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Oases for Life on the Mid-Cayman Rise
Join a renowned team of oceanographers and astrobiologists as they explore one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea, searching for life in extreme seafloor environments. Using the new hybrid underwater robotic vehicle Nereus, these scientists will extend their investigations beyond the reach of other research submersibles to the bottom of the Mid-Cayman Rise, whose maximum depth is just over 6,800 meters (4.2 miles) deep. |
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Interactive Tsunami Web Site
While tsunamis can neither be prevented nor precisely predicted, people educated about particular warning signs can save their own lives and the lives of others.
News Release
Mystery Solved: Marine Microbe Is Source of Rare Nutrient
A study newly published in Nature Geoscience has solved a ten-year-old mystery about the source of an essential nutrient in the ocean.
Oceanus Magazine
In Praise of Postdoctoral Scientists
Sept. 24 is declared the first annual 'National Postdoc Appreciation Day'.
News Release
Climate Change Meets Ocean Life in New Northeast Research Institute
Federal and academic marine scientists in the Northeast have combined resources in a new effort to understand how the large marine ecosystem off the northeastern U.S. functions.
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HROV Nereus Expedition to the Mariana Trench
Information about the expedition and video from the Challenger Deep seafloor.
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