A Global Mission

The Ocean Census is a global mission to discover, document and share the diversity of life in our ocean — before it’s lost.

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Decrypting Tenerife’s Crustacean Community with Keider Neves

Taxonomist Keider Neves shares his experiences of going deeper to see a world that few have ever seen and make new discoveries

04/12/23

Decrypting Tenerife’s Crustacean Community with Keider Neves

Taxonomist Keider Neves shares his experiences of going deeper to see a world that few have ever seen and make new discoveries

04/12/23

Mobile Laboratories Set to Revolutionise Ocean Species Discovery

State-of-the-art mobile shipping container laboratories to play a central role in an ambitious mission to document ocean life

27/11/23

PRESS RELEASE: Macaronesia Flagship Expedition Launched to Uncover Tenerife’s Hidden Marine Biodiversity

Expedition brings together world-class expertise to urgently catalogue new marine species at risk of extinction.

20/11/23

PRESS RELEASE: Macaronesia Ocean Census Lanza una Expedición Insignia para Descubrir la Biodiversidad Marina Oculta de Tenerife

Expedition brings together world-class expertise to urgently catalogue new marine species at risk of extinction.

20/11/23

Biodiversity and Beauty at Johnston Atoll

A look back at the OET expedition to the Central Pacific with our onboard scientist Raissa Hogan.

11/10/23

Ocean Census joins Johnston Atoll (Pacific) Expedition

27-day expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust onboard E/V Nautilus will survey deep-sea biodiversity and ancient seamounts.

02/08/23

AKMA3 Cruise Report

AKMA3 was the first expedition that Ocean Census scientists participated in. Expedition Manager, Marine Ecologist Dr Denise Swanborn, reports on what the team found. What was the AKMA3 expedition?  AKMA (which stands for Advancing Knowledge of Methane in the Arctic) began as a project between UiT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US […]

19/06/23

Call Out: Expedition and Science Partners 

Ocean Census is looking for Expedition and Science Partners as part of the mission to discover and protect new species.

31/05/23
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