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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
Some sharks have declined by 92% in the pasthalf-century off Queensland’s coast
Explainer: how the Antarctic Circumpolar Current helps keep Antarctica frozen
Scientists studying ocean productivity have uncovered a volcanic lost world teeming with marine life off the Tasmanian coast.
SharkSpotter combines AI and drone technology to spot sharks and aid swimmers on Australian beaches
Scientists have been drilling into the ocean floor for 50 years – here’s what they’ve found so far
Marine Science facts
- 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.