Factoid/2003/03/25
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Oceans: 99% of Earth's Biosphere Volume
- "Considered in its entirety, the marine pelagic ecosystem is perhaps the greatest in size of all ecosystems on Earth. The oceans comprise 71% of the earth's surface area [and] its volume is very approximately 14 billion km3, or 99% of the earth's biosphere volume When an ecosystem this huge shows warning signs of adverse impacts, then the time for dramatic and immediate impact has arrived." - excerpt from the beginning of an overview of pelagic marine systems, part of a series surveying all the major marine ecosystems and published in several recent issues of the journal Environmental Conservation (as mentioned in SeaWeb's email newsletter, Ocean Update, for March 2003)
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