What are some surprising facts about the ocean?

 

• If all the ice melted, sea level would rise by 216 feet or 65.84 meters.
• We have a better map of Mars than we do of the oceans.
• The oceans are home to about 80% of all life.
• We have explored less than 5% of it.
• There is enough gold in the ocean for each of us to have 9 pounds!
• The longest mountain range on the planet is underwater and 10 times longer than the Andes.
• The Pacific Ocean is wider than the moon. (At its widest point, it extends from Indonesia to Colombia.)
• One iceberg can provide drinking water for one million people for five years.
• The water at the bottom of the ocean is very warm.
• More people have been to the moon than to Challenger Deep, which is the deepest place on Earth.
• Most of Earth's volcanic activity occurs in the oceans.
• The largest living structures in the world are found in the oceans. (The Great Barrier Reef)
• There are 3 million shipwrecks at sea.
• The ocean has more artifacts than all the museums in the world combined.