Essays

A compendium of Census-inspired essays written by members of the Scientific Steering Committee and other involved individuals.

A Toast to the First Census of Marine Life (PDF)
Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

Celebration of the Census of Marine Life (PDF)
Richard Lane, Director of Science, Museum of Natural History, London, UK

On the Abundance and Diversity of Oceanic Life: The 2010 Census of Marine Life (PDF)

J. Frederick Grassle, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University and Census of Marine and member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life

The Impact of the Census of Marine Life on our Perspectives of the Ocean (PDF)
SUN Song, Director of the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao and member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life

Essay on the Oceans for the Census of Marine Life (PDF)
Jacques Perrin, Chairman, Galatee Films, producer and co-director of the film “Oceans”
 
Remarks on the Occasion of the Release of the First Census of Marine Life  (PDF)
Paul L. Joskow, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
 
The Census of Marine Life is about the total richness of the sea (PDF)
Jesse H. Ausubel, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program Director, Census of Marine Life