World Ocean Day is celebrated across the world on June 8. The day is all about raising global awareness of the challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans.
According to UNESCO, the concept of a World Oceans Day was first proposed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro as a way to celebrate our world’s shared ocean and our connection to the sea, as well as to raise awareness about the crucial role the ocean plays in our lives and the important ways people can help protect it.
According to the UN, oceans are “the lungs of our planet, providing most of the oxygen we breathe, [as well as] a major source of food and medicines and a critical part of the biosphere.”
Each year different themes are assigned to celebrate this day. The theme of UN World Oceans Day 2020 is Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean.
On World Ocean Day 2020, we bring to you awesome ocean facts:
The loudest ocean sound came from an icequake. In 1997, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) captured one of the loudest sounds ever recorded, which they named "The Bloop." The sound was loud enough to be picked up by sensors over 3,000 miles away.more
Oceans are home to nearly 200,000 identified species, but the actual number of species it contains may be as high as the millions.
Oceans are hiding the tallest mountain on the earth. if we go underwater and measure mountain Mauna Kea from base to summit, it takes the prize as the tallest mountain. Mauna Kea is an inactive volcano, with roots that extend deep into the ocean. From the base, it rises 33,500 feet.more
It takes water about 1000 years to travel across the whole globe.
The Earth is the only planet known to have large bodies of liquid water on its surface.
The Pacific Ocean is wider than the moon. From Indonesia to Colombia, the Pacific Ocean is wider than the moon.
90 percent of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean. The last known eruption of a submarine volcano was in 2011. The unnamed volcano is located on the island of El Hierro in the Atlantic Ocean.