50 Amazing Facts About the Ocean: Deep, Dark, and Dazzling Secrets of the World's Seas - Hardcover

Vast, mysterious, and teeming with life that defies imagination, the ocean is the world's greatest unexplored territory and 50 Amazing Facts About the Ocean brings its most extraordinary secrets to life for young readers aged 7 to 12.

From the sunlit surface to the crushing depths of the Mariana Trench, the ocean is home to creatures, landscapes, and phenomena that are stranger than anything in a storybook. This book reveals 50 of the most astonishing verified facts about the world's seas.

You will discover why the sound of a pistol shrimp's claw is louder than a gunshot.

You will learn that the ocean produces over half of the oxygen we breathe.

You will find out how bioluminescent creatures light up the deep ocean, why the Dead Sea is so salty no fish can live in it, and what scientists actually found at the very bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Inside you will find:

• 50 fully verified facts about oceans, seas, marine life, and underwater geography.
• Content spanning surface ecosystems to the deep ocean floor.
• Curriculum-aligned for science, geography, and environmental studies.

A natural companion to your existing ocean-themed catalogue titles.