deep ocean News
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Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. wishes Happy Holidays!
The holiday season is approaching! It's that time of the year to take a short break and enjoy some good food and spend time with loved ones. We at Deep Ocean will be doing this, as our doors will be closed from Nov. 22 to Nov. 26 and Dec. 20 to Jan. 2. We hope everyone has a great holiday season! ...
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Deep thinking on the world’s oceans
Changes in deep ocean conditions affect global climate, with deep warming contributing to sea-level rise and the deep ocean absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide. To assess change, researchers determine the amount of energy (in the form of heat), water and gases (including carbon dioxide), entering and exiting the ocean. They rely on valuable but infrequent deep ocean measurements from ships, ...
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Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. Announces Phantom Flyimager
Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. announced at the Oceanology International 2016 event in London that they are introducing its newest underwater vehicle, the Phantom FlyImager. This revolutionary underwater drone is a hybrid system, co-developed with EdgeTech, that allows the user to utilize a sophisticated side scan sonar system, the EdgeTech 4125, combined with the functionality of the ...
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Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. Introduces New Phantom X8
Deep Ocean Engineering Inc. (DOE) is proud to announce the addition of a new type of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to their already diverse and impressive product line, the Phantom X8. This electric, light work-class, vehicle is the largest and most heavy-duty ROV manufactured by DOE and packs a robust design for deep sea maneuverability and power. Configured with six vectored horizontal and ...
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Deep-ocean sentinels on northern climate watch
Up to 3,000 metres tall and carrying an array of special marine sensors, the moorings were deployed earlier this month as part of an international collaboration to monitor the Timor Passage and Ombai Strait – two strategic deep ocean channels which act as 'chokepoints' in the global system of ocean currents. Valued at over $1 million, the moorings were deployed as part of Australia's ...
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Ocean fertilization `fix` for global warming discredited by new research
Research performed at Stanford and Oregon State Universities suggests that ocean fertilization may not be an effective method of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a major contributor to global warming. Ocean fertilization, the process of adding iron or other nutrients to the ocean to cause large algal blooms, has been proposed as a possible solution to global warming because the growing ...
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New Technology for Ocean Acidification Research
Ocean pH has dropped from approximately 8.2 to 8.1 pH over the past 200 years, representing a 25% increase in acidity. The development of better instruments to measure ocean pH, particularly in the deep ocean, is vital to understanding the magnitude and impact of these changes. High-resolution in-situ measurements of pH in the ocean are now possible with innovative adaptations to ion sensitive ...
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Onset Announces Deep Ocean Temperature Data Logger
Onset Computer Corporation (http://www.onsetcomp.com), the world leader in data loggers, today announced the HOBO U12 Deep Ocean Temp logger, a new data logger for tracking ocean temperatures at depths of up to 11,000 meters. The new water temperature data logger is ideal for deep-water oceanographers looking for an easy-to-use, robust logger that can provide years of reliable performance in ...
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Ocean fertilization experiment draws fire
A German research ship laden with 20 tonnes of iron sulphate has whipped up a storm of protest as it sails towards the Antarctic, where it intends to dump its cargo into the ocean. Scientists on thePolarstern, which set sail from Cape Town in South Africa on 7 January, plan an ocean fertilization experiment that some argue will violate international law. But the scientists say that it will ...
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Little hills have big effect on biodiversity
New research, published today in Progress in Oceanography by scientists at the NOC and the University of Southampton, show that deep-sea hills increase the biodiversity of forams - a very important group of shelled protozoans. There are over 25 million of these hills on the ocean floor, each hundreds of metres high. They cover around 40% of the ocean floor, making them the dominant landform on ...
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LISST-Deep delivered to Brazil
Sequoia Scientific, Inc. has delivered a LISST-Deep instrument to a customer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The instrument will be used for deep ocean sediment monitoring in and around critical oil & gas infrastructure in the oil-rich waters off the East coast of Brazil. The LISST-Deep allows engineers and scientists to analyze the behavior of sediments, identify problem areas and develop ...
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East Coast gliders yield valuable marine life data
Eddies can be up to 200 kilometres across and they distribute heat and nutrients around the ocean and form their own distinct habitat. An insight into ocean eddies is also an insight into how ocean dynamics influences regional climate. CSIRO scientists and technicians last month retrieved one of three gliders working in south-east Australia after a five-month program criss-crossing the East ...
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International collaborative expedition to shed light on microplastics and ocean carbon
On Friday the 14th of April the RRS Discovery will leave Southampton for a research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained ocean observatory (PAP-SO) in the Northeast Atlantic. This expedition aims to answer fundamental questions about the distribution, fate and effects of microplastic pollution, as well as measuring sinking particles containing carbon, through an international ...
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It is too early to sell carbon offsets: scientists
Published January 10 in the journal Science, signatories include scientists from the US, Japan, Hawaii, New Zealand, The Netherlands, India, Germany and the UK. The UK is represented by Prof Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia and Dr Richard Lampitt of Southampton University's National Oceanography Centre. Prof Watson said: 'While we do envision the possibility of iron fertilisation ...
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UK OSNAP expedition
UK Overturning in the N Atlantic Subpolar Gyre Programme (UK OSNAP) is a research project, led by the NOC, which will improve understanding of the circulation and fluxes of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. The transport of heat and freshwater by the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre greatly affects the climate of the North Atlantic and Europe through its impact on air temperature, precipitation and ...
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Microplastics discovered in the deep, open ocean
A unique study by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will provide valuable new insights into the concentrations of microplastics in the open ocean from surface to the sea bed. Professor Richard Lampitt and Dr Katsia Pabortsava, who lead microplastic research at NOC, said “There is considerable uncertainty about the concentration and characteristics of the many different ...
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New ‘seawater’ – the way ahead for ocean science
A proposed new definition of ‘seawater’ is drawing the attention of the world’s oceanographic community in a change that will advance the accuracy of climate science projections.The science case for a change in the definition of seawater was first agreed to in 2006 when the international guiding body, the Scientific Committee on Oceans Research (SCOR) established a working group, chaired by Dr ...
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School aboard the Royal Research Ship
Winners of a nationwide children’s art competition, launched online by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) today, will give a school class the unique opportunity to explore a Royal Research Ship. Once on board the ship, which is equivalent in volume to 185 double decker buses, the children will tour the main decks and laboratories, be able to dress up as the ship’s crew, and sit in ...
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Ecologists use oceanographic data to predict future climate change
Earth scientists are attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. In a November special issue of the journal Ecology, a group of scientists report that if current patterns of change in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans continue, alterations of ocean circulation could occur on a global scale, with ...
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Canada OKs Oil Pipeline to the Pacific Coast
Canada's government on Tuesday approved a controversial pipeline proposal that would bring oil to the Pacific Coast for shipment to Asia, a major step in the country's efforts to diversify its oil exports if it can overcome fierce opposition from environmental and aboriginal groups. Approval for Enbridge's Northern Gateway project was expected as Canada needs infrastructure in place to export ...
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