By 
Paul Snelgrove
 | 
TED Stage Talk

A census of the ocean

Oceanographer Paul Snelgrove shares the results of a ten-year project with one goal: to take a census of all the life in the oceans. He shares amazing photos of some of the surprising finds of the Census of Marine Life.

Related tags:

biology
collaboration
fish
photography
marine biology
ocean
TED is supported by ads and partners

Watch next

5:28
Luka Seamus Wright
The sharks that hunt in forests
3:35
Jen Gunter
Why healthy bones are about so much more than milk
5:07
Susan M. Reverby
Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment
5:02
Jen Gunter
What really happens to your body during menopause
4:03
Nina G. Jablonski
Why do we have hair in such random places?
4:11
Jen Gunter
Why you shouldn't worry about pooping once a day
4:25
Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel
Could you survive the real Twilight Zone?
4:53
Khalil Ramadi
Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease
4:21
Jen Gunter
Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day
5:02
Masako Tamaki
Can you be awake and asleep at the same time?
4:41
Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney
Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea
4:43
Sara C. Mednick
How long should your naps be?
4:57
Justin Schmidt
The world's most painful insect sting
4:55
Jacques S. Abramowicz
How does ultrasound work?
4:39
Neil R. Jeyasingam
How do antidepressants work?
4:52
Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte
The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk
14:19
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
The global cooperation that accelerated the COVID-19 vaccines
8:42
Natsai Audrey Chieza
Possible futures from the intersection of nature, tech and society