{"id":1916,"date":"2020-06-12T17:17:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T16:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1916"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:02:23","slug":"how-much-oxygen-comes-from-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1916","title":{"rendered":"How much oxygen comes from the ocean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-heading-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-767d40d16762f893c7ab26deb87e2701 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:15px;border-radius:15px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ocean-surface-960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1916\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ocean-surface-960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ocean-surface-960-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ocean-surface-960-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ocean-surface-960-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"How much oxygen comes from the ocean?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Scientists estimate that 50-80% of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean. The majority of this production is from oceanic plankton \u2014 drifting plants, algae, and some bacteria that can photosynthesize. One particular species, Prochlorococcus, is the smallest photosynthetic organism on Earth. But this little bacteria produces up to 20% of the oxygen in our entire biosphere. That\u2019s a higher percentage than all of the tropical rainforests on land combined.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link desc-text\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/ocean-oxygen.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/ocean-oxygen.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists estimate that 50-80% of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean. The majority of this production is from oceanic plankton \u2014 drifting plants, algae, and some bacteria that can photosynthesize. One particular species, Prochlorococcus, is the smallest photosynthetic organism on Earth. But this little bacteria produces up to 20% of the oxygen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1917,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1916","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1916\/revisions\/3808"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}