According to the scientists who participated, new species were found all over the planet—even in spots we thought we had explored fully and already known well. Some of the most notable findings include a six and a half pound lobster (located in Madagascar) and various deep sea animals, including fish, squid, and octopus.
While these findings were incredible, perhaps the most important findings that scientists made in this ten year period were many new observations about species behavior—as well as how humans are impacting these species and their habitat right now. For example, where overfishing was thought to be the biggest human impact in the ocean, now scientists believe that both ocean warming and acidification, both attributed to human actions, will post bigger threats in the scheme of things—if not now, then soon.
In fact, damages are already taking their toll. Some researchers say that many species were either too depleted or gone entirely before they were even able to be studied. So who knows how many species may have existed that we simply wiped out, without even knowing it?