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Marine Ecology
Ecology is the study of the relationships that organisms have with each other and with their natural environment. Marine ecology is simply ecology applied to marine biota and the marine environment.
Marine Science News
Why do whales keep getting tangled in shark nets? And what should you do if you see it happen?
Millions of years ago, the megalodon ruled the oceans – why did it disappear?
Animals sleep, but little is known about how sharks do it
Sculptures headed for Great Barrier Reef display
What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of these destructive waves
Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future
Marine Science facts
The oceans provide 99% of the living space on the planet containing 50-80% of all life.
Sponges are older than dinosaurs.
Half the Oxygen we breath is produced in the Ocean.
Irukandji jelly fish, with just a brush of venom leaves almost no mark. But after about a half hour you develop Irukandji syndrome, a debilitating mix of nausea, vomiting, severe pain, difficulty breathing, drenching sweating and sense of impending doom. You get so sick that your biggest worry is that you’re not going to die.
The most remote point in the oceans is called Point Nemo.
The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans are known as the three major oceans.