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2019年1月6日 · A Journey to the Hottest Place on Earth: Hydrothermal Vents and the Resilient Pompeii Worm. I have only seen a hydrothermal vent once, during Dive 73 aboard the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Doc Ricketts.
Norway Moves to Mine Deep Sea
2024年1月1日 · Earlier this year [2023], the [Norway] government suggested opening more than 280,000 square kilometers of the country's territorial waters to deep-sea mining. The plan has the broad backing of the four major parties, including the opposition, and is expected to pass in a final vote on January 9. Green activists, scientists, fishermen and investors, as well as neighbors
A Journey to the Hottest Place on Earth: Hydrothermal Vents and …
2024年6月4日 · I have only seen a hydrothermal vent once, during Dive 73 aboard the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Doc Ricketts. Unlike many deep-sea biologists, I have always been more interested in deep-sea mud than the flashy vents. However, seeing a hydrothermal vent was a major item on my bucket list. As I watched the monitor
The Hidden World of Extreme Ocean Depths: Life and Pressures in …
2023年12月11日 · The highest known pressure in the deep oceans coincides with the maximum known depth in the southern end of the Mariana Trench, the Challenger Deep. The actual maximum depth of Challenger Deep is disputed. The deepest reported measurement was by a Russian research vessel at 11,034 m. The International Hydrographic Organization adopted 10,924 in 1993,
A New Deep-Sea Family of Roly Polies
As I sit at my computer, not even a month into the new year, four new species of sponges from underwater volcanoes, three new species of gastrointestinal parasites (nematodes) from hydrothermal vent fishes, a new free-living nematode, and a new species of golden coral have already been published. Describing another family is literally another level.
Surviving Toxic Havens - Deep Sea News
The ROV Global Explorer reaches bottom at around 9:01 am, nearly 3.5 kilometers deep in the Gulf of Mexico.The 1.5-ton machine flies nimbly through a shallow valley before rising up and over a peak. As we descend the other side, we hold our breath in anticipation.
How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a rainbow of Sharpie colors. Each cup is painstakingly decorated with a cornucopia of deep-sea animals, equipment, and maps. Everything from giant squids to Alvin submersibles adorn the cups. I even
New Deep-Sea Cucumber Has 100 Feet
A new species of deep-sea cucumber has over 100 feet in alternating two or three rows. This means of course that when it plays the This Little Piggy nursery rhyme it needs to repeat it 25 times. The multi-footed walking banana is called Oneirophanta idsseica and discovered at depth up to 3.8 kilometers deep in the South China
The Inside Story of the Titan Submersible | Deep Sea News
2024年6月13日 · A great bit of writing and journalism at Wired on the avoidable Titan submersible incident. "A trove of tens of thousands of internal OceanGate emails, documents, and photographs provided exclusively to WIRED by anonymous sources sheds new light on Titan’s development, from its initial design and manufacture through its first deep-sea operations.
10 Reasons Why We Should Explore The Deep - Deep Sea News
2012年3月28日 · An example of one of the many species that inhabit the deep sea. Unlike this cephalopod many still await discovery. Gonatus fabricii swims by the PISCES V submersible during dive P5-625 New Zealand, Kermadec Arc Date 4 May 2005 Source NOAA Photo Library Author New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration; NOAA Vents Program