Pacific Ocean width at about 5°N latitude, where it stretches approximately from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia—halfway around the world, and more than five times the diameter of the Moon. The lowest known point on Earth—the Mariana Trench—lies below sea level. Its average depth is , putting the total water volume at roughly . Due to the effects of plate tectonics, the Pacific Ocean is currently shrinking by roughly per year on three sides, roughly averaging a year. By contrast, the Atlantic Ocean is increasing in size. Along the Pacific Ocean's irregular western margins lie many seas, the largest of which
This is My Earth This is My Earth This is My Earth (TiME) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving biodiversity by using crowdsourcing to purchase lands in biodiversity hotspots. TiME was established in 2015 by Prof. Uri Shanas of the University of Haifa-Oranim. The organization is co-chaired by Shanas and Prof. Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University, and advised by an international team of scientists and environmental activists. TiME functions as a democracy in which every member, regardless of the amount of their donation, has an equal vote to determine which scientifically-vetted conservation project is allocated a crowdfunded grant on an annual basis.