Présenter la science du Pacifique sur la scène mondiale
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This week the representatives from the Pacific Community (SPC) will join over 5000 ocean specialists from across the globe for the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Held every 2 years, the gathering is one of the largest and most significant events…
Ocean Science Fact: La plus grande baleine bleue enregistrée mesure 33 mètres de long
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Our ocean teems with life ranging from the blue whale — the biggest animal on Earth — to tiny microbes. The largest recorded blue whale is 33.58 meters length, the height of an 11-story…
Ocean Science Fact: Saviez-vous qu'un tsunami peut se déplacer à la vitesse d'un avion de ligne ?
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Because of the physics that governs the propagation of water waves, the speed of a tsunami depends only on the water depth. In the Pacific Ocean where the average depth is 4500 m, the speed of a tsunami is 750…
Ocean Science Fact: L'Océan Pacifique est 5,5 fois plus large que la lune !
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The Pacific Ocean is more than 19,000 km wide while our beloved natural satellite is ‘just’ about 3,400 km wide. This is how huge and inspiring our ocean is!
Ocean Science Fact: changement climatique = changement océanique
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The dark blue ocean absorbs up to 93% of the excess heat caused by climate change, protecting us from the worst impacts. The ocean regulates the climate and weather, and the Pacific, as the biggest…
Ocean Science Fact: Les mangroves et autres écosystèmes de carbone bleu peuvent capturer dix fois plus de carbone que les forêts boréales, tempérées ou tropicales
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Although mangroves account for less than 2% of marine environments, they carry out 10 to 15% of global carbon burial. Mangroves are carbon-absorbing machines that absorb carbon dioxide when growing…
Ocean Science Fact: récifs coralliens = protection
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Coral Reefs = Protection
Study shows that coral reefs provide substantial protection against natural hazards by reducing wave energy by an average of 97%.
Ocean Science Fact: on peut trouver plus de 4 000 espèces de poissons dans les écosystèmes récifaux
Across the world, coral reefs support more species than any other marine environment. In fact, more than 4,000 species of fish can be found throughout reef ecosystems.
0cean Science Fact: pas aussi salé partout ?
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Did you know that the Pacific Ocean is generally less salty than the Atlantic?
Ocean Science Fact: Il est grand temps de laisser tomber le S !
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It is high time to drop the S!
We may give different parts of it different names but there is only one Ocean and it works as a whole to help make all Life On Earth possible.
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