Here’s a fascinating report on the recently concluded “ocean census” (full report here). As one of the researchers notes:
“At the end of the Census of Marine Life, most ocean organisms still remain nameless and their numbers unknown,” said biologist Dr. Nancy Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institution, leader of the Census’ coral reef project.
“This is not an admission of failure. The ocean is simply so vast that, after 10 years of hard work, we still have only snapshots, though sometimes detailed, of what the sea contains. But it is an important and impressive start.”
“And God said, ‘Let the waters teem with living creatures….'” (Gen. 1:20)