Does history count?
The Census of Marine Life is an international and inter-disciplinary collaboration that seeks to map ocean life of the past, present and future. From the Arctic to the abyssal zones, it is producing a stream of newsworthy science, literally pushing the study of biodiversity to new depths. This fascinating and far-reaching endeavour offers a rich set of insights that can illuminate our changing ideas about the oceans. But one section of the Census deserves special attention--the History of Marine Animal Populations. It provides a unique focus for debates about collaboration and big science, about historical methods and about the study of current science by historians of science.
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Katharine
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Science and Technology Studies, 303 Bethune College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. kateya@yorku.ca
D044822:Biodiversity; D006663:Historiography; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008386:Marine Biology / Q000266:history*; D009791:Oceanography / Q000266:history*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D014481:United States