Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago

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It’s easy to think of the world’s forests as the planet’s “lungs.” Trees pump out oxygen—the same stuff we breathe in. The bigger the tree the more oxygen it releases. But most of our breathable air doesn’t come from land...

Learn more: https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/did-you-know/does-the-ocean-produce-oxygen/

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