs are the start point of most oceanic food chains, & have a role of “nursery” for many species. #oceanfacts
#OceanFacts About half the communications between nations are via underwater cables.
The deepest part of the ocean can fit 20 Washington monuments stacked atop one another! ow.ly/bs0WM #OceanFacts
The Pacific Ocean contains almost twice as much water as the Atlantic and more #oceanfacts: ouramazingplanet.com/63-the-worlds-… #worldoceansday
This is scary- anthropogenic carbon dioxide doesn't just affect the atmosphere, it's also making the oceans more acidic #oceanfacts
#OceanFacts Ocean acidification is a major threat to marine invertebrates as exoskeleton development is directly impacted by ocean pH
Sound travels farther underwater than light. Many animals (shrimp, fish, whales) use it for communication. #OceanFacts
There are 328,000,000 cubic miles of seawater on earth, covering approximately 71 percent of earth's surface. #oceanfacts #worldoceanday
#WorldOceansDay The speed of sound in water is 1,435 m/sec. Nearly 5times faster than the speed of sound in air #OceanFacts @WhySharksMatter
#oceanfacts the largest current is the Antarctic circumpolar current. It travels in a clockwise motion around Antarctica. #WORLDOCEANSDAY
#OceanFacts The deep pelagic ocean is by far the largest, and the least explored, habitat on earth bit.ly/cMilWM- The energy contained in the movement of the oceans can be turned into electricity -http://bit.ly/u0h2yQ #OceanFacts
Two hundred million years of recorded geologic and biologic history of the Earth are found in the ocean's floor #oceanfacts #worldoceansday
#OceanFacts - The longest #mountain range in the world is hidden under the #ocean - the MidOcean Ridge is ~50,000 miles long #WorldOceansDay
#OceanFacts #worldoceansday “@OurOcean: Microbes make up 90% of the ocean's biomass. See amazing photos here: ocean.ly/JMSJZQ”
The Pacific Ocean is 25% larger than all Earth's land areas combined. #oceanfacts- Even crazier yet, the Pacific Ocean is 1000% greater than the land area that drains into it! #oceanfacts #worldoceansday @WhySharksMatter
- #OceanFacts The bay of Fundy has the biggest tidal range on Earth- sometimes a difference between high and low tide of more than 30 feet
