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Did you know that a large container ship can store 745 million bananas – that’s one for every person in Europe and North America? | Did you know that a large container ship can store 745 million bananas – that’s one for every person in Europe and North America? | ||
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Did you know that [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG coral reefs] are among the oldest ecosystems in the world – at 230 million years? | Did you know that [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG coral reefs] are among the oldest ecosystems in the world – at 230 million years? | ||
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Did you know that artificial light, which is used more and more in the coastal environments, could boost the existence of unwanted fouling invertebrates, such as sea squirts and keel worms, in marinas and harbors?
Did you know that ocean acidification decreases the ability of the ocean to store carbon?
Did you know that ocean acidification impacts the ecosystems and other important benefits which the ocean gives to humankind, such as food and recreation?
Did you know that a lot of different sharks live for up to a century? The Greenland sharks, for example, can live at least 300 years, possessing the first place of the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth”.
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