As much as 80 per cent of the oxygen we breathe comes from plants in the ocean.



The Mariana Trench is thought to be the deepest part of the world’s ocean, but it’s not as deep as Mount Everest is tall.



Which marine debris item has the highest chance of killing seabirds if eaten?





How many calories does a whale receive from one single mouthful of food?



How many eggs does a shy albatross lay at one time?



How many babies does a pregnant whale shark give birth to?



How much more carbon does wetland vegetation (seagrass, mangroves and marshes) store compared to a hectare of tropical forest?



How long is the Great Barrier Reef?



How much ice has Antarctica lost in the last 25 years?



Endangered spotted handfish are endemic to which state?



What percentage of marine debris found on Australia’s coast is plastic?



What percentage of species known in the Great Australian Bight are found nowhere else in the world?



Australia has how many kilometres of continental coastline?

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