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Topic: Ocean exploration

Photo showing Ocean Discovery Director of Engineering Jessica Sandoval, Ph.D., (left) and Ocean Discovery League President and founder Katy Croff Bell, Ph.D., (right) work on attaching a low-cost camera system and light modules to a prototype weighted lander configuration made of PVC pipe during deployment and recovery trials in the waters off Rhode Island. Accessible deployment and recovery systems are critical to the development of low-cost deep seas systems. Credit: Susan Poulton/ Ocean Discovery League.

NOAA, Ocean Discovery League to advance low-cost, equitable deep-ocean exploration

April 17, 2024

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marine biodiversity

coastal economies

Photo showing Ocean Discovery Director of Engineering Jessica Sandoval, Ph.D., (left) and Ocean Discovery League President and founder Katy Croff Bell, Ph.D., (right) work on attaching a low-cost camera system and light modules to a prototype weighted lander configuration made of PVC pipe during deployment and recovery trials in the waters off Rhode Island. Accessible deployment and recovery systems are critical to the development of low-cost deep seas systems. Credit: Susan Poulton/ Ocean Discovery League.

A scorpion fish, seen next to a mushroom coral, observed at 460 meters (1,509 feet) depth during the Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts (EX1708) expedition in 2017 as part of the Campaign to Address Pacific monument Science, Technology, and Ocean NEeds (CAPSTONE).

Explore the deep waters of Hawaii and Johnston Atoll live with NOAA

April 10, 2024

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Okeanos Explorer

A scorpion fish, seen next to a mushroom coral, observed at 460 meters (1,509 feet) depth during the Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts (EX1708) expedition in 2017 as part of the Campaign to Address Pacific monument Science, Technology, and Ocean NEeds (CAPSTONE).

Alfonsino fish (commercially important species) swimming over a field of Desmophyllum pertusum coral during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition.

Joint mapping effort reveals largest known deep-sea coral reef habitat

January 17, 2024

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Alfonsino fish (commercially important species) swimming over a field of Desmophyllum pertusum coral during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition.

This Dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) was caught on video September 13, 2023, one mile below sea level off the coast of Hawaii.

Video: Researchers spot rare deep-sea 'Dumbo octopus' during Hawaii expedition

September 28, 2023

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This Dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) was caught on video September 13, 2023, one mile below sea level off the coast of Hawaii.

This sculpin was observed resting on a large red tree coral during a 2016 expedition in Glacier Bay National Park. Red tree corals have been shown to be the foundation of diverse deepwater communities in Alaska and are one of the types of corals we hope to see during the Seascape Alaska 3: Aleutians Remotely Operated Vehicle Exploration and Mapping expedition.

Dive deep into Alaska's waters: Tune in live with researchers aboard Okeanos Explorer

July 14, 2023

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Okeanos Explorer

ocean exploration

This sculpin was observed resting on a large red tree coral during a 2016 expedition in Glacier Bay National Park. Red tree corals have been shown to be the foundation of diverse deepwater communities in Alaska and are one of the types of corals we hope to see during the Seascape Alaska 3: Aleutians Remotely Operated Vehicle Exploration and Mapping expedition.

This gushing hydrothermal vent was captured on camera for the first time on May 1, 2016, during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. The 30-meter-high underwater vent was spewing high-temperature liquid thick with metal particulates. The area around it is home to exotic species including Chorocaris shrimp, Munidopsis squat lobsters, Austinograea crabs, limpets, mussels and snails.

Scientists discover hydrothermal vent activity in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

April 17, 2023

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ocean exploration

This gushing hydrothermal vent was captured on camera for the first time on May 1, 2016, during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. The 30-meter-high underwater vent was spewing high-temperature liquid thick with metal particulates. The area around it is home to exotic species including Chorocaris shrimp, Munidopsis squat lobsters, Austinograea crabs, limpets, mussels and snails.

A diversity of animals that live at seep sites is inspiring. On this cluster of Vestimentiferan tube worms seen off the West Coast, there are snail egg cases, an octopus, and a other tiny organisms tucked in every crevice possible.

Watch live April 15-26: NOAA expedition to the deep ocean off the U.S. West Coast

April 14, 2023

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ocean exploration

Okeanos Explorer

A diversity of animals that live at seep sites is inspiring. On this cluster of Vestimentiferan tube worms seen off the West Coast, there are snail egg cases, an octopus, and a other tiny organisms tucked in every crevice possible.

Close-up view of a group of marine life documented by NOAA Ocean Exploration in 2019 during a dive by a remotely operated vehicle into Gully Canyon, which is 125 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. Pictured here are bamboo corals, zoanthids, encrusting demosponges, hydroids, an anemone, a Freyella elegans seastar, and a squat lobster.

NOAA and OceanX renew partnership to explore and map the ocean

April 11, 2023

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Close-up view of a group of marine life documented by NOAA Ocean Exploration in 2019 during a dive by a remotely operated vehicle into Gully Canyon, which is 125 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. Pictured here are bamboo corals, zoanthids, encrusting demosponges, hydroids, an anemone, a Freyella elegans seastar, and a squat lobster.

In May 2022, during the first Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition, NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the largest continuous mapping survey effort to date over the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, collecting bathymetric data along this geologically fascinating and ecologically exceptional region.

Expedition summary: Voyage to the Ridge 2022

January 19, 2023

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In May 2022, during the first Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition, NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the largest continuous mapping survey effort to date over the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, collecting bathymetric data along this geologically fascinating and ecologically exceptional region.

The hole over Antarctica at its maximum extent on October 7, 2021. Scientists define the "ozone hole" as the area in which ozone levels are depleted below 220 Dobson Units (dark blue, marked with black triangle on color bar).

NOAA Research's top accomplishments of 2022

December 21, 2022

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The hole over Antarctica at its maximum extent on October 7, 2021. Scientists define the "ozone hole" as the area in which ozone levels are depleted below 220 Dobson Units (dark blue, marked with black triangle on color bar).

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