A two-year study of the world’s oceans revealed an unprecedented level of genetic diversity in marine microbes. Expedition leader J. Craig Venter discusses the study and its significance.

Read the interview transcript, listen to the audio, or watch the video segment at The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

TPE Link - “The Oceans“

Image: Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team. Source Visible Earth