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Vida cintilante num mundo submarino

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Edith Widder |

Mission Blue Voyage

• April 2010

Cerca de 80 a 90% das criaturas do mundo submarino emitem luz — e pouco sabemos como e porquês. A especialista em bioluminescência, Edith Widder, explora este mundo luminoso, cintilante, mostrando imagens maravilhosas e uma visão sobre as profundezas desconhecidas do oceano.

Cerca de 80 a 90% das criaturas do mundo submarino emitem luz — e pouco sabemos como e porquês. A especialista em bioluminescência, Edith Widder, explora este mundo luminoso, cintilante, mostrando imagens maravilhosas e uma visão sobre as profundezas desconhecidas do oceano.

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Marine biologist

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Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.

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Gallery: How to speak jellyfish

Ocean explorer Edith Widder shares the astoundingly sophisticated language of bioluminescent creatures, which can light up the depths of the seas like a "snow storm."

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