Marine biology
Coral reefs are 500 million years old and harbour 25 per cent of marine life. Manta rays have common ancestors with sharks and can live up to 100 years old. Their home, the sea, covers 72 per cent of our planet. Who knows how many more amazing creatures live there and have yet to reveal themselves to us. Even among those we already know, we have a lot to learn, about how they feed, where they go, why, how they reproduce. The wonders of marine biology have always fascinated us. The Changing Oceans Expedition hopes to write several new chapters in the book of marine discoveries.
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Cumulative human impact on the Oceans
A local fisherman, Ylias, joins the expedition's scientific team, including scientists from the USA and Italy in the marine protected aera of Al Hoceima, Morocco. Their goal, validate and improve "a global map of cumulative human impact on marine ecosystems" (Science Feb 2008).
