How big is the ocean? - Scott Gass

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  • @rochelimit55555
    @rochelimit55555 8 років тому +1624

    The 99 percent biosphere thing blew my mind

    • @carsonbarlow348
      @carsonbarlow348 7 років тому +52

      Me too. Now I gotta find a brain tissue...

    • @davidrosolovski2633
      @davidrosolovski2633 7 років тому +3

      rochelimit's hangout mine too!

    • @user-qv1cs3xo4p
      @user-qv1cs3xo4p 7 років тому +5

      rochelimit's hangout that's actually just a lie made up by scientists because there are only 8.7 million life forms in the world and plenty of which are on earth

    • @rochelimit55555
      @rochelimit55555 7 років тому +32

      S let me guess. Trump voter?

    • @augur8261
      @augur8261 7 років тому +33

      It's not a lie, seriously, you say that, but people still haven't explored the entire ocean, actually, in 2016, we only managed to discover about 5% of the ocean, it's so big, but so big, it must have so many fucking lots of fucking millions of fucking creatures, m8!

  • @jacksonreid4824
    @jacksonreid4824 9 років тому +3320

    Why is the United States the default unit of measurement with water?

    • @readysetfire4614
      @readysetfire4614 9 років тому +213

      +Colonel Reid AMERICA FUCK YEAH

    • @jacksonreid4824
      @jacksonreid4824 9 років тому +127

      Murica. Nuff said.

    • @sharkdavid
      @sharkdavid 8 років тому +164

      Because 'Merica is the only country that delivers freedom from "sea to shining sea." 🇺🇸

    • @jacksonreid4824
      @jacksonreid4824 8 років тому +50

      ***** Although that would be true in most cases,
      1. I intended the question to be rhetorical and humorous and
      2. I AM NOT AMERICAN. TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE.

    • @Zeca_JB
      @Zeca_JB 8 років тому +226

      +Terra Titanius They used the metric system, so the world could understand, and compared to the USA, so americans could understand.

  • @LeBlayout
    @LeBlayout 9 років тому +2783

    36 Muricas? Thats a lot of freedom

  • @crownie3945
    @crownie3945 8 років тому +1010

    Its so annoying how people think that throwing just ONE can of soda in the ocean won't affect it.

    • @ytsas45488
      @ytsas45488 8 років тому +84

      They're right, it won't.

    • @Z4phyrHD98
      @Z4phyrHD98 8 років тому +14

      +Aaron Cruz LOL

    • @trebvvv
      @trebvvv 8 років тому +9

      It won't. Did you watch the video?

    • @Wndrst
      @Wndrst 8 років тому +110

      +Crownie it won't. however if every one on the planet decides their one can won't hurt...

    • @xiaoven4456
      @xiaoven4456 8 років тому +82

      it wont. but if every man on earth - or at least on a country - thinks like that, it will definitely affect the ocean

  • @AbelLawliet
    @AbelLawliet 10 років тому +1585

    Fun fact: More people have been in space than there have been to the bottom of the ocean.

    • @abapp
      @abapp 9 років тому +90

      yea considered no one have been at the bottom of the ocean

    • @NoxTM
      @NoxTM 9 років тому +63

      ***** Not true. So far 3 ppl have been @ the bottom of Challenger Deep.

    • @madthough2298
      @madthough2298 9 років тому +67

      Abel Lawliet Fun fact, more people have become lost on the way to the moon than have had sex with me .

    • @syamfarhan3334
      @syamfarhan3334 9 років тому +10

      Mad Though instructions not clear. Dick not found.

    • @SuperYtc1
      @SuperYtc1 9 років тому +12

      +Mad Though That's impossible. Even if you've had sex with 0 people that implies at least 1 person has got lost on the way to the moon, which is not true.

  • @johnleven8907
    @johnleven8907 3 роки тому +57

    No one ever mentions how thin (shallow) the ocean really is when the whole globe is in view. Compare 11km, the single deepest bit of the ocean, with how 11km would be seen sideways. Considering Earth's diameter is less more than 12 thousand kilometers, 11km is thin as the thinnest wrap.

    • @gabrielvargas6373
      @gabrielvargas6373 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, there's a video of that on Vsauce

    • @John...44...
      @John...44... 2 роки тому +1

      Well, the video does say how deep the deepest part of the ocean is.... I don't think we need someone to condescendingly tell us that the ocean depth is small compared to the earth lol

  • @samuelokerson4163
    @samuelokerson4163 8 років тому +632

    ted Ed is homeschooling me

    • @roelascart5963
      @roelascart5963 6 років тому

      Dude you need to pay the fees for getting schooled

    • @sad.8009
      @sad.8009 6 років тому

      samuel okerson yep!

