NICE WORK, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH: Scientists Finish First Sea Census. “One of the census’ most eye-opening findings has to do with just how much more is out there still to be found, even after a ‘decade of discovery.’ About 250,000 marine species bigger than microbes have been documented to date, but based on an analysis of the discovery rate so far, Poiner said ‘we know that number will grow to at least a million species, and it’s likely to be much higher.'”