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Oceans: inspire and challenge… Hurricane Juan

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Undersea earthquakes and other disturbances cause tsunamis, or great waves. The largest recorded tsunami measured 210 feet above sea level when it reached Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula in 1737.

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Ninety percent of all volcanic activity occurs in the oceans

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Hydrothermal Vents — Where it all Begins? Currently many scientists think that life may have begun on Earth in the vicinity of deep-oceanic, hydrothermal vents. This type of environment was anticipated by Charles Darwin, some 150 years before, who wrote: 'But if we could conceive in some warm little pond, with all sorts of ammonia and phosphoric salts, light, heat electricity etc, present' ,[object Object],First discovered in 1977, oases of life that include giant, red-plumed tubeworms live on the Pacific Ocean floor near hydrothermal vents. This is deeper than where sunlight can penetrate to provide the energy needed for photosynthesis. At the base of the food chain are bacteria that nourish themselves through a process of chemosynthesis. Drawing their energy from gases dissolved in warm or hot springs, mainly hydrogen sulfide, they are able to manufacture sugars and starches from carbon dioxide and water. Photo courtesy The Stephen Low Company

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Hapalochlaena lunulata Blue ringed octopus “ Children who have been stung by the sea wasp have died within minutes of being stung”. Box Jellyfish “ Sea wasp”

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[object Object],The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean is 11,033 meters (36,201 feet) below sea level. If Mount Everest were placed inside of this trench, it would disappear

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