    • @AdamCrazyDude2007
      @AdamCrazyDude2007 4 роки тому +3

      Even now because real schools are closed because of the Coronavirus

    • @chrisforkan2090
      @chrisforkan2090 4 роки тому +3

      Their homeschooling all of us now...

    • @user-my8qj
      @user-my8qj 4 роки тому +1

      quarantine 2020 be like

  • @madslj3892
    @madslj3892 8 років тому +227

    "Thats billion.. With a B" - Walter White

  • @mikedang3613
    @mikedang3613 7 років тому +137

    Why are you using America as a reference point throughout the video, but decide to use metric units like Kilometers and such?

    • @lot.bajrami
      @lot.bajrami 7 років тому +19

      Mike Dang metric system is used worldwide

    • @jarvebro9949
      @jarvebro9949 7 років тому +4

      +Loti Bajrami yeah, but not by the states

    • @lot.bajrami
      @lot.bajrami 7 років тому +7

      Majority always wins

    • @ToPlantASeed1
      @ToPlantASeed1 7 років тому +1

      That's a non-sequitor.

    • @JanetStarChild
      @JanetStarChild 7 років тому +4

      It's typical US narcissism. That's why.

  • @snakey934Snakeybakey
    @snakey934Snakeybakey 9 років тому +1512

    only 4% of the ocean has been explored by humans, yet 5% has already been destroyed. :C

    • @snakey934Snakeybakey
      @snakey934Snakeybakey 9 років тому +17

      ***** I want to throw something at him.

    • @BreezyInterwebs
      @BreezyInterwebs 9 років тому +13

      How about the can that he threw into the river?

    • @snakey934Snakeybakey
      @snakey934Snakeybakey 9 років тому +5

      ***** nah, something painful.

    • @竹珍黃
      @竹珍黃 8 років тому +7

      +TG CoffeePlus I honestly thinks the damage of making your computer is roughly a thousand times larger that that.Please always think about your error before denying one's

    • @blakebabcock8890
      @blakebabcock8890 8 років тому +4

      +竹珍黃 I don't get what your saying but this what I think "your saying that the materials it takes to make a computer is 1,000 times worse then what humans have done to the ocean" HUMANS ARE A STUPID SPEICES WE MADE OVER 50% OF ALL SPEICES EXTINCT WE DID HUMANS DID

  • @anders160196
    @anders160196 10 років тому +176

    And it's also really annoying to cross in minecraft :P

  • @lauracanero
    @lauracanero 8 років тому +19

    Great video! I'm so glad that you took the time to remind to us about looking after the ocean and helping it so it can continue being awesome. That's very important!

  • @warlord456able
    @warlord456able 8 років тому +96

    1:25
    "No I thought it was with an R"

    • @fort8670
      @fort8670 8 років тому

      Chris Lenferna lmao

    • @deryjeder
      @deryjeder 7 років тому +1

      I don't get it.

    • @harrybarodawala3588
      @harrybarodawala3588 7 років тому +3

      he says billion with a b and billion does start with b not any letter, so that person above is just showing sarcasm

    • @SuicideBunny6
      @SuicideBunny6 7 років тому

      Soo that's how you write billion ... What have I been doing all my life?

    • @michellechen3327
      @michellechen3327 7 років тому +1

      Some could hear million

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 8 років тому +162

    Wait how can a waterfall be underwater?

    • @joshualyness4790
      @joshualyness4790 8 років тому +92

      Like cold water moving underneath warmer water

    • @mynsonanderson2726
      @mynsonanderson2726 8 років тому +4

      That is a lot of water. What happen if someone would have to drink all of that water😂😂😂😂

    • @SundanceMLD
      @SundanceMLD 8 років тому

      Mynson Anderson idk

    • @elikarpinski2460
      @elikarpinski2460 8 років тому +39

      Chris Sherman Yes, but an underwater waterfall is nothing more than denser (colder) water flowing downward over an edge. It would be invisible.

    • @jezu4763
      @jezu4763 7 років тому +56

      Chris Sherman just ask spongebob

  • @csmith9684
    @csmith9684 10 років тому +143

    Planet Earth..........more like Planet Ocean____with just a touch of Earth.

    • @YiFangShen
      @YiFangShen 10 років тому +6

      that's a cool thought, thanks!

    • @Anonymous-md2qp
      @Anonymous-md2qp 3 роки тому

      @Chris Qiu Exactly. There is very little water in comparison to earth.

    • @21AEKAPA21
      @21AEKAPA21 3 роки тому +3

      Still, it's 0.02% the Earth's mass.

