Almost 25% of world’s seafloor now mapped

Re:Almost 25% of world’s seafloor now mapped by JKCalhoun on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:57PM (#33240600)

I read somewhere E. O. Wilson stating that were he to start over again he would go into research of life in the soil. He also said there is so little we understand about the things just beneath our feet.

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Re:Almost 25% of world’s seafloor now mapped by asdff on Monday October 17, 2022 @07:38PM (#33241035)

We don't even know how to document it all when we extract DNA from soil. You might be able to put things into general families of species but too much is uncharacterized. Some research is opting to just consider things in terms of ecological niches occupied instead of absolute species found.

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Re:Almost 25% of world’s seafloor now mapped by louky on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:38AM (#33244170)

Even on, and in our feet.

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