In 2009, Nereus was the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Nereus, primarily funded by NSF (…
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For World Oceans Day: the Deepsea Challenger
Happy World Oceans Day folks! The theme for this years WOD is “We all have the power to protect the oceans” and there are events…
View More For World Oceans Day: the Deepsea ChallengerUnderstanding the Gulf Stream
From Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute YouTube Channel.
View More Understanding the Gulf StreamExploration, thy name is Atlantis
If everything goes smoothly, this morning at around 11 o’clock, four brave souls strapped to 800,000 gallons of liquid oxygen, hydrogen and hydrazine will ride a…
View More Exploration, thy name is AtlantisAlvin: From Old School to New School
Alvin this week will begin a 40 million dollar overhaul. The biggest retrofit in its 40 years of diving. Improvement include: A new personnel titanium sphere with…
View More Alvin: From Old School to New SchoolNew Communications System Promises Untethered, Undersea Vehicles Who Will Destroy the World
From PhysOrg… Using the 11,000 meter-rated Nereus hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) as a test platform, engineers at WHOI recently demonstrated a new communications and…
View More New Communications System Promises Untethered, Undersea Vehicles Who Will Destroy the WorldTransformers Into the Deep
From BBC News… If successful, Nereus will be the first autonomous vehicle to visit the 11,000m (36,089ft) Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. Only two…
View More Transformers Into the DeepMarine Biology Videos at Wired Science
Mo, the Neurophilosopher, brought to my attention via Twitter Wired Science’s “10 Fantastic Marine Biology Videos“. They are all great bits from the marine youtube-o-sphere.…
View More Marine Biology Videos at Wired ScienceDeep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole
Journalists looking for a compelling story of greed, adventure, and science on the high seas might want to consider attending this Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at…
View More Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s HoleThe Goddess Visits the South Pole
The BBC higlights a January expedition of Southampton Oceanographic Centre’s (SOC) ROV Isis to the Antarctic. The project is to explore the sediment and organisms…
View More The Goddess Visits the South Pole