  • @kylelemieux7447
    @kylelemieux7447 8 років тому +324

    2:36 That voice crack though.. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ДарьяГордиенко-э8ъ
    @ДарьяГордиенко-э8ъ 5 років тому +26

    *watching 17 videos abt ocean in a row*
    Me: OK fine, that's enough
    UA-cam ads: HOW CAN A SINGLE BRACELET CLEAN THE OCEAN?!?!

  • @alexdelagrange2140
    @alexdelagrange2140 7 років тому +4

    Whoever made this planet must be unimaginably powerful.

  • @TonyyStarrkk1994
    @TonyyStarrkk1994 7 років тому +7

    Its so big its practically incomprehensible... And then you realize we live on a single planet, in a single galaxy in the universe, and that our nearest star (which isn't even close to some of the bigger stars) is 1.3 million times bigger than the earth. Its amazing.

  • @Killer97
    @Killer97 8 років тому +1247

    but the real question is: how deep is your love? lol

    • @Spacetheprodigy
      @Spacetheprodigy 8 років тому +64

      +Killer97 its like the ocean

    • @iDecodeMCPlays
      @iDecodeMCPlays 8 років тому +10

      Can it be above sea level?

    • @sonnypruitt6639
      @sonnypruitt6639 8 років тому +3

      +Killer97 Ask the BG's

    • @nrdaniel1994
      @nrdaniel1994 8 років тому +26

      +Killer97 deep enough that you see adele rolling there

    • @R9A9V2
      @R9A9V2 8 років тому

      +Killer97 deeper than molecule deeper than atom deeper than dna deeper than proton deeper Than neutron deeper than nanometer deeper than -99999 nanometer

  • @MAXIMUS-yk5vs
    @MAXIMUS-yk5vs 8 років тому +5

    These vids teach me way more than school ever can

  • @milasyt
    @milasyt 9 років тому +31

    Will someone please explain to me how this mountain range can be 65,000 km long when our planet's circumstance is 40,000 km

    • @VinayAggarwal
      @VinayAggarwal 9 років тому +26

      +Jesse Jacobs circumference is of a circle that is one side of a sphere because our earth is spherical it's possible to have a range longer than circumference if it's not in a straight line.

    • @milasyt
      @milasyt 9 років тому +17

      Thanks! I also just realized I totally misspelled circumference. This is what I get for typing on my phone.

    • @jyotikataria129
      @jyotikataria129 9 років тому +3

      +Vinay Aggarwal great!

    • @Yanthir
      @Yanthir 9 років тому +3

      +Vinay Aggarwal still, if it were to go around the equator, it would cover the earth 1.625 times. There must be some weird calculation involved of the data is straight up wrong.

    • @Boogers32150
      @Boogers32150 8 років тому +3

      +Yanthir who's to say it doesn't wrap around the earth like a screw? Where there are multiple coils of mountains.

  • @donbasuradenuevo
    @donbasuradenuevo 8 років тому +23

    Humanity knows more about outer space than the depths of Earth's own ocean.

    • @h3x131
      @h3x131 8 років тому

      +donbasuradenuevo it is easyer to know and to get on space than the depths of the ocean...

    • @admiralcat3809
      @admiralcat3809 8 років тому +3

      we dont even know for sure what space is composed of or the things around the solar system and we cant even leave the solar system, how is that compared to the ocean?

  • @garole
    @garole 6 років тому +15

    The ocean is big enough to drown all of us without even raising the sea level

  • @stevewaclo167
    @stevewaclo167 5 років тому +6

    A recent visit into Challenger Deep, as discussed on NPR, found what appeared to be the presence of plastic waste. The scientist being interview hastened to add it was not a lot, but there it was😢.

  • @willieboy1717
    @willieboy1717 5 років тому +2

    Remarkable how relevant this seems, 6 years later!

  • @Aarontlondon
    @Aarontlondon 8 років тому +208

    Constant references to the size of the USA

  • @Rj_Anass
    @Rj_Anass 7 років тому

    Thank you for the message at the end.

  • @MrSuperfluous1
    @MrSuperfluous1 8 років тому +17

    The water of the world is worth $5,618,100,089,501,550

    • @guerra_dos_bichos
      @guerra_dos_bichos 8 років тому

      +MrSuperfluous1 what if you had this amount of money and aliens stole the water? huh

    • @afruit6720
      @afruit6720 8 років тому +3

      This guy is getting so upset over the word and, I'm laughing so hard

  • @atmunn1
    @atmunn1 7 років тому

    TED-Ed has gotten a lot better.

  • @NAGleader
    @NAGleader 10 років тому +12

    I was hoping for a measurement of "If the Ocean was a planet" I know the surface is 70% ocean, but what percent of Earth's mass is ocean. I am disappointed that this question was not answered.

