Global Census of Marine Life reveals thousands of new species, other discoveries
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The Census of Marine Life, a decade-long project encompassing more than 2,700 scientists across the world, sought to answer a basic but daunting question: What lives in the ocean?
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 4, 2010; 11:17 PM
A lone deep-sea snail living within a hot-water fissure on the ocean floor. The migratory tracks ofgreat white sharks crossing ocean basins. Audio recordings of schools of fish the size of Manhattan, swimming in concert.
These are just a handful of the discoveries that came out of the Census of Marine Life, a decade-long project completed Monday. Encompassing more than 2,700 scientists from 80 nations and territories around the world, the census sought to answer a basic but daunting question. In the words of its International Scientific Steering Committee Chairman Ian Poiner: "What did live in the ocean, what does live in the ocean, and what will live in the ocean?"/.../
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