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Science/Tech See other Science/Tech Articles Title: Oil-drilling worms (eat oil) and brittlestar cities: taking stock of life in the oceans Of course, the project hasnt catalogued all the life in the worlds oceans, but census has vastly increased our knowledge of the ocean biodiversity and filled in many gaps, its scientists say. Highlights profiled in last week's Nature news feature on the project include a tubeworm that drills for oil at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, a 'brittlestar city' with tens of millions of the creatures living in close quarters atop a seamount south of New Zealand, and data - copious amounts of data. Our feature also addresses the future of the census. The organization that provided a large chunk of the money to get the project started, the Sloan Foundation, has said all along that it isnt ponying up for a second instalment, so census scientists are hoping other ocean-loving funders step in. With all due to respect to the Harpers Index, here is the Census of Marine Life by the numbers: Images (from top, right): Polychaete worm (Vigtorniella) found at a whale fall at Sagami Bay, Japan at a depth of 925 meters. A new species of hydromedusae, Bathykorus bouilloni, observed below 1000 m in the Arctic. (Courtesy of Kevin Raskoff, Monterey Peninsula College) Poster Comment: "Discoveries include a tubeworm that drills for oil in seeps at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, and then eats it" www.nature.com/news/2010/100929/full/467514a.html Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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