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• ... that out of all the oceans, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest?
Marine Institute
• ... that the ocean is responsible for the water cycle which affects our weather and climate?
Marine Institute
• ... that the body and arms of the Crown-of-thorn starfish are covered with spines which are used for locomotion and for defense from potential predators?
Oceana
• ... that in the next one hundred years, global climate is estimated to rise by 0.5°C (0.9°F) due to the increase in the temperature caused just by the ocean? 
Marinebio
Did you know that noise pollution can disrupt the migration and reproduction patterns of marine mammals such as whales and dolphins?   
Marine Insight
• ... that scientists believe that the marine otter is monogamous?
Oceana