    • @Iamlegend91
      @Iamlegend91 10 років тому +15

      The Mass of Earth is 5.97219e24 kilograms
      The Mass of The Oceans if 1.3e21 kilograms
      So on doing the division, you get 4.59e-3
      Which is 0.021 % of the total mass of Earth!
      I hope that answers your question. :)

    • @NAGleader
      @NAGleader 10 років тому +3

      that does help thank you.

  • @Kidziel
    @Kidziel 11 років тому +1

    That was a very deep lecture.

  • @Games-iz6zc
    @Games-iz6zc 10 років тому +8

    Ted, if you ever need some help with animations I'd be willing to draw some detailed shapes and pictures or landscapes :)

  • @carlostoledo7164
    @carlostoledo7164 8 років тому +1

    I found this videos so interesting and it likes me the way that makes you think about the topic it's talking about, and the last part make you reflect about the way we affect the enviroment.

  • @tomnguyen1999
    @tomnguyen1999 10 років тому +4

    They forgot the mention that the ocean accounts for very little of Earth's volume. The ocean only goes about 11.03km down (Challenger Deep @ Mariana Trench), but on sea level, the center of Earth is 6,371km away. Far, far, far more than the oceans volume. So, Water goes to 11 km; land goes to 6,300 km. See the difference?
    In simple perspective, Earth is 1.8321 TRILLION 1,083,210,000,000 cubic kilometers in volume, and the ocean is just 1.3 BILLION cubic kilometers or 1,300,000,000. In ratio its about 130/10,8321.

    • @kikih1518
      @kikih1518 9 років тому

      Land doesn't go 6,371 km. Land, as we call it, only goes down to 5 - 70 km. Below that's it's hardly land. The asthenosphere is a sort of soft solid, while the mantle and outer core are completely liquid. The inner core is solid though, but that's just because of its density.

    • @dickmacgurn590
      @dickmacgurn590 2 роки тому

      Uh 1.8 or 1.08?

  • @shalusoman
    @shalusoman 5 років тому +2

    Dude when I come home from school I come straight to my phone for this high quality content. I think everyone agrees with me right?

  • @teemoney116
    @teemoney116 4 роки тому +3

    I loved loved loved this! It kept me riveted the entire video. Good job explaining everything. It was done in a way that was easy to understand and at the same time entertaining.
    Thanks... I am subscribing

  • @alexanderskog8074
    @alexanderskog8074 7 років тому

    The wave sound is so soothing

  • @paritoshjha28
    @paritoshjha28 4 роки тому +3

    Ocean holds many secrets in it we never imagined

  • @phubans
    @phubans 11 років тому

    Nevermind, I just realized they were a distant school of fish, but the way they were arranged and the compression of the video made them look like numbers or letters.

  • @HanZhang1994
    @HanZhang1994 9 років тому +10

    Why do you count that hawaiian mountain from the ocean floor but you don't do the same for everest? Yeah, there's continental land attached to it, but that can just be considered a flatter part of it's mountain range.

  • @gadgetwhore2
    @gadgetwhore2 11 років тому +1

    The examples in the video were for the US, here they are for the UK. All the oceans' water would cover the US 130 km deep, the UK would be under 5298 km of water. The square area of the water would cover 36 US's or 1444 UK's. This is based on square areas of 244,820 and 9,826,675 for the UK and US; I used a multiplier of 40.138. Personally, I think they should have used Pangaea for comparison (no flag). Have a great day people.

  • @Dokwart
    @Dokwart 11 років тому +6

    I love the ocean - it contains my favorite animals and I would love to see it every day, just hear it and see it's vastness. Videos like that give me an uneasy, almost painful feeling. How could humanity screw that up so bad... It'll survive, yes. And It's adapting. But it is truly tragic what has already happened and will happen for quite some time until there is something like a global evolution of our minds and I'm afraid I won't be able to witness this in my years to come on this planet.

  • @rahultherash
    @rahultherash 5 років тому

    That voice is so calm

  • @angelmaldonado3118
    @angelmaldonado3118 9 років тому +6

    really helpful had to do it for school it was fun

  • @doctorabhi8030
    @doctorabhi8030 2 роки тому +1

    Subtitles are ahead from voice....only ted ed video I've found any mistake, after watching many videos....👍👍👍

  • @PaladinLuke
    @PaladinLuke 8 років тому +9

    -Uses 'Murica as a comparison unit
    -Measures everything in European units

    • @OfAllThingzFooty
      @OfAllThingzFooty 8 років тому +1

      technically speaking, the metric system is used world wide. not only in europe. canadian here ☺

    • @PaladinLuke
      @PaladinLuke 8 років тому

      slice n' dice Except in the United States.

