The ocean is vast and on average about 4,000 metres deep. It contains 1.3 billion cubic kilometres of water – that’s 97% of all the water on the surface of the Earth. [1] Home to over 240,000 known ...

Uncover 8 surprising facts about trash on the ocean floor and its hidden impact on marine life. Learn how pollution reaches the depths of the ocean, harming ecosystems, and discover what’s being ...

One global ocean spans 71% of Earth's surface, covering a vast interconnected body of water. Geographically, this ocean is ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

"Discovering liquid water oceans inside the moons of Uranus would transform our thinking about the range of possibilities for where life could exist." The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath ...

So take care of me, please, because I'm your home. Here are some more facts about oceans in these BBC Bitesize and BBC Teach guides. Learn how big the oceans are and where they are located with ...

New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that an icy moon around Uranus may have an underground liquid ocean. Ariel is one of 27 moons around Uranus, the seventh planet from the ...

Back in 1960, when Peter Lawford pitched him the Vegas heist script for the original "Ocean's 11," Frank Sinatra reportedly joked, "Forget the movie, let's pull the job." 1. Did anyone in 2001 ...