It was decided we don’t know enough about the sea. So 2,700 scientists started the Census of Marine Life, cooperating with museums, labs and aquariums across 80 countries to learn more. 10 years later, today, they’re done.
Many of us travel the world, but stick to just the green parts. Google’s urging people to discover the blue parts, helped largely because Google Earth now includes layers of information and annotations for all oceans.