Deep sea explorers often compare what they do with space exploration, many times only superficially and rarely favorably to the space explorers, whom they believe get too much money. It is common for books on undersea exploration to include a throwaway comment about how we know far more about the surface of the Moon than the bottom of the ocean, or how more people have been into space, or on the Moon,... 

China will install its first annual deep-sea subsurface mooring system in the Arctic Ocean to monitor the long-term marine changes in the Arctic ocean, members of China’s third Arctic expedition said Sunday.  Read More →

Oceanographers have completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea observatory off the continental United States. Workers in the multi-institution effort laid 32 miles (52 kilometers) of cable along the Monterey Bay sea floor that will provide electrical power to scientific instruments, video cameras, and robots 3,000 feet (900 meters) below the ocean surface. The link will also carry... 

Unusual jellyfish look like serpent-haired Medusa April 18, 2007 A new “black smoker”–an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot springs of iron-darkened water–has been discovered at 8,500-foot depths by an expedition funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica.  Read More →

A MASSIVE ocean vortex discovered off the West Australian coast is acting as a “death trap” by sucking in huge amounts of fish larvae and could affect the surrounding climate.  Read More →

PENSACOLA, Florida, USA — In their quest to create the superwarrior of the future, some military researchers aren’t focusing on organs like muscles or hearts. They’re looking at tongues.  Read More →

A robotic turtle could help engineers build better autonomous underwater vehicles and answer fundamental questions about how prehistoric beasts swam. The robot, called Madeleine, is already helping researchers understand when it is best to swim with four flippers and when to use two.  Read More →

SOUTHAMPTON, England (UPI) — British scientists report observing some of the largest waves ever measured — reportedly so big, some computer models indicate they shouldn`t even exist.  Read More →