Similar to the expeditions of a hundred or two hundred years ago, the Tara Pacific expedition lasted over two years. Its goal was to research the conditions for life and survival of corals. The ship crossed the entire Pacific Ocean, assembling the largest genetic inventory conducted in any marine system to date. The team’s 70 scientists from eight countries took around 58,000 samples from the hundred coral reefs studied.
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Source: Phys.org