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7 012 datasets
The size of Tara datasets freely available through the European Nucleotide Archive as of 2019
11 535 gigabytes
155 million genes
Tara sampled plankton from: the global ocean surface layer (0–10 m) deep chlorophyll maximum layer (20–100 m) mesopelagic layer (200–1 000 m)
of corals, fish, plankton, seagrass, and sediments
48 000 samples
Tara sampled surface waters and marine litter near major port cities, to track microplastic pollution
8 000 samples
Tara Pacific2016–2018
20%biogeochemical
20%biogeochemical
40%biogeochemical
50%imaging
30%imaging
20%imaging
30%molecular
50%molecular
40%molecular
SAMPLES COLLECTED
Tara Oceans2009–2013
Tara expeditionsExploring the world’s oceans
10 European rivers
Mission Microplastics2019
SAMPLES COLLECTED
SAMPLES COLLECTED
210 stations visited
110 coral reef eco-systems studied
140 000 kmdistance sailed from
Lorient over 38 months
110 000 kmdistance sailed from
Lorient over 29 months
120crew and scientists
180crew and scientists
40 nations globally
32 islands visited
35 000 samples
Tara expeditions are scientific voyages that probe the molecular diversity of the world’s oceans and seas.
The data collected by the Tara schooner are stored in public data archives, such as the ones managed by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The data are freely available to researchers all over the world.
To find out more about EMBL’s collaboration with Tara, visit www.embl.de/tara
across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were used for sampling the ocean–atmosphere interface
249 sites
7 500 kmdistance sailed from
Lorient over 6 months
5 sites along each river
40crew and scientists
A treasure trove of data