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Ocean Life
What percentage of life is estimated to be in the ocean?
What can the ocean teach us about life on other planets?
Corals
How do corals benefit the economy?
In what types of water do corals live?
How do coral reefs protect lives and property?
What species live in and around coral reefs?
What are the three main types of coral reefs?
What can I do to protect coral reefs?
What is the largest living structure on Earth?
What do coral reefs have to do with medicine?
Animals
What is the biggest fish in the ocean?
Are lionfish a threat to Atlantic Ocean fish?
Do alligators live in the ocean?
Plants
Estuaries
What types of plants and animals live in an estuary?
Is change important to estuaries?
Geology
Weather and Climate
How is sea level rise related to climate change?
Is sea level the same all across the ocean?
What role does the ocean play in the weather?
Geodesy
What is the National Spatial Reference System?
What role does the Ocean Service play with our nation's aircraft and airports?
Oceanography
What is the global ocean conveyor belt?
Geologic Structures
Where is the longest mountain range on Earth?
Do volcanoes occur in the ocean?
Ocean Management
Protected Areas
Where is the largest protected area in the National Marine Sanctuary system?
What is a marine protected area?
Where are marine protected areas located?
What was the first national marine sanctuary to be designated?
What percentage of marine areas are protected?
What is a national marine sanctuary?
Hazards
What threats do coastal communities face?
Coastal Management
What percentage of the American population lives near the coast?
What is coastal zone management?
Health
What does peanut butter have to do with the ocean?
Harmful Algal Blooms
Why do Harmful Algal Blooms occur?
Pollution
What is the biggest source of ocean pollution?
Can marine debris degrade on its own in the environment?
Ocean Observations
Currents
Tides
Where can I get tide predictions?
What's the difference between a tide and a current?
What is the difference between storm surge and a tidal wave?
Physical Properties
How much water is in the ocean?
Where is all of the Earth's water?
How far does light travel in the ocean?
How does sound travel in the ocean?
Ocean Basins
What is the largest ocean basin on Earth?
What is the world's smallest ocean?
What's the difference between an ocean and a sea?
Studying the Ocean
How is ocean observing data used?
Did I find a lost underwater civilization?
How much of the ocean have we explored?
Who first charted the Gulf Stream?
What does an oceanographer do?
Transportation
Studying the Ocean
How important is the ocean to our economy?
Maps and Charts
What's the difference between a nautical chart and a map?
How long does it take to produce a nautical chart?
What do the numbers mean on a nautical chart?
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