    • @OfAllThingzFooty
      @OfAllThingzFooty 8 років тому

      +Paladin Luke yup

    • @zach1262
      @zach1262 8 років тому

      +Paladin Luke "European units" is the metric system and it's the scientific unit system

    • @PaladinLuke
      @PaladinLuke 8 років тому

      The-guy-Zach Well you get the point.

  • @SeemsLegal
    @SeemsLegal 10 років тому +2

    Wow great video Scott. Really puts things into perspective.

  • @solarpp2059
    @solarpp2059 6 років тому +7

    When I was young,I thought the end of the horizon is a big waterfall 😂😂😂

  • @ShaharMystral
    @ShaharMystral 11 років тому

    I love the message at the end.

  • @Some._.Random._.Person
    @Some._.Random._.Person 8 років тому +33

    what about the Marianna trench?

    • @Some._.Random._.Person
      @Some._.Random._.Person 8 років тому +1

      OH. ok then

    • @JadenTapscott
      @JadenTapscott 8 років тому +26

      Some Random Person In fact, Challenger Deep is the deepest PART of the Marianas Trench.

    • @grethelbagano6780
      @grethelbagano6780 8 років тому +5

      It's Near My Country (The Philippines) 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭, And It's Also Near Guam

  • @Pyratheon
    @Pyratheon 11 років тому +2

    The fact that so many underwater species are undiscovered gives me hope that (the) kraken exists.

  • @treyahooben2414
    @treyahooben2414 10 років тому +14

    To think that we've explored less than 5% of the ocean- yet people seem to assume everything in the ocean in accounted for.. Goes to show how presumptuous humans can get when it comes to "what they know"

    • @kikih1518
      @kikih1518 9 років тому

      Very VERY true. Thanks for pointing that out.

    • @louiswhitehead9529
      @louiswhitehead9529 9 років тому +3

      its not that simple, unfortunately.

    • @54Luca69
      @54Luca69 6 років тому

      And are you doing anything about it? No. Don’t act like you’re perfect because you acknowledge it and do something if you actually care instead of talking about it in UA-cam comments go and do something.

    • @daviddunson5181
      @daviddunson5181 6 років тому

      I wonder what percentage of space have we explored .

  • @JamesLewis98
    @JamesLewis98 11 років тому

    They make it so easy to soak up.

  • @dralberthofmann
    @dralberthofmann 8 років тому +4

    I believe the ocean on Europa is as massive or perhaps even more massive? It's certainly much deeper. I think we will find life there.

  • @sad.8009
    @sad.8009 6 років тому +1

    I was in gifted learning about oceanology and I seem to learn somthin' new everyday!

  • @MrHigH1guy
    @MrHigH1guy 11 років тому

    I'm not trying to be bias or anything along those lines, but for be fair the size of the US does make it very good reference in relating other, larger, object to it allowing for a good comparison. With a smaller country like Great Britain or Finland it makes for a slightly more difficult analogy.

  • @daivik.d
    @daivik.d 4 роки тому +3

    How big is the ocean?
    TedEd: Makes a video.
    Me: It's very big 🙂

  • @willyreeves319
    @willyreeves319 2 роки тому

    now that you have a vague idea of the scale of the ocean, consider this: in 1 cup of water (half a liter) there are more molecules of water than there are cups of water in the entire ocean. 1,300,000,000 KM^3 times 1,000,000,000,000 liters per KM^3 times 2. that's 2,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 half liter cups. molecules are tiny

  • @Ayan44
    @Ayan44 8 років тому +11

    After watching this video, I really feel bad for the ocean and its marine animals and life in general with all the ways we are polluting the water. Specially in countries like India. We need to do something about it, or life will go down in the drains.

    • @saumyapathak5865
      @saumyapathak5865 5 років тому

      May I ask you a question?
      Is the Occidental World having some sort of grudge with we Indians? It seems to be as if we are the only one on this planet who have caused aaaallll sorts of bad things like pollution.

    • @videosight1
      @videosight1 4 роки тому

      What drains?

  • @physicsfun2158
    @physicsfun2158 7 років тому

    I'm getting in love with this channel

  • @TheDillon8825
    @TheDillon8825 7 років тому +6

    2:36 "The Ocean contains the world's lAUURgest mountain range" LMAO

  • @anonamouscore2393
    @anonamouscore2393 5 років тому

    Thank you for that snippet at the end about environmental sustainability

  • @TheCarlc1434
    @TheCarlc1434 11 років тому +7

    I need to learn the metric system.

