COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths
Summary
NPR released a comic exploring the ocean's unexplored depths and its significant role in producing oxygen and providing medical discoveries. The ocean remains largely mysterious, with most of the deep sea floor still unseen by humans.Key Facts
- The ocean produces about half of the world's oxygen.
- Some important medicines, like a painkiller from sea snails, come from ocean discoveries.
- Scientists have more knowledge about space than Earth's ocean.
- Humans have not seen 99.999% of the deep sea floor.
- The comic was created by Angela Hsieh, with the help of Berly McCoy's reporting.
- Emily Bogle directed the art for the comic, and Rebecca Ramirez edited it.
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