Deep Sea

Deep-Sea Drilling Record Shattered By Research Vessel

AP | Posted 04.29.2012

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TOKYO -- A Japanese deep-sea drilling probe has set a new world record for depth, reaching 7,740 meters (25,400 feet) below the sea surface, the resea...

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Amazing Close-Up X-Ray Photos Of Deep Sea Fish

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Photography, X-Rays, X-Ray Images, Deep Sea Fish, X-Ray Photos, X-Ray Photography, Ocean Organisms, Deep Sea, Slidewide, Ocean Photography, Green News

The deep sea's real-life monsters are getting some extra close-up time in the spotlight in a traveling Smithsonian exhibit called "X-Ray Vision: Fish ...

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LOOK: New Seafloor Photo Shows Eerie Deep-Sea Realm

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Challenger Deep Photo, Bottom of the Ocean, Video, Photo, Challenger Deep, James Cameron, Deep Sea, Seafloor, Mariana Trench, Deepest Place on Earth, Undersea Photo, Science News

By: OurAmazingPlanet Staff Published: 04/07/2012 12:18 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet James Cameron's deep-diving team has been keeping busy. J...

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PHOTOS: Freaky Glow-In-The-Dark Life Shines In New Museum Show

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Video, Bioluminescence, Biology, Fish, Deep Sea, American Museum of Natural History, Biochemistry, Slidewide, Ichthyology, Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence, Slidepollajax, Ocean, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/28/2012 10:33 AM EDT on LiveScience NEW YORK — Some living things can light up dark pla...

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Cameron's Sub Makes Test Dive

AP | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Deep Dive, Trench, James Cameron, James Cameron Submarine, James Cameron Sub, Deep Sea, Mariana Trench, Video, Science News

HONOLULU — A submarine that will take "Titanic" director James Cameron to the Earth's deepest point has made a successful unmanned test dive. C...

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Giant Squid's Basketball-Sized Eyes Serve Life-Saving Function

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Basketball-Sized Eyes, Giant Eyes, Video, Architeuthis, Squid, Giant Squid, Deep Sea, Giant Squid Eyes, Sperm Whale, Zoology, Colossal Squid, Marine Biology, Mollusc, Eyes, Whale, Science News

Giant squid have the largest eyes on Earth, about the size of a basketball—but why do they need such big peepers? So they can see a sperm whale in t...

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Hollywood Director Plans Risky Plunge To Deep Ocean Floor

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Avatar, Deep Sea Life, Challenger Deep, Deep Sea, James Cameron, Mariana Trench, Deepsea Challenger, Zoology, Ocean, Submersible, Science News

By: Andrea Mustain Published: 03/08/2012 10:31 AM EST on OurAmazingPlanet Filmmaker and explorer James Cameron has unveiled plans to visit the d...

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9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea

David Helvarg | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Woods Hole, War Zone, Pentagon, 9/11, Deep Sea, World Trade Center, Navy, Alvin, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, September 11 Anniversary, Politics News

For the rest of my days I'll be stuck with those contrasting images of what we're capable of, from exploring and discovering new life in the most remote parts of our ocean, to using modern technology to carry out mass murder in the heart of a great city.

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Diving Deep to the Edge of Play: IndieCade @ E3

Turnstyle | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Sam Roberts, Robin Arnott, Indie Games, Humans vs. Zombies, Ninja, Deep Sea, Video Games, Skulls of the Shogun, e3, l.A. Noire, Synapse, Indiecade, Technology News

Photo Credit: Noah J. Nelson/Turnstyle The show floor at E3 can be an overwhelming visual calvacade. The latest in technology used in megadoses in ...

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World's Deepest Underwater Volcanic Vent Found, May Have Played Role In Creation Of Life

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marine Species, Origin of Life, Volcanic Vent Discovery, Volcanic Vent, Cayman Trough, Caribbean, RRS James Cook, Deep Sea, Creation of Life, Volcanoes, Green News

LONDON — Scientists using a remote-controlled submarine have discovered the deepest known volcanic vent and say the superheated waters inside co...

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Animals Living Without Oxygen Discovered For First Time

Live Science | Charles Q. Choi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multi Celled Organisms, Mediterranean Sea, Deep Sea, Ocean Life, Metazoan Life, Loriciferans, Animals, Animals Oxygen, Green News

Animals that live without oxygen have been discovered for the first time, deep under the Mediterranean Sea. ...

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Deep-Sea Trawling Is Destroying Coral Reefs, Marine Habitats

The Guardian | Ian Sample | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jason Hall-Spencer, Census of Marine Life, Deep Sea, Plymouth University, Deep Sea Trawling, Primary Topic, Coral Reefs, Marine Habitats, Green News

Deep-sea trawling is devastating corals and pristine marine habitats that have gone untouched since the last ice age, a leading marine biologist has w...

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Vampire Squid Threatened By Human Activity (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vampire Squid, Vampire Squid Human Activity, Deep Sea, Cephalopod, Deep Sea Creatures, Animals, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Video, Green News

The vampire squid is one of many unheard of creatures living in the deep sea. The species, which is technically not a squid, but a cephalopod, had bee...

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Animals That Light Up (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Underwater Animals, Animals, Bugs, Bioluminescence, Deep Sea, Green News

Bioluminescence is an incredible thing. Take a look at these photos and videos of the coolest underwater and land animals that have the special abilit...

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Deep-Sea Volcano Seen By Scientists For First Time

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Embley, University of Washington, Joseph Resing, Noaa, Samoa, Volcano, Deep-Sea, National-Oceanic-and-Atmospheric-Administration, Home News

SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists have recorded the deepest erupting undersea volcano ever seen, capturing for the first time video of fiery molten lav...

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Deep Sea Robot Investigating Climate Change

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Oceanography, Global Warming, Deep Sea, Robot, Deep Sea Robot, Green News

Crawling along the ocean floor at a rate of one meter per minute, it stops every few feet to collect information from the mud, including oxygen levels...

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Day 36 of Algalita's Oceanographic Research Vessel Expedition: A Letter From Captain Charles Moore

Laurie David | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Captain Moore, Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, International Dateline, Captain-Moore, Deep Sea, Fish, School of Fish, Fishing, Pacific Gyre, Green News

The schooling fish in the deep ocean are practically gone. We have only caught one tuna in over a month of fishing.

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