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From Seafloor “Live” to Scientists Ashore 2008-08-20 14:16:37

NOAA's new exploration vessel Okeanos Explorer will deliver live data via satellite and high-speed Internet to "scientists on call" ashore, to classrooms, and to newsrooms and living rooms worldwide.

NOAA Supports Young Explorers in Seafloor to Mountaintop to Outer Space Challenge 2008-08-20 14:13:31

NOAA’s Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) is inspiring a new generation of explorers to discover the deep ocean. The Tampa Bay Chapter of SCUBAnauts International teamed with HURL to achieve the deep-sea portion of their “Operation: Deep Climb” mission to carry their banner and the Explorer’s Club flag from the depths of the ocean to outer space.

Alaskan historic shipwrecks, including former Hassler, part of local and NOAA heritage 2008-08-20 14:12:06

Researchers and archaeologists from Alaska's Office of History and Archaeology, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program, and the University of Alaska - Fairbanks teamed up to collect information on Alaska's most famous shipwrecks. The team deployed high frequency sonar to collect information on the two submerged wreck sites of the PRINCESS KATHLEEN and the CLARA NEVADA, which is the former survey vessel HASSLER.

Navy Technology to Help NOAA Find Sunken History 2008-08-07 13:15:55

Using U.S. Navy mine-hunting technology, maritime archaeologists from NOAA and representatives from other federal and state agencies and universities use autonomous undersea vehicles (AUV) to survey four shipwrecks in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

Science Expedition to Coral Reefs in Caribbean Helps Launch International Year of the Reef 2008-08-07 13:15:39

With the help of NOAA's Undersea Research Center at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, scientists from The College of William & Mary, the University of Delaware, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego investigate shallow and deep coral ecosystems off the Caribbean island of Bonaire, Netherland Antilles.

Zooplankton Defined 2008-08-07 13:09:37

Scientist-explorers from 14 nations, led by Chief Scientist Peter Wiebe from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, set off for the rarely explored tropical ocean depths between the southeast U.S. coast and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on a quest to identify zooplankton. The cruise was part of a global inventory of zooplankton expected to be completed by 2010.

To Explore the Deepest Ocean, Nereus Past and Nereus Future have One Thing in Common—Change! 2008-08-07 13:09:20

Engineers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Deep Submergence Lab are developing a hybrid remotely operated vehicle, or HROV, that will be able to travel to 35,000 feet (11,000 meters) deep to the bottom of the ocean. The hybrid, Nereus, is a new class of undersea systems that will be able to change from ROV to AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) as mission requirements change.

Ocean Hall: NOAA Adds Saltwater to Grow a National Legacy 2008-08-07 13:09:07

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) team up to create the newest and largest exhibit ever created at the museum. On September 25, 2008, doors will open to the 23,000 square-foot Ocean Hall. Ocean Hall is the cornerstone of the Smithsonian's Ocean Initiative, which is designed to increase public awareness of the importance of the world's ocean to all life.