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Scientists from across 10 European countries, the USA, and Canada will undertake the largest and most ambitious assessment of deep-sea Atlantic ecosystems ever undertaken. With support from the European Commission's Horizon 2020 funding programme, the €9 million ATLAS (A trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-sea ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe) project, launched this week in Scotland, marking the beginning of a series of expeditions involving at least 25 research cruises over the next four years. [Source: University of Liverpool]
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