The planet has a whole is... largely autonomous but is still affected by the sun, meteors, the moon. Oceans are affected by those above as well, and by us. We

The planet has a whole is... largely autonomous but is still affected by the sun, meteors, the moon. Oceans are affected by those above as well, and by us. We have managed to affect the oceans quite a lot during our short time on earth, mainly by pollution it and the environment in general. Nothing is really autonomous in that sense. Yes, the earth will probably be here after we perish and it will probably survive, more or less, intact so in that sense it is probably quite autonomous.