Biggest Marine Census Complete
The Census of Marine Life has identified more than 6,000 potentially new species during a decade of exploring the world's oceans. Video.
The Census of Marine Life has released its findings of ten years of research and exploration of the world's oceans. The first-ever study of its kind, involving 2700 scientists from 80 nations, identified more than 6,000 potentially new species. The effort will help researchers observe how marine populations change in response to events such as oil spills and climate change.
Breathe in.
Now, breathe in again.
Every second breath you take, comes from the ocean.
No matter who you are, or where you live, your life depends on the ocean and the creatures that live there.
From the tiniest organisms, to the biggest.
But for something so important to our lives, we know surprisingly little about it.
In 2000, The Census of Marine Life embarked on a
