Cameron’s Team Divulges Discoveries in Deepest Trenches on Earth
February 22nd, 2013 |
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It’s often said that we know less about the bottom of our own ocean than we do about the surface of Mars. The governments of the world, and our government in particular, seem presently much less than enthusiastic about exploring the oceans of our own planet than in exploring other planets (ocean research seems to [...]
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Deep Sea Coral Clings to Oil Platform at Record Gulf Depth
August 23rd, 2012 |
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When the Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico, its odyssey doesn’t end. It enters an underwater valley called the Mississippi Canyon, a world where nutrients from the river nourish some fantastical forms of life. One part of this canyon looks like this: The graceful white sculptures sprouting from carbonate outcrops are Lophelia coral. [...]
Keep reading »Millennia-Old Microbes Found Alive in Deep-Ocean Muck
May 18th, 2012 |
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A sparse community of microbes can persist for eons in the clay beneath the deep blue sea. When scientists drilled into the Pacific Ocean bottom and pulled up a long core of clay, they also pulled up microbes living on so little that it was hard for the scientists to tell if they were alive [...]
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