translation.en: Well, from that discussion grew this program that involved 2,700 scientists from more than 80 countries around the world who engaged in 540 ocean expeditions at a combined cost of 650 million dollars to study the distribution, diversity and abundance of life in the global ocean.
translation.zh: 从那次讨论之后，这个项目开始实行。 它包含来自世界各地80多个国家 他们从事了540次海洋探险 经费超过六亿五千万美元。 研究了全球海洋中的生物分布 多样性和数量。