    • @CarlosaurusRex
      @CarlosaurusRex 11 років тому

      It's easy! It's all zeros.

    • @TheCarlc1434
      @TheCarlc1434 11 років тому

      TEEEEAAAAAAACH MEEEEE!!!!

    • @omerlord0
      @omerlord0 11 років тому +19

      TheCarlc1434
      Length: We'll start with the most basic unit, the meter. Marked by M.
      Divide it by 100, and you get a centimeter. There are 100 centimeters in a meter. Marked by CM.
      Divide it by 10, and you get a decimeter, or 10 centimeters. There are 10 decimeters in a meter.
      Divide it by 1000, and you get a milimeter, or 1/10 centimeters. There are a thousand millimeters in a meter. Marked by MM.
      Multiply it by a thousand, and you get a Kilometer- A thousand meters, or 100,000 centimeters, or a million millimeters. Marked by KM.
      For example, the length between LA and NYC in one straight line is about 3950 KM.
      Weight:
      We'll start with the Kilogram, Marked by Kg.
      1000 Kilograms are one Ton.
      Divide a kilogram by 1000, and you get a Gram, marked by a lower-case g.

    • @Hungtran79237
      @Hungtran79237 6 років тому

      I know:
      Femtometer(Fm),Picometer(Pm),Nanometer(Nm),Micrometer(|um),Milimeter(Mm),Centimeter(Cm),Decimeter(Dm),Meter(M),Decameter(Dam),Hectometer(Hm),Kilometer(Km)
      1Fm=1^-15 M
      1Pm=1^-12 M
      1Nm=1^-9M
      1|um=1^-6M
      1Mm=1^-3M
      1Cm=1^-2M
      1Dm=1^-1M(1M=10Dm)
      Meter(M)
      1Dam=10M
      1Hm=100M
      1Km=1000M
      They also use other units of measurement like:Feet(ft),Yard(Yd),Miles(???),Inch(???) or Light years or something...even Exameter(bigger than light year)(i think it's something)or other...

  • @calebmartinez7823
    @calebmartinez7823 3 роки тому +1

    @TED-Ed You might not read this, but the english subtitle is not in sync with the video; it is ahead of the VO.

  • @you_just
    @you_just 8 років тому +17

    every video about the earth eventually devolves into an environmental "save the ocean" video

    • @miloblackmetalhate
      @miloblackmetalhate 8 років тому +3

      er, devolves? honestly, DEVOLVES?

    • @you_just
      @you_just 8 років тому

      Milind Tripathi what's wrong with the word "devolves?"

    • @miloblackmetalhate
      @miloblackmetalhate 8 років тому +4

      You_just It implies that they become the worse for talking about it.

    • @you_just
      @you_just 8 років тому +5

      Milind Tripathi I mean, I love the ocean more than the next guy, but I came here to find out how big the ocean is, not how to protect it. I'm fully aware of all the pollution in the ocean.

    • @michelgabe1629
      @michelgabe1629 5 років тому

      @@you_just most people don't care about the environment, that is why we should bring attention to it, pretty simple, and it doesn't make the video worse it gives the message"the ocean is big and important" it's meaning. If you just wanted the question to be answered you could have just googled.

  • @RedgunFiber
    @RedgunFiber 4 роки тому +1

    OMG! This video is awesome, my teacher shows me and it’s nice! Good job.

  • @anshen2420
    @anshen2420 8 років тому +3

    I was the 1,000,000th view of this video! #LoveTED-ED

  • @TerraReef
    @TerraReef 11 років тому

    Well done. I wish carbon footprints were mentioned in some small way. Not throwing your trash into a river that leads to the ocean isn't the only think you can do(or not do). The oceans pH is changing because of us.

  • @isakelgebrant8035
    @isakelgebrant8035 8 років тому +5

    2:35 that voicecrack XD

  • @askar_412
    @askar_412 3 роки тому

    This day a legend was borned.

  • @bananian
    @bananian 9 років тому +3

    How big is the ocean?
    BIG

  • @javiercantu9271
    @javiercantu9271 11 років тому

    This should have more views.

  • @Hevletica
    @Hevletica 7 років тому +12

    How Deep Is Your Love?

  • @freesk8
    @freesk8 11 років тому

    Zenziba95 said "siphon." He means to use a tube (diameter does not matter above 1/16" or so) to use the vacuum of space to suck the oceans up. It won't work. A vacuum is the strongest suction you can have. Now, with a strong pump, you can PUSH the water up. But that is not using a vacuum. That is INcreasing the pressure, not decreasing it, as in a vacuum.

  • @SamBskate
    @SamBskate 8 років тому +5

    Since mt everst is on land just like hawaii, couldn't you say that the land continues to the ocean floor? That makes mt everest the tallest.

