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BRITAIN - COMMONWEALTH - OCEANS - RESEARCH - SEYCHELLES - AFRICA - ASIA
A handout picture taken in 2016 and released by ocean research institiute Nekton in London on February 6, 2019, shows a submersible working above the seabed off the coast of Bermuda. A mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean was launched on Wednesday, hoping to discover hundreds of new species and find out what impact plastic is having way below the surface. The First Descent expedition, led by British-based ocean research institute Nekton, is set to send submersibles as deep as 3,000 metres off the Seychelles from March to test the health of the ocean. The project was launched at the Commonwealth headquarters in London. "The mission is focusing on 30 metres down to 3,000 metres. This is where you get the peak diversity of species," said Professor Alex Rogers, part of the scientific team.
HO / NEKTON / AFP
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BRITAIN - COMMONWEALTH - OCEANS - RESEARCH - SEYCHELLES - AFRICA - ASIA

BRITAIN - COMMONWEALTH - OCEANS - RESEARCH - SEYCHELLES - AFRICA - ASIA
A handout picture taken in 2016 and released by ocean research institiute Nekton in London on February 6, 2019, shows a submersible working above the seabed off the coast of Bermuda. A mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean was launched on Wednesday, hoping to discover hundreds of new species and find out what impact plastic is having way below the surface. The First Descent expedition, led by British-based ocean research institute Nekton, is set to send submersibles as deep as 3,000 metres off the Seychelles from March to test the health of the ocean. The project was launched at the Commonwealth headquarters in London. "The mission is focusing on 30 metres down to 3,000 metres. This is where you get the peak diversity of species," said Professor Alex Rogers, part of the scientific team.
HO / NEKTON / AFP

 

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