Seaweed to Trench
Chapter 1

The shoreless Sargasso Sea

Chapter 2

The abyss of the Mariana Trench

Chapter 3

Extreme adaptations of ocean life

Chapter 4

Humans and the ocean extremes

YOUR GOAL

Master of Strange ocean geography

Ch 4 · Humans and the ocean extremes
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misslily Pollution in the deepest trench

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misslily Humans and the ocean extremes

No shores in the Sargasso, currents spin it round! (Spin it round!) / And deep in the Mariana, even Everest is drowned! (So deep!)

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misslily The garbage patch of the gyre

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Pollution in the deepest trench

misslily Even at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, scientists have discovered man-made pollutants and plastic trash.

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The garbage patch of the gyre

misslily The rotating currents of the Sargasso Sea trap vast amounts of non-biodegradable plastic debris.

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Seaweed to Trench
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misslily Drag creatures from the Sargasso Sea to the Mariana Trench to discover extreme ocean geography.

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Fun Fact

Deepest trash: The discovery of a plastic bag at nearly thirty-six thousand feet deep proves human impact reaches the absolute furthest corners of Earth.

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Gossip

Where should ocean cleanup focus first?

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Quiz

What is the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt?

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misslily The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

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Quiz

What causes the North Atlantic Garbage Patch to form in the Sargasso Sea?

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misslily The future of ocean mapping

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Quiz

How does agricultural runoff affect Sargassum seaweed growth?

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Quiz

What percentage of the global ocean floor remains unmapped with high-resolution sonar?

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Quiz

Why is mapping the ocean floor important for natural disaster safety?

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Quiz

What is the main goal of the Seabed 2030 project?

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Quiz

What shocking man-made item was discovered at the bottom of Challenger Deep in 2019?

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Which banned synthetic chemicals were found in the tissues of Mariana Trench amphipods?

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