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COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths

Angela Hsieh for NPR

Did you know that the ocean produces approximately ? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like ?

It's all true! And so is this fact: Humans of the deep sea floor.

With this comic, we explore some of the cool things scientists do know about the ocean and what dwells inside of it.

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This comic was written and illustrated by , based on reporting from Berly McCoy. It was art directed by Emily Bogle and edited by Rebecca Ramirez.

Copyright 2025 NPR

Corrected: July 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM EDT
A previous version of this comic repeated an adage — that we know less about the sea than we know about space — without providing sufficient context. It has been updated to note a different comparison, that more people have been to space than the deepest part of the ocean.
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Berly McCoy
Kimberly (Berly) McCoy (she/her) is an assistant producer for NPR's science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast tells stories about science and scientists, in all the forms they take.
Angela Hsieh
Rebecca Ramirez
Rebecca Ramirez (she/her) is the founding producer of NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave. It's a meditation in how to be a Swiss Army Knife, in that it involves a little of everything — background research, finding and booking sources, interviewing guests, writing, cutting the tape, editing, scoring ... you get the idea.