What is going on in the deep ocean is so badly understood that estimates of biodiversity there range from 100, 000 species to 100m.

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Called "cafe marron, " it lived on one island, Rodrigues, in the middle of the Indian Ocean in what is now part of Mauritius.

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"I think Big Society Capital is a good thing, but it is a limited amount of money and it is a bit of a drop in the ocean, given what is happening to the sector, with the deficit-reduction programme really hitting the sector, " he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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"The SV3 is a tremendous step forward in terms of what we can accomplish in the ocean and gives customers a competitive advantage to capture data in the most challenging ocean conditions, " said Bill Vass, CEO, Liquid Robotics.

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This causes cracks to appear in the ocean seafloor -- this is what we think, " explains Buckland, adding "So you can measure what's happening to the landmass of Greenland by looking at the sea.

CNN: Celebrities embark on climate change voyage

Scientists have been puzzling for some time over exactly what combination of factors is preventing the earth getting even warmer - maybe changes in solar activity, ocean currents or emissions of aerosol pollution.

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