Under The Sea

October 22, 2010 By Suzanne Zimbler

Everyone says there are a lot of fish in the sea, but until now even scientists knew how many were there. So ten years ago, a group of scientists decided to try to find out. They said that they’d conduct the first-ever worldwide survey on the underwater marine life. Over 2,700 scientists from over 80 countries worked together for 10 years to count, track and study new underwater species . This month in a report they shared about what they learned. On their long journey they discovered many different species; they have given 1,200 new names to science. A furry white crab takes one of the names; it spends its life at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Near Africa in the Indian Ocean a 9 pound lobster takes the second one. Investigating for 10 years scientists found 250,000 marine species. In 10, 20, 30 years there might be even more or maybe less. The scientists say that we have to protect the oceans because the play a great role in our long or perhaps short lives.

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