Deep-sea hydrothermal vents host unique life that survives without sunlight, and they play a significant role in the cycle of heat, water, and chemicals within the ocean.
Oceanography
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Diverse Carbonates In Exoplanet Oceans Promote The Carbon Cycle
Carbonate precipitation in oceans is essential for the carbonate-silicate cycle (inorganic carbon cycle) to maintain temperate climates.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Swan Hellenic And SETI Institute Announce Partnership To Explore Space At Sea
Iconic cultural expedition cruise pioneer teams up with the SETI Institute to take its cruise guests’ explorations further and deeper, including into deep space.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Away Teams & Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Away Team Results: Discovery Of A New Ecosystem In The Maldives
The Nekton Maldives Mission, involving researchers from the University of Oxford, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem – ‘The Trapping Zone’ – that is creating an oasis of […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Chinese And New Zealand Scientists Dive to One of the Ocean’s Deepest Regions
A submersible pilot from China and a New Zealand scientist have become the first women to dive to Scholl Deep in the Kermadec Trench, 10 km below sea level.
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Tricorder Tech: The Tiniest Ever Ancient Seawater Pockets Ever Revealed
Trapped for millennia, the tiniest liquid remnants of an ancient inland sea have now been revealed.
Posted inMissions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Away Teams On Ocean Worlds: Deep Sea Research Oriented By Deep Sea Tech Development
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 […]
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 inImaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Tricorder Tech: MIT Engineers Build A Battery-free, Wireless Underwater Camera
Scientists estimate that more than 95 percent of Earth’s oceans have never been observed, which means we have seen less of our planet’s ocean than we have the far side […]
Posted inRobotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
NSF Ideas Lab Program Solicitation: Engineering Technologies to Advance Underwater Sciences (ETAUS)
Synopsis of Program: An Ideas Lab is an intensive meeting that brings together multiple diverse perspectives to focus on finding innovative cross-disciplinary solutions to a grand challenge problem. The aim […]