Seafloor Explorer: Underwater Images Project Opens To The Public (PHOTOS)
The fourth-generation HabCam (dubbed "Seahorse") revealed never-before-seen ocean topography, prey-predator relationships and fishing tracks on the ocean floor. Although initially designed to better count scallops on the seafloor, HabCam allows you to ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Crab species on ocean floor has ultraviolet vision, say researchers
At the same time, the ability to see blue and UV light would also enable the crabs to tell the difference between bioluminescent blue plankton and the dim greenish glow given off by the anemones where the crabs like to perch.www.csmonitor.com
3-D 'Seahorse' cam tracks scallops, and sees a lot more
This summer, the instrument was towed over miles of seafloor, from Virginia to Cape Cod, taking millions of images and capturing details about marine life and the ocean floor that stretched beyond just the number of scallops. The Seahorse revealed ...seattletimes.com
On ocean floor, a shrimp that vomits light
The glowers at the ocean bottom included the world's first identified glow-in-the-dark anemone along with a shrimp species that vomits light as a defense mechanism, glowing coral, starfish and sea cucumbers. [See Photos of the Glowing Deep-Sea ...www.csmonitor.com
Help Oceanographers Comb the Ocean Floor From the Comfort of Your Screen
Hidden Treasures of the Deep Public contributors will be able to identify fish, scallops and other organisms in each image. Here's a scallop and a monkfish, for example.www.popsci.com
'HabCam' opens window to life on seafloor in natural habitat
Each day, HabCam can capture 100 nautical miles (185 kilometers) of ocean floor. Amber York, a biology research associate at Woods Hole who works on HabCam, told OurAmazingPlanet that pictures have already sparked her interest: She has spotted an ...www.msnbc.msn.com
Bottom trawling changes seafloor habitats
Trawling entails dragging heavy nets and gear along the ocean floor to haul up fish species that feed near the bottom, and experts say it flattens the seafloor, just like a plough on land.www.mnn.com
New Jersey Coral Reef Hotspots Discovered In Deepwater Canyons
Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Japan Crop Circles Mystery Solved: Who Built Under the Sea Sculpture? [VIDEO]
(Photo : YouTube/Video Screenshot) The so called "Mystery Circle" discovered on the ocean floor off the coast of Japan's south.www.enstarz.com
Stingray Feeding: Woman Feeds Wild Fish With Bare Hands (VIDEO)
Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Tonga Trench Expedition Explores Second-Deepest Point In Ocean
This April 9, 2012 photo provided by NOAA shows french grunts swimming around sponges and coral off the northeast coast of Puerto Rico, taken as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sea-floor habitat research project ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Great Barrier Reef Threatened By Warming Waters, Study Shows
Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They ...www.huffingtonpost.com
'Alien Deep With Bob Ballard': A Sneak Peek At The National Geographic ...
The tube worms live around hydrothermal vents on the sea floor called "black smokers," and make their food without any sunlight to help with photosynthesis.www.huffingtonpost.com
Petroleum Museum seeks volunteers to keep programs running smoothly
Petroleum Museum class. David Osterlund, geologist with Great Western, speaks Friday to children about fossils found in the Permian Basin during a summer class On the Ocean Floor at the Petroleum Museum. Photo by Tim Fischer\ Reporter-Telegram ...www.mywesttexas.com
Art & Soul: Underwater photographer explores the beauty of the deep at Jepson ...
He captures a school of silver fish gingerly framing a tentacled jellyfish in "Precarious Existence" and documents thick veils of orange coral rising from the rocky bottom of the ocean floor in "Soft Coral Curtain." "The biggest challenges of ... "My ...savannahnow.com
'HabCam' Opens Unique Window on Seafloor Life
Each day, HabCam can capture 100 nautical miles (185 kilometers) of ocean floor. Amber York, a biology research associate at Woods Hole who works on HabCam, told OurAmazingPlanet that pictures have already sparked her interest: She has spotted an ...www.ouramazingplanet.com
Google Maps takes street view under the sea
On Wednesday, the internet giant unveiled the newest addition to its Google Maps service: 360-degree underwater images of some of the ocean's coral reefs.www.cbc.ca
Va. betting on offshore wind
Seven General Electric 3.6-megawatt wind turbines are seen at the Arklow Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea near Arklow, Ireland in this undated company handout photo. General Electric Co.'s earnings rose 24 percent, the most in six quarters, spurred ...www.delawareonline.com
Road trip: Titanic exhibit runs through Jan. 20 at Sci-Port in Shreveport
More. SHREVEPORT, La. -- On the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, the once-luxurious liner Titanic rests in a grave 100 years old.www.thetowntalk.com
Caribbean Coral Reefs In Sharp Decline, Says IUCN
This April 9, 2012 photo provided by NOAA shows french grunts swimming around sponges and coral off the northeast coast of Puerto Rico, taken as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sea-floor habitat research project ...www.huffingtonpost.com
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