Posts by Hannah Piecuch
Sentry maps the seafloor at the Marion Rise
Check out the cruise site for Sentry’s deployment in the Indian Ocean this past spring. Sentry mapped ