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Jan 13, 2022 · Nasa is on a mission to change that. The US space agency is exploring the deep ocean to search for clues of what oceans on other planets could look like, and push the limits of science and ...
Aug 9, 2023 · In the past 46 years of research, however, no one had ever thought to peer beneath the ocean's hot springs. Stripping back the seafloor's shell has now revealed a colorful ecosystem of worms, snails, and chemosynthetic bacteria, which don't rely on sunlight but on minerals for energy. Eelpout swims by a tower of tubeworms.
- Exploring Oceans Here—And on Other Worlds
- Diving in with Orpheus
- Sensing The Landscape and Seascape
- Plunging Down to Enormous Depths
The planet’s deep ocean is the least explored and understood place on Earth. In the so-called hadal zone, from 20,000 to 36,000 feet beneath the surface, the pressures are immense, the darkness absolute, and the mysteries of life are bountiful. It is believed that if life exists elsewhere in the solar system, it will be found on one of the ice-cake...
Two Orpheus vehicles have already been built and are being tested at various deep ocean spots around the United States, including a vast, underwater canyon along the New England continental shelf, and off the coast of Florida at a place called the Blake Plateau. Each robot is about the size of a Harley Davidson motorcycle, is shaped like a hoagie s...
For decades, scientists at JPL have been developing systems that can operate autonomously on other planetary bodies. They’ve sent them to Mars and distant asteroids, but most of those systems have been relatively simple by the standards of what they hope to eventually accomplish. None will be as challenging and complicated as those we want to send ...
So far, the Orpheus platform is still in its testing phase, but Shank says that a dive at one of the planet’s deep trenches could take place as early as 2022. The tests that have been performed so far offer hope that the vehicle will perform well at great depths. The results of the most recent test, launched from the National Oceanic and Atmospheri...
- Sea of Cortez - La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. World-famous ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez the “world’s aquarium.”
- Great Barrier Reef - Port Douglas, Australia. Port Douglas, about an hour’s drive north of Cairns, is the ideal base for snorkeling tours that will bring you out to the world’s oldest and largest living coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef which includes over 2,900 individual reefs, and a nearly endless list of marine creatures from exotic fish, sea turtles, and rays to giant clams, dolphins, and sharks.
- The Galapagos Islands. Spending time underwater, whether snorkeling or diving, is one of the top things to do in the Galapagos, one of the world’s best destinations for wildlife lovers, including those who want to see marine life.
- Roatan, Honduras. The largest of the Bay Islands in Honduras, Roatan sits on the backbone of volcanic rock, ringed by the second-largest coral reef on the planet.
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, the Maldives. Ithaa boasts the title of the world's first all-glass undersea restaurant, located 16 feet below sea level at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island hotel ...
May 29, 2023 · A new underwater attraction for this year, RMS Cyclops (a decommissioned offshore supply ship) has been scuttled to create an artificial reef and home for marine life around Florida’s panhandle. Of course, with a catalog of first-class wreck dives , thrilling drift dives, and even manatee encounters, Florida was already one of the world’s ...
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Apr 4, 2024 · NOAA Ocean Exploration works with partners to explore previously unknown areas of our ocean, making discoveries of scientific, economic, and cultural value and supporting innovations in exploration tools and capabilities. In 2024, projects will take place in the North and South Pacific oceans and in deepwater areas around Puerto Rico and the U ...
