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Environment & Energy

cbabe

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1. Plankton equals oxygen.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2026, 01:12 PM

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NOAA's National Ocean Service
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov › facts › ocean-oxygen.html

How much oxygen comes from the ocean?

At least half of the oxygen produced on Earth comes from the ocean, mostly from tiny photosynthesizing plankton. But marine life also uses roughly the same …

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