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“We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.”

Quote by Edith Widder

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Edith Widder is a renowned oceanographer born in 1951. She is known for her research on bioluminescence in marine organisms and deep-sea exploration. more

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