The Ocean
NASA
Looking at our Earth from space, it is obvious that we live on a water planet. Ocean covers over 70 percent of Earth's surface and contains about 97 percent of Earth's surface water. How much do you know about our ocean?
Answer questions like ...
- Measurements of Earth’s gravitational field permit topographic, or surface, mapping of the ocean floor.
- NASA has been measuring sea surface height from space since 1992. Over that period, average global sea level has:
- The ocean affects the climate on our planet.
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