CrackitToday App

The Ocean Census Initiative

Kumari Sonali

The Ocean Census Initiative:

A new initiative called ‘The Ocean Census initiative’ aims to discover 100,000 new marine species within ten years, utilizing advanced technologies like high-resolution imagery, DNA sequencing, and machine learning.

  • Scientists estimate that only about 10% of marine species have been formally described, leaving approximately 2 million species unidentified.
  • The Ocean Census plans to conduct multiple expeditions to marine biodiversity hotspots, with the first expedition already underway in the Barents Sea.
  • The initiative seeks to build upon previous efforts such as the Challenger Expeditions and the Census of Marine Life (between 2000 to 2010).
  • It is jointly established by The Nippon Foundation ,a non-profit philanthropic organization in Japan and Nekton Foundation (marine science and conservation institute in the U.K) to discover unknown marine life

...Read more on our test console

...Read these too

  • SPARSH Initiative

    SPARSH Initiative: The Defence Accounts Department signed a MoU with Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank, to onboard them as Service Centres under the System for Pension Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH)…

  • I2U2 Initiative

    I2U2 Initiative: As part of I2U2 initiatives, India, Israel, UAE, and the US will hold its first virtual summit in July 2022. I2U2 Initiative: I2U2 was initially formed in October,…

  • iCET Initiative

    iCET Initiative: India’s National Security Advisor hold talks with the US counterpart on the first dialogue on Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) in the US. Completing the work…