UK Ocean Census Launch Event

File - IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR OCEAN CENSUS - Scientists using deep sea submersibles examine the health of coral reefs off the coast of the Maldives in September 2022 as part of a science mission to map, sample and gather data on ocean health which can inform policy makers both in the Maldives and beyond to understand more about what lives in the global ocean and how impacted it is by increased carbon emissions and overfishing. Scientists project coral reefs to decline by a further 70% to 90% by 2030 if global warming reaches1.5 degrees.The broader effort to figure out what is living in the ocean at speed and at scale has been boosted with the announcement by the Nippon Foundation - which works to solve global issues through social innovation-and Nekton - a UK research institute - of the largest programme in history to discover new marine life. The goal of scientists on the programme is to find 100,000 new species in a decade - five times the average annual rate, a figure which has changed little since the mid-1800s. The fear is that entire populations of undiscovered marine life could be lost if the speed of discovery is not significantly accelerated. HANDOUT IMAGE - Please see special instructions. MANDATORY CREDIT - "courtesy of Ocean Census". Press release and media available to download at www.apmultimedianewsroom.com/oceancensus. (Ocean Census via AP Images) ** THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PROVIDED BY OCEAN CENSUS VIA AP IMAGES ** ** HANDOUT IMAGE **  ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY IN RELATION TO THE EVENTS DESCRIBED IN THE CAPTION FIELD **

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