rocksea
25th December 2004, 08:25 AM
Science taps into ocean secrets :cool:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4033555.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4033555.stm)
Some 13,000 new marine species have been discovered in the past year by an international survey project.
....The $1bn 10-year project, which is building a huge database, involves researchers in more than 70 countries. ...
..We're just skimming the surface," said Dr Ron O'Dor, Chief Census Scientist, based in Washington DC, US.
"We know something about the first 100m at this point but we know almost nothing about what lies down in the deep.
"Our analysis shows that if you catch a fish below 2,000m it is 50 times more likely to be new to science," he told the BBC News website...
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40553000/jpg/_40553581_lobate_coml_203.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40553000/jpg/_40553575_plank_coml_203.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40553000/jpg/_40553583_microb_coml_203.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4033555.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4033555.stm)
Some 13,000 new marine species have been discovered in the past year by an international survey project.
....The $1bn 10-year project, which is building a huge database, involves researchers in more than 70 countries. ...
..We're just skimming the surface," said Dr Ron O'Dor, Chief Census Scientist, based in Washington DC, US.
"We know something about the first 100m at this point but we know almost nothing about what lies down in the deep.
"Our analysis shows that if you catch a fish below 2,000m it is 50 times more likely to be new to science," he told the BBC News website...
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40553000/jpg/_40553581_lobate_coml_203.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40553000/jpg/_40553575_plank_coml_203.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40553000/jpg/_40553583_microb_coml_203.jpg