From The Hindu news is that The Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanography will be overseeing the construction of a new 4,000 ton research…
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Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Western Flyer
Fans of Steinbeck will recall that the fishing boat that he and Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez was named the Western Flyer.…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Western FlyerChikyu Vs. The Earthquake
Behemoth is the only word that comes to mind as I discuss, with mouth agape, about the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu. JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency…
View More Chikyu Vs. The EarthquakeOf Alvin, Space Shuttles, and the Human Need to Explore
I am currently reading Descent, the story of the Bathysphere, Beebe, and Barton. Conversing with Christina Kellogg during a recent trip and the book forced…
View More Of Alvin, Space Shuttles, and the Human Need to ExploreOcean Observatory Systems
NEPTUNE is more than just a planet…a clever acronym for the North-East Pacific Time-Series Undersea Networked Experiments. The U.S. Canadian venture is series of cable-linked…
View More Ocean Observatory SystemsARGOS the giant
There is a nice write up in Nature about the ARGO (Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography). Argo is network of automonous floats, now numbering over…
View More ARGOS the giantWe Are Going to Need Some More Money
Perhaps as no shock, oceanography is going to need some more money, about $2-3 billion to be exact. A group of international scientist called the…
View More We Are Going to Need Some More MoneyIf you are in the neighborhood and want to see a ship sink
The much loved Texas Clipper will be sunk on this Thursday as part of the ships to reef program. Those from Texas A&M Galveston will…
View More If you are in the neighborhood and want to see a ship sinkSphere
Sure Sphere is a filthy piece of literary swill but it also a vital component of any submersible. As you may remember from geometry, for…
View More SphereA Little Mood Music
When I am diving, I have the tendency to get a little bored. Coral reefs…yeah,yeah…brightly-colored fish…yawn…charismatic invertebrates…ho-hum…sharks, octopods, communing with nature, etc. My dives are…
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