or a ferry boat captain then you are in a position to gather data to help us. reporter: the united nation endorsed this in addition to map the world s ocean floor and anyone with a boat can get involved by visiting the seabed 2030 website. as for those beautiful corral reefs, researchers hope to learn how it has been rise despite the crisis. don. renee, thank you very much. so beautiful. joining me now is roberto ronaldi. he s apart of the one ocean team that made this discovery. roberto, it is so beautiful. we are all sitting here discussing it in the control room as we were watching it. your team found this reef about 200 feet below the surfaces of
well, the united nations has endorsed this mission to map the world s ocean floor. and anyone with a boat can get involved by visiting the seabed 2030 website. now, as for those beautiful coral reefs, researchers hope to learn how and why it s been able to thrive despite the climate crisis, and what they learn may enable them to save the rest of the world s reefs which protect coastlines from storms and erosion. thank you. so beautiful. joining me now is roberto rinaldi a part of the one ocean team that made this discovery. roberto, oh, my gosh, it s so beautiful. we were all sitting here discussing it in the control room as we were watching it. your team found this reef about 200 feet below the surface of the ocean in what s called the twilight zone, and it goes for nearly 2 miles. what did you think when you
information to conduct all sorts of science, all sorts of modeling. reporter: this mission is underway in various parts of the world. but so far just 20% of the world s ocean floor has been mapped. that s the equivalent of a continent of asia and africa. but what still needs to be mapped is almost double the land mass of all of the earth s continent. it s estimated it will cost 3 to $5 billion to complete the mission. the technology exists, but the financial appetite to do it is not robust. countries, militaries and private entities like oil and gas companies map areas central to their work at sea but are not always willing to share the data. the leaders of the seabed 2030 mission are now calling on every day citizens. whether you re a master of a bulk carrier, whether you re a yaht skipper, whether you re a ferry boat captain, then you re in a position to gather data to help us chart the seabed.
that impacts climate. melting glacials and storm surge. that ll allow a lot of clever people to use that information to conduct all sorts of science, all sorts of modeling. reporter: this mission is underway in various parts of the world. only 20% of the world s ocean floors have been met. that s the equivalent of asia and africa. what it is estimated to be 3 million to $5 billion. the appetite to do it is not robust. oil gas companies mapped areas central to their work at seas but not always willing to share the data. the leaders of the seabed 2030 mission are calling on everyday citizens. whether you are a master of a boat carrier or a yacht skipper