    • @KaNoke101
      @KaNoke101 8 років тому +1

      mt everest isnt surrounded by water, so no it would still not be considered the tallest.

    • @Chiefer360
      @Chiefer360 8 років тому +3

      from sea level mount ev is the tallest
      from the core Chimborazo is the tallest

    • @peshodge5305
      @peshodge5305 8 років тому

      Why do ppl think Mt Everest is the highest... I dont know why does it matter if something is above sea level when we live in a kind of spherical planet so hight should be measured from the center of that sphere which makes Chimborazo the highest

  • @fallonsfunhouse
    @fallonsfunhouse Рік тому +2

    I love you Scott

  • @RoyalDog214
    @RoyalDog214 10 років тому +59

    Such a deep and inspiring video...
    *throws empty soda can into the ocean*

    • @loveygd8254
      @loveygd8254 6 років тому

      Melissa LOL

    • @azure5406
      @azure5406 6 років тому

      Melissa LOL

    • @helenamannkopf8695
      @helenamannkopf8695 6 років тому +8

      Melissa Don't.

    • @TheRubyGamersTRG
      @TheRubyGamersTRG 6 років тому +2

      Melissa that’s not funny. It’s a serious issue.

    • @imelonidigiorgia
      @imelonidigiorgia 5 років тому

      Why do people laugh? That's a serious issue, don't joke on it, or everyone on this planet might die.

  • @covetprice
    @covetprice 2 роки тому

    I like how the Captions are ahead of the video.

  • @MeepMeep88
    @MeepMeep88 10 років тому +23

    I don't feel bad wasting water anymore... Lol jk I still care

  • @AliHSyed
    @AliHSyed 11 років тому

    The mid atlantic ridge is not 65000 km long... the earths circumference is only about 40 000km long. Some would argue that because it has a very jagged profile, it can be longer than the circumference of the Earth. While true, they forget that the mid-atlantic ridge covers only half the planet. So even stretched out, it wouldn't reach 65000km long. Its more like 10 000 km

  • @SparkySywer
    @SparkySywer 9 років тому +5

    Fun fact: More people have been in space than there have been to India.

    • @rolan638
      @rolan638 9 років тому

      Depends on what you define as "space", i agree tho

    • @1gngh
      @1gngh 8 років тому

      More people are in water than are eaten in Sri Lanka

  • @Daeva83B
    @Daeva83B 6 років тому

    and we are still killing it!

  • @kilenklimek9218
    @kilenklimek9218 7 років тому +4

    I bet it's not as dense as a nucleus

  • @Wyattearpp
    @Wyattearpp 11 років тому +1

    There are also underwater rivers too! The underwater waterfalls work on the idea of temperature differentials. As you know hot air rises and cold air sinks. It is the same way with water since as water heats up it gets closer to being gaseous and as it gets cooler it gets more solid. So warmer water hits a sudden drop in the seafloor where the temperature decreases rapidly and this causes the water to "fall" down to the cold area.

  • @MeeAndChicken
    @MeeAndChicken 10 років тому +6

    Mind=BLOWN!

  • @theblightking
    @theblightking 11 років тому

    I agree completely. It is almost as if other countries don't exist. The Americans don't mind, obviously, because it's their country, but there are other viewers from around the world.

  • @somesax3053
    @somesax3053 8 років тому +5

    soooo Mermaids?

    • @sune10000
      @sune10000 6 років тому

      We will have mermaids at 70%

  • @ericoconnor7175
    @ericoconnor7175 5 років тому +2

    Please fix the captions! They're timed incorrectly!

  • @akshaybhardwaj8732
    @akshaybhardwaj8732 8 років тому +24

    1 advice to video makers .
    The sun does not revolve around USA.
    Stop referencing distance ,volume in terms of USA.
    I don't understand a Damn thing.

    • @fearfulpineapple4626
      @fearfulpineapple4626 6 років тому

      Akshay Bhardwaj lol

    • @bigpicturethinking5620
      @bigpicturethinking5620 5 років тому +2

      Odd. Thought you foreigners knew it all and it was Americans that are morons.

    • @tusharjha5539
      @tusharjha5539 5 років тому +3

      That's ur problem

    • @12icki
      @12icki 5 років тому +1

      theres something called LEARNING

    • @facefish1713
      @facefish1713 5 років тому

      @@12icki there is something called "use the universal misure unit" in science

  • @saisree2511
    @saisree2511 4 роки тому

    Splendid... always extraordinary.... Thank you and God bless you

  • @cool2beliving
    @cool2beliving 9 років тому +49

    Aquaman still sucks!

