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Marine biology: Out of the blue

The ten-year Census for Marine Life is about to unveil its final results. But how deep did the $650-million project go?

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Daniel Cressey is a reporter for Nature.

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Cressey, D. Marine biology: Out of the blue. Nature 467, 514–515 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467514a

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