Dave
12-12-06, 07:17
A host of record-breaking discoveries and revelations that stretch the extreme frontiers of marine knowledge were reported by the just-released Census of Marine Life 2006. They include life adapted to brutal conditions around 407 oC fluids spewing from a seafloor vent (the hottest ever discovered), a mighty microbe 1 cm in diameter, mysterious 1.8 kg (4 lb) lobsters off the Madagascar coast and a US school of fish the size of Manhattan Island.
More... (http://www.news.scubatravel.co.uk/2006/12/marine-census-discovers-many-new.html)
More... (http://www.news.scubatravel.co.uk/2006/12/marine-census-discovers-many-new.html)