Census of Marine Life
Have you ever thought about how many different life forms exist on Earth? Not just as an idea, but a number. How many? From 2000 to 2010 a group of over 2,700 scientists and 80 countries put there minds, skills, resources, and money together to establish a baseline of marine life. Watch to see what they did.
A recent study published November 15, 2012 in Current Biology estimates that there may be as many as 0.7 - 1.0 million marine species! More species, about 20,000, were described in the last decade than any decade prior and molecular methods aided in these discoveries.
Intrigued? Here's some quick ways to learn more.
Global Marine Life Data Base
Video Gallery
Image Gallery
Highlights of a Decade of Discovery
As you enter 2013, I have to give you one more link to a video showing microbial species. Here at C-DEBI we too study microbes that inhabit the subseafloor. They may be small, but they are mighty!
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