Marine Biology

First Census Shows Life in Planet Ocean is Richer, More Connected, More Altered than Expected

Census of Marine Life Washington DC, USA 4-Oct-2010 Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what,

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Census of Marine Life publishes historic roll call of species in 25 key world areas

Census of Marine Life Washington, DC 2-Aug-2010 Representing the most comprehensive and authoritative answer yet to one of humanity’s most ancient questions — “what lives

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Relaunch of Calypso among year of plans to mark centennial of Jacques Cousteau’s birth

Cousteau Society Paris 8 June 2010 Year-long plans include re-launch of iconic vessel Calypso for education tour; new Cousteau Divers program. Documentary with National Geographic

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Explorers Inventory Hard-to-See Sea Life: Tiny but Mighty Microbes, Plankton, Larvae, Burrowers — Keys to Earth’s Food and Respiratory Systems

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 18-Apr-2010 Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor; Scientists puzzle out Neptune’s riotous diversity

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Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss

22-Nov-2009 Census of Marine Life Washington DC Deep sea teeming with species that have never known sunlight Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an

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Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about changing biodiversity, have been uploaded

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Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world’s fragile polar regions

United Nations University Tokyo 7-Sep-2008 A new co-ordinated international set of rules to govern commercial and research activities in both of Earth’s polar regions is

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Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations

26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Ron O'Dor Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and

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How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report

23 Oct 03 Census of Marine Life An estimated 5,000 previously unknown ocean fish species and hundreds of thousands of other marine life forms are

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UN Oceans Atlas Provides First Comprehensive Real-Time Tool To Observe State Of World’s Oceans

5 June, 2002 United Nations Washington / Rome / Paris – The UN and leading international scientific agencies will launch on June 5 (World Environment

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