by Kevin Zelnio Staff and collaborators from the New England Aquarium in Boston are out to sea. This expedition is funded by the National Geographic…
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Twilight Zone… the Expedition
Join me and my colleagues as we embark on the Benthic Assemblages in the Twilight Zone (BATZ) expedition to characterize benthic assemblages in the mesophotic or “twilight zone” (50-200 m) using a deep-diving Phantom II remotely operated vehicle in the Gulf of Mexico August 25 – September 2nd, 2008.
View More Twilight Zone… the ExpeditionForget space travel…
…the ocean is our final frontier. Besides if we need to explore it before it is overfished, mined, covered in trash, or a sink for…
View More Forget space travel…Record-Setting Northernmost Vents Discovered
It was only 3 years ago when the northernmost vents were found in the Arctic Ocean at 71 degrees, just above Iceland. Dr. Rolf Pedersen…
View More Record-Setting Northernmost Vents DiscoveredRising Fuel Costs Hurt Marine Research
Nature News reports: “Many of the research projects launched as part of the International Polar Year (IPY), which runs from March 2007 to March 2009,…
View More Rising Fuel Costs Hurt Marine ResearchBuild Your Own HMS Beagle
This ship is EVERYONE’s ship. Make it a reality! Find out more at The Beagle Project, follow their blog, buy the shirt and donate a…
View More Build Your Own HMS BeagleChallenger Expedition on Google Earth
People seem fascinated by the prospect of purchasing virtual real estate at Second Life, but if you ask me, Google Earth is a better place to stake your claim. For instance, I study deep sea-fans, or gorgonians. Many of these have their first description in the reports of the HMS Challenger expedition 1873-1876. The maps are now online at Google Earth.
View More Challenger Expedition on Google EarthBad Times For Deep-Scientist May Mean Good Times For the Deep
Rising gas prices may have one more causality, one you many not have thought of…oceanographic science. Our main tool is the research vessel, large contraptions…
View More Bad Times For Deep-Scientist May Mean Good Times For the DeepCongratulations Phoenix Team! Another Fine Landing on Mars!
Congratulations to the Phoenix landing team for an absolutely best-scenario landing! I tuned in for the landing on NASA TV online. Seeing all the tension…
View More Congratulations Phoenix Team! Another Fine Landing on Mars!The Scurvy Poets Society
Shiver me timbers! The RV Tangaroa has a poet on board, and he’s makin’ jingles at sea. The mate is there up on the bridge,…
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