Unknown Territory

70% of our planet is made of oceans and seas. 97% of that 70% is still uncharted territory. And we are destroying it, so much so that by the year 2048 all commercial fish species will be extinct.

We've only explored about 3% of what's out there in the ocean. Already we've found the world's highest mountains, the world's deepest valleys, underwater lakes, underwater waterfalls. There's still 97%, and either that 97% is empty or just full of surprises.

David Gallo: Underwater astonishments
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In a place where we thought no life at all, we find more life, we think, and diversity and density than the tropical rainforest.

Laura