What is an AUV?
The autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry is designed to dive as deep as 6,000 meters (19,685 feet). It is powered by more than 1,000 lithium-ion batteries...
Why are so many deep-sea animals red in color?
The deep-sea scyphozoan jellyfish, Atolla wyvillei, as seen under white light. Image courtesy of Edith A. Widder, Operation Deep Scope 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE.
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What is an ROV?
NOAA's Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle explores during a 2013 expedition to investigate the U.S. Atlantic canyons. Image courtesy of the NOAA Okeanos Explorer...
What features form at plate tectonic boundaries?
Superheated molten lava, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, is about to explode into the water at the West Mata volcano along the Pacific Ring...
How do living organisms produce light?
This short-nose greeneye fish exhibited green fluorescence under blue light. Image courtesy of Edie Widder, Operation Deep Scope 2004. <!--
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What are marine microbes?
Marine bacteria growing on an agar plate. Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2012 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEM.
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How deep is the ocean?
In areas of the ocean where sunlight does not penetrate, organisms such as these Riftia tubeworms seen along the Galapagos Rift have adapted to...
What is upwelling?
During upwelling, wind-displaced surface waters are replaced by cold, nutrient-rich water that wells up from below. Figure modified by D. Reed from image...
Why are seamounts ‘hot spots’ for biodiversity?
One spectacular hard rock area had a very high coral diversity during a on Retriever Seamount. This one image has bamboo corals, black...
