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1. Why is Kathleen Mary Drew known as the 'Mother of the Sea'?
Answer = The Japanese Nori seaweed industry is a result of her work on Porphyra
2. In cubic kilometers, how much water evaporates from the oceans every year?
Answer = 505,000
source: The Oxford Companion to Global Change
This figure is widely used, but there are several other estimates.
3. In which century was the word 'maritime' first used?
Answer = 16th
4. What percentage of our planet is covered in water?
Answer = 71
5. Which famous nautical poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge did David Jones write about in a 1970s essay?
Answer = The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1. Why is Kathleen Mary Drew known as the 'Mother of the Sea'?
Answer = The Japanese Nori seaweed industry is a result of her work on Porphyra
2. In cubic kilometers, how much water evaporates from the oceans every year?
Answer = 505,000
source: The Oxford Companion to Global Change
This figure is widely used, but there are several other estimates.
3. In which century was the word 'maritime' first used?
Answer = 16th
4. What percentage of our planet is covered in water?
Answer = 71
5. Which famous nautical poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge did David Jones write about in a 1970s essay?
Answer = The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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