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And if we can understand how these chemicals get into the skeleton, we can then go back, collect fossil specimens, and reconstruct what the ocean used to look like in the past.
But each one of these is a different age, and if we can find out how old they are and then we can measure those chemical signals, this helps us to find out what's been going on in the ocean in the past.
The decay helps us find out about the rates and dates of what's going on in the ocean.
This beautiful animation of the Southern Ocean I'm just going to use illustrate how we're using these corals to get at some of the ancient ocean feedbacks.
That stops carbon dioxide coming out of the ocean.
We then found corals that are of an intermediate age, and they show us that the ocean mixed partway through that climate transition.
That allows carbon to come out of the deep ocean.
Imagine yourself standing on a beach, looking out over the ocean, waves crashing against the shore, blue as far as your eyes can see.
How big is the ocean?"
First thing, we need to understand that there really is only one ocean, consisting of five component basins that we call the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Southern.
Each of these five, while generally referred to as oceans in and of themselves, are really and truly a part of a single, massive body of water, one ocean, which defines the very face of planet Earth.
The ocean covers roughly 71% of our planet's surface, some 360 million square kilometers, an area in excess of the size of 36 U.S.A.'s.
It's such a vast spread, when viewed from space, the ocean is, by far, the dominant feature of our planet.
Speaking of space, the ocean currently holds over 1.3 billion, that's billion with a "b", cubic kilometers of water.
With all that volume, the ocean represents 97% of Earth's total water content.
On top of all that, the ocean contains upwards of 99% of the world's biosphere, that is, the spaces and places where life exists.
The ocean is everything else.
So, the ocean is physically massive.
The ocean contains the world's largest mountain range, the mid-ocean ridge.
The world's tallest mountain is actually found in the ocean, hiding in plain sight.
Then, since we're picking on poor Everest, let's consider the world's deepest canyon, the Challenger Deep, existing 11 kilometers below the ocean's surface, some six times deeper than the Grand Canyon.
So, pretty much however you choose to slice it, the ocean is capital B capital I, capital G, BIG!
In fact, with roughly 50% of the world's population living within 100 kilometers of the coastline and with most of the remainder living close enough to lakes, rivers, or swamps, all of which ultimately lead to the ocean, virtually every single person on the planet has the opportunity to influence the general health and nature of the world ocean.
Evidence of human influence is seen in every part of the ocean, no matter how deep, no matter how distant.
The ocean defines our planet, but, in a very real sense, we define the ocean.
So why exhibit my work in the ocean?
The ocean is the most incredible exhibition space an artist could ever wish for.
I'm standing here today on this boat in the middle of the ocean, and this couldn't be a better place to talk about the really, really important effect of my work.
And I think it's easier for us to do that, because when we see the ocean, we don't see the havoc we're wreaking.
Because for most people, the ocean is like this.
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