The ocean takes up a huge part of the Earth's surface, helping support life by making Earth habitable. By studying the ocean and its mysteries, we can unlock secrets about many things. It supports life for an extremely diverse amount of life and ecosystems. Another thing we may learn from studying the ocean is the change in weather and climate, something controlled entirely by ocean.
The ocean can be compared to space, both are extremely unexplored for many reasons. The main reason is that we don't have the technology developed yet that humans need. For instance we know the Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean, at around six miles, yet it is largely unexplored with only three visits. Could there possibly be undiscovered species living at such depths? We have come a long way since the Egyptians first sailed the seas 5200 years ago. Since those days, humans and the ocean have been inextricably interconnected.
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