The North Atlantic Ocean is widening at 2.5 cm per year — eventually it will be as wide as the Pacific.

Sharks predate trees by about 90 million years — they've been swimming Earth's oceans for 450 million years.

Fact #5120 · Ocean

In 1970, a whale carcass was blown up with explosives in Oregon to remove it from a beach.

Fact #793 · Ocean

The ocean contains structures larger than mountain ranges.

Fact #2003 · Ocean

Some deep-sea species have extremely slow metabolisms.

Fact #1403 · Ocean

The ocean is, on average, 3,682 meters deep — the deepest point is about 11,000 meters.

Fact #5116 · Ocean

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor but support about 25% of all marine species.

Fact #5113 · Ocean

Water covers more than 70% of Earth's surface.

Fact #86 · Ocean

The deepest ocean trench is the Mariana Trench.

Fact #907 · Ocean