What does COML mean in UNCLASSIFIED

The Census of Marine Life (CoML) is a global research effort to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the world's oceans. CoML was initiated in 2000 as a ten-year international research program, and it has since become an ongoing effort to explore and document marine life around the world.

CoML aims to find out how many different species exist, where they are located, what their interactions are with other species, how diverse ecosystems have developed over time, how climate change affects oceanic biodiversity and more.

CoML was initially established in 2000 as a ten-year project but has since become an ongoing effort that continues to explore oceanic biodiversity around the globe.

CoML uses modern technology such as satellite tracking systems combined with traditional methods such as expeditions on fishing vessels to collect data which can be used to study marine species. This allows scientists to better understand how animal behavior relates to their environment and how it may be affected by climate change or other human activities.

Scientists from all over the world take part in CoML including marine biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, geneticists, chemists and economists who work together to study various aspects of marine life from taxonomy through trophic webs up to biogeochemical cycles. There are also many volunteers who help by recording observations about ocean life through citizen science projects or by participating in expeditions.