The deep sea has been documented as the largest biome on earth. Typical deep-sea ecosystems such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, seamounts, oceanic trenches, and whale falls, shattering the early […]
Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Away Teams & Field Reports, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Exploring Ocean Worlds: FathomNet: New Open-source Image Database Unlocks The Power Of AI For Ocean Exploration
A new collaborative effort between MBARI and other research institutions is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to accelerate efforts to study the ocean.
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Staying Habitable: How An Intelligent Species Should Treat Their Planetary Ocean
Humanity’s relationship with the Ocean needs to be transformed to effectively address the multitude of governance crises facing the Ocean, including overfishing, climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction.
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Oldest Marine DNA Discovered In Antarctic Sediments
Scientists have discovered one million year old marine DNA in deep-sea sediments of the Scotia Sea, north of the Antarctic continent.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Water Worlds Could Be Common
Research led by the University of Chicago and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown the existence of exoplanets with water and rock around type M dwarf stars, […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
A Note on the “Various Atmospheres over Water Oceans on Terrestrial Planets with a One-Dimensional Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Model
It has been investigated the possibility of the various atmospheres over water oceans. We have considered the H2 atmosphere and He atmosphere concerning to N2 atmosphere over oceans.
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Icy Worlds, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Learning About The First Animals On Earth From Life At The Poles
The amazing survival strategies of polar marine creatures might help to explain how the first animals on Earth could have evolved earlier than the oldest fossils suggest according to new […]
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Oceanography Journal Special Issue: Oceans Across the Solar System
The journal Oceanography has published a “Special Issue on Oceans Across the Solar System,” which includes contributions from a number of NASA-supported astrobiologists and members of the NASA Research Coordination […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release, Titan, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Air-sea Interactions On Titan: Effect Of Radiative Transfer On The Lake Evaporation And Atmospheric Circulation
Titan’s northern high latitudes host many large hydrocarbon lakes. Like water lakes on Earth, Titan’s lakes are constantly subject to evaporation.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Enceladus, Europa, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Tricorder Tech: OWLS – New NASA Astrobiology Tools
A team at NASA JPL has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life.