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James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?

RickMac March 29, 2012 Challenger Deep conservation Deep Challenger Deep Horizon deep sea exploration HOV James Cameron ROV SkyTruth submersibles

On May 20th, 2010–one month to the day after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (under lease by British Petroleum) exploded and caught fire in the…

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Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures

Alistair Dove March 28, 2012 Adaptations Challenger Deep Deep Challenger Deep Sea Challenge Marianas pressure

Edit – In the original article I said that the sphere of the Deep Challenger was made of titanium. In fact, it’s made of steel. …

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James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?

Alistair Dove March 26, 2012 alvin Challenger Deep Deep Challenger Deep Sea Challenge exploration hadal James Cameron marianas trench National Geographic ocean exploration submersible

This post is co-authored by Al Dove and Craig McClain In the 1989 James Cameron sci-fi movie The Abyss, there’s a scene when Ed Harris’…

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