Seafloor Explorer: Underwater Images Project Opens To The Public (PHOTOS)
Public contributors to the website will say whether they see fish, scallops and other organisms in each image, provide basic measurements, and describe whether the seafloor is sand or gravel, and whether they see boulders and other interesting objects ...www.huffingtonpost.com
'HabCam' opens window to life on seafloor in natural habitat
The system snaps six images per second - that's a half-million images a day; then, a process corrects the color and an algorithm stitches the pictures together to create a giant panorama of the seafloor. Each day, HabCam can capture 100 nautical miles ...www.msnbc.msn.com
'HabCam' Opens Unique Window on Seafloor Life
The oceans are getting the red-carpet treatment with a new project from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: HabCam, an optical imaging endeavor that provides researchers with a one-of-a-kind glimpse of the seafloor. The "Cam" part of HabCam is a ...www.ouramazingplanet.com
Bottom Trawling Smoothes Seafloor And Potentially Destroys Habitat, Study Finds
Since deep-sea trawling is practiced around the world it is possible that this fishing practice is altering the seafloor along continental slopes at a large scale, they write.www.huffingtonpost.com
Expedition Uncovers Seafloor Mountain
A recent expedition to an isolated archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean came back with footage of thriving sea life swarming the slopes of a newfound seafloor mountain. PHOTOS: Earth's Prized Corals Discovered. Videos captured by baited ...news.discovery.com
Expedition to study methane gas bubbling out of the Arctic seafloor
The upper image shows detailed seafloor bathymetry of a portion of the continental slope that will be studied during the current cruise, as well as the three seafloor mounds that the researchers will explore using their new ROV. Credit: (lower image ...phys.org
Watch Video LIVE From the Seafloor as NOAA and Partners Explore Deep-sea ...
In the sonar image from the 2009 expedition, the summit of the West Mata volcano (shown in red) is nearly a mile below the ocean surface (1,165 meters/3,882 feet), and the base (in blue), descends to nearly two miles (3,000 m/9,842 ft) deep.www.enewspf.com
How Do Crabs See Food on the Ocean Floor? UV Vision
How Do Crabs See Food on the Ocean Floor? UV Vision. Gastroptychus spinifer is capable of seeing UV light, researchers discovered.blogs.smithsonianmag.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.www.popsci.com
Expedition Uncovers Seafloor Mountain, Dazzling Sea Life
A recent expedition to an isolated archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean came back with footage of thriving sea life swarming the slopes of a newfound seafloor mountain. Videos captured by .... The creatures in the photo are not exactly "dazzling".news.yahoo.com
Fishing technique flattens the seafloor
Fishing fleets are altering the seafloor much like farmer's ploughs have altered the landscape, indicates a study of the effects of so-called bottom trawling on the continental slope off the Spanish Mediterranean coast.www.foxnews.com
On ocean floor, a shrimp that vomits light
From glowing coral to shrimp that vomit light-making chemicals, seafloor creatures can create quite the flashy visual show, according to researchers who traveled into the inky depths of the Caribbean Sea to investigate the oddballs.www.csmonitor.com
7000 feet beneath ocean floor, deep-sea drill sets record
A Japanese drilling vessel has set a record by drilling more than 6,926 feet (2,111 meters) beneath the seafloor, deeper than ever before for a scientific expedition, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology announced Thursday.www.foxnews.com
Landscape Changes from Trawling Seafloor Massive
Click to enlarge this image. Wang Jianwei/Corbis. Bottom trawling is dramatically altering the ocean floor and harming habitats, similar to the way that farming has permanently changed the landscape, a study said on Wednesday.news.discovery.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
Protect the Seafloor During Dives: Don't Mess it Up
In recent years, sanctuary management has documented an increase in activities that impact the seafloor, including the temporary placement of items for photo opportunities or marketing events. Since 1997, the seafloor has been protected by sanctuary ...www.floridasportsman.com
New Jersey Coral Reef Hotspots Discovered In Deepwater Canyons
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
The Good News: Tasmanian sea floor renovated with lino, slow cancer ...
The Good News: Tasmanian sea floor renovated with lino, slow cancer movement and more!!!! 03/09/2012 , 8:42 AM by Ryk Goddard.blogs.abc.net.au
Stingray Feeding: Woman Feeds Wild Fish With Bare Hands (VIDEO)
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
New 3-D sonar images to give best view yet of US Navy ship sunk in Civil War ...
The images, taken by a roughly 2-foot-long cylindrical device deposited near the wreckage, were used to position divers who then used 3-D scanning devices to map the site.www.washingtonpost.com
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