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A view of the island of Moorea.

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The Moorea Biocode Project

November 2009

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.

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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

October 2012

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A diver collects water samples.

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

June 2014

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