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Have you ever thought about how the weather is connected to the ocean? Or have you wondered about how the food we eat or the air we breath are related to the ocean?

The ocean is the source for many things in our lives and without the oceans we couldn’t survive. All our weather patterns start over ocean waters. The air we breath is largely a result of the plants that grow in the ocean.
Phytoplankton, for example, produce more oxygen than all the leaves on all the trees on land. Scientists believe that about 70% of our oxygen comes from these plants...read more Science Connection Spigot Science Oceans Issue