  • @MrCooldude4172
    @MrCooldude4172 11 років тому

    It's because of this type of thinking our world is facing so many environmental problems.

  • @mametfelixlaudat1365
    @mametfelixlaudat1365 9 років тому +8

    I would have liked to see a a 3D map of earths surface drained of all its waters to asses for my self how the geographical features look like under water. Why educators are always patterned to give only one side of a truth: yes, water makes 70% of planet earth surface.,and the video said it comprises 360 billion cubic kilometers .that's fine.But it failed to mention How much is the ratio between the bulk of oceans compared to the bulk of earth itself? i think it is a negligible fraction. How deep the waters would be if the earths surface were evenly planed with no mountains or ridges or ravines or islands ? 3 km /4 km ?

    • @mametfelixlaudat1365
      @mametfelixlaudat1365 9 років тому

      +미셜비 It said it would cover an area as big as the US under a depth of 132 kms.It limited the area to the US only not to all smooth earth. Does the stratosphere reach up to 132 kms? NO. How deep is the deepest point in ocean? Its 11.6 kms (in the pacific ocean) ,so the average depth of all the oceans on the whole surface of earth would be some thing between 0 - 11.6 which would result in a constant definitely below 5,8 kms NOT 132 kms

    • @malcolmsmith6380
      @malcolmsmith6380 9 років тому

      +‫محمد سعيد حمد‬‎
      I'm quite sure they made a mistake on factors of 10. 360 billion would put us all under hundreds of km of water!
      Let's say they meant 3.6 billion km^3
      surface area of a sphere is 4π r² for the earth r is approximately 10000 km. Depth would be volume divided by surface area.
      (3.6 * 10^9) / 400000000 π = 36 /4π km = 9/π km
      So assuming they where out by a factor of 100 we would be under a 9/π km of water if the earth was perfectly spherical. Slightly under 3 km.

    • @mametfelixlaudat1365
      @mametfelixlaudat1365 9 років тому

      Correct around 3km is the depth. Where did it all come from? I think it juiced out of the earth interior , being under pressure from thousands of kilometers thick layers of molten and solid rock. The best place for it is to be in the crust and above. Thats the reason why there is no water on Mars. All its waters are still trapped in the whole mass of the planet. Not that it lost it to space

    • @malcolmsmith6380
      @malcolmsmith6380 9 років тому

      محمد سعيد حمد someone on on another post says they said 1.1billion and 360 was something else wiki says 1.1 billion so it looks like it might actually be more like just under 1km . Both 1km and 3km sound about right 300km though dosn't .

    • @luisrogelio98
      @luisrogelio98 9 років тому

      +‫محمد سعيد حمد‬‎ Fun facts to say here: we(humanity) don't know how the ocean acctually looks geographicaly speaking in the bottom , why!?: because we know about 4% of the ocean and 98% of the moon.
      For more we know what it is up there in the space almost no one knows what is in the bottom of ocean of our big and blu planet Earth.

  • @antoine121290
    @antoine121290 6 років тому

    I love TED Ed. Keep up the Good work

  • @jimothyhasleftthechat2667
    @jimothyhasleftthechat2667 7 років тому +6

    "Let that sink in" Hehe... sinking jokes...

  • @hinderlijks
    @hinderlijks 11 років тому

    no idea but i think he just means the under water current so its kinda like a waterfall with warm and cold water.

  • @dimadmitrievich6455
    @dimadmitrievich6455 4 роки тому +4

    "What we know is a drop what we don't know is an ocean" - Jonas in Netflix Dark

    • @jakobbauz
      @jakobbauz 3 роки тому

      That's a great line.

  • @teavea10
    @teavea10 11 років тому

    Good video, but water drop at 0:54 is misleading, and there is no mention of ocean water volume (or mass) to earth volume (or mass), about 1 to 800 (or 1 to 4500).

  • @Supreme_Court.
    @Supreme_Court. 10 років тому +3

    But of course, the earth couldn't have possibly been subject to a worldwide flood.

    • @RondallaScores
      @RondallaScores 10 років тому

      If you bring the underwater chamber they discovered recently, scientists says that it could cover the whole land.. Just saying..

    • @Supreme_Court.
      @Supreme_Court. 10 років тому +1

      Jerome Quejano Lol I know. I was being facetious.

    • @9308323
      @9308323 10 років тому +1

      Jerome Quejano Where can I read that?

    • @ppp9922
      @ppp9922 10 років тому +5

      no it could happen....but without leaving any trace in the geologic record....now that would be impossible.

    • @ppp9922
      @ppp9922 9 років тому +1

      terminat1 then why are different fossils in completely different rock layers. And these layers are dated much older then a couple thousand years.