The Beauty of Stormy Seas
In The Beauty of Stormy Seas, narrator Sir David Attenborough uncovers the extraordinary sight of bioluminescent plankton that light up dark waters as sea life thrives with the change of seasons. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet II, a natural history series that explores the world's oceans, the animals that live in them, and the threats they face, using modern filming techniques and equipment to capture previously unseen areas of the ocean.
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Q: How much of the world’s water do the oceans hold?
A: The oceans hold 97% of all the water in the world.
Q: How does the spinning of the Earth affect storms?
A: It sends the storms north or south.
Q: What type of living thing is bioluminescent in this video?
A: The plankton are bioluminescent.
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