oceans blogged: Arctic environment

Small but interesting website on the Arctic environment. Covers marine waters, inland waters, land and sky. Has cool facts and for a small site, it has a lot of info.

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Each year, three times as much rubbish is dumped into the world's oceans as the weight of fish caught

Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water

The top ten feet of the ocean hold as much heat as the entire atmosphere

An estimated 80% of all life on earth is found under the ocean surface and the oceans contain 99% of the living space on the planet. Less than 10% of that space has been explored by humans. 85% of the area and 90% of the volume constitute the dark, cold environment we call the deep sea. The average depth of the ocean is 3,795 m. The average height of the land is 840 m

Refined oil is also responsible for polluting the ocean. More oil reaches the oceans each year as a result of leaking automobiles and other non-point sources than the oil spilled in Prince William Sound
by the Exxon Valdez

Because the architecture and chemistry of coral is so similar to human bone, coral has been used to replace bone grafts in helping human bone to heal quickly and cleanly

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Arctic environment

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