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
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.
private sentities, they re not willing to share their leader. they re calling on everyday citizen. whether you are a yacht skipper or a ferry boat captain then you are in position to gather data to help us chart the se seabed. the united nation has endorsed this mission to map the world s ocean floor. as for those beautiful coral reeves, researchers are hoping to learn how and why. it protects coastlines from storms and any erosions. thanks for watching cnn newsroom, i am michael holmes, follow me on twitter and
continent of asia and africa. what needs to be mapped is 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. companies, militaries and private enties like oil and gas map areas central to their work at sea but are not always apt to share the data. they are now calling on every day citizens. whether you re a master of a bulk carrier, whether you re a yacht skipper, whether you re a ferry boat captain, then you re in a position to gather data to help us chart the seabed. the united nations has endorsed the mission to map the world s ocean floor, and anyone with a boat can get involved by visiting the c bed 2030 web site. as for the beautiful coral reefs, researchers hope to learn how and why it s been able to thrive despite the climate