Tag Archives: Oceanography
Watch First Video of Mysterious Ruby Seadragon
Researchers hoped to capture footage of the third species of seadragon known as the Ruby Seadragon. They got their wish fulfilled recently. A scientific expedition was led off the coast of Australia...
Watch First Video of Mysterious Ruby Seadragon
Researchers hoped to capture footage of the third species of seadragon known as the Ruby Seadragon. They got their wish fulfilled recently. A scientific expedition was led off the coast of Australia...
Drones and RC kayaks offer fresh views of the ocean
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography has gotten a few more tech upgrades. Scientists aboard research vessel Sally Ride recently tested a pair of drones and a remote control kayak in an effort to get different views and readings of their subjects.
Xprize offers $7 million for exploring the ocean floor
After years of focusing on moonshots and other lofty goals, the Xprize Foundation now hopes to inspire innovation in the opposite direction... in a very literal sense. Its new Shell Ocean Discovery Xprize is offering a total of $7 million in awards t...
Someone in China has hacked the Woods Hole Institute
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of America's premiere scientific research centers, was reportedly hacked last June by unidentified forces operating in China. According to a staff letter sent by WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott...
Oceanographers invent device that tracks even the tiniest jellyfish
With barely two percent of the seafloor explored, we know a whole lot less than we'd like to about the Earth's oceans and its myriad of residents. Among the more numerous but less studied oceanic animals are soft-bodied like squid, octopi and jelly...
Oldest Message in a Bottle Discovered After 108 Years
A recently discovered message in a bottle is believed to be the oldest ever found.The message was inside a bottle and was released into the North Sea somewhere around 1904. A woman spotted the bottle...
Oldest Message in a Bottle Discovered After 108 Years
A recently discovered message in a bottle is believed to be the oldest ever found.The message was inside a bottle and was released into the North Sea somewhere around 1904. A woman spotted the bottle...
World’s first Digital Map of Seafloor Geology Revealed
Scientists from the University of Sydney's School of Geosciences have created the first digital map of the seafloor geology.According to the researchers this is the first map in 40 years. The...