Posts by Hannah Piecuch
WIRED: The Oldest Crewed Deep Sea Submarine Just Got a Big Makeover
WIRED Magazine interviews Alvin Group Manager Bruce Strickrott and Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence Adam Soule about the 6,500 meter overhaul.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lane Abrams
Senior Electrical Engineer Lane Abrams moves from the drawing board to the deep ocean. Read the whole interview here.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder
Lead Mechanical Engineer Francis Elder helps re-draw Alvin’s future. Read the full interview here.
Read MoreAGU Alvin press briefing
Watch the Fall 2020 Meeting Press Briefing: Overhaul to take Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin to greater extremes
Read MoreWHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin
One of the world’s most prolific research submersibles will put 99% of the ocean floor within reach of science community when it relaunches in 2021. Read the full press release.
Read MoreUnderway: VISIONS’20 Expedition. Watch Jason at work on the sea floor.
ROV Jason is at sea on the R/V Thompson for a 30-day maintenance cruise to service the Regional Cabled Array. From University of Washington’s Interactive Oceans: Jason will again be diving to depths as great as 9500 ft beneath the oceans’ surface, on the highly active summit of Axial Seamount where underwater hot springs covered…
Read MoreSciTechDaily: Hydrothermal fluid from Picard Vents leads to discovery that transforms understanding of hydrogen depletion at the seafloor
Using samples collected by ROV Jason II and Nereus, Scientists analyzing hydrothermal fluid from Piccard vents at Mid-Cayman Rise found “non-biological processes deplete hydrogen that was thought to be readily available to subseafloor microbial communities; discovery could impact global hydrogen budget.” Read the article here.
Read MoreGizmodo: “It really is otherworldly”
Jason Sylvan from Texas A&M talks about exploring the East Pacific Rise at 9°50’N in HOV Alvin. “I was blown away with just how much different it is actually being there and looking out a window and seeing the site right in front of you,” he told Gizmodo. Watch the video and read the whole…
Read MoreOverhaul to take Alvin to greater extremes
The final phase of an overhaul that will allow the submarine to dive to 6,500 meters is underway. Read the whole story here.
Read MoreTaking the long way home
Getting Jason and Sentry back to Woods Hole in the face of cancelled expeditions, closed ports, and tropical cyclones
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