Is it more important to explore space or the ocean?

We believe ocean exploration is more exciting and more important than space exploration. Yet it only receives about one-one hundredth as much funding. Exploring our oceans is key to protecting them.

Is it harder to explore the ocean or space?

Under pressure “In some ways, it’s a lot easier to send people into space than it is to send people to the bottom of the ocean,” Feldman told Oceana. “The intense pressures in the deep ocean make it an extremely difficult environment to explore.”

Why do we study space more than the ocean?

First, exploring space would help us to become a multi-planet species, and hopefully, not so dependent on Earth. Also, there are so many mysteries in space to solve, which would better help us to understand everything from our own rights here on earth, all the way to our entire universe.

Why can we explore space but not the ocean?

The challenge for space exploration is to design vessels that can withstand and navigate through an absence of pressure (i.e., a vacuum), while the challenge for deep ocean exploration is to design vessels that can withstand extreme pressure.

Will we ever be able to explore the bottom of the ocean?

In 2020, we’re still just getting to know the depths of our home planet. More than 80\% of the bottom of the sea is still unmapped and unexplored, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “We’ve done a pretty good job mapping the surface of the earth and what’s underground.

How does the deep sea benefit humans?

It is vast, dark, remote and much of it is inaccessible to humans, so it has received less attention than other environments. But the deep sea represents 98.5 percent of the volume of our planet that is hospitable to animals and has vital global functions including sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere.

Why is ocean depth important?

The deep ocean is critical for the maintenance of the Earth’s climate. Warmer water is not able to hold as much oxygen as cold water; so as the ocean warms, it also loses oxygen. Sequestering carbon in the deep sea is being explored to help reduce carbon in the atmosphere.

Why should we care about the deep sea?

The air we breathe: The ocean produces over half of the world’s oxygen and absorbs 50 times more carbon dioxide than our atmosphere. Climate regulation: Covering 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, the ocean transports heat from the equator to the poles, regulating our climate and weather patterns.