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Part 1

Getting Started with Your Ocean Voyage

IN THIS PART …

Take a quick primer on ocean fundamentals — from dividing the ocean into oceans (plural) and getting up to speed on the water cycle to engaging in a quick meet-and-greet with the ocean’s inhabitants.

Take inventory of the various ways the ocean contributes to our health and happiness, not to mention our very existence.

Discover how the ocean and oceans formed and how life on Earth may have begun.

Trace the evolution of marine life from the Paleozoic to the Cenozoic era and everything in between.

Look ahead to find out what the future of the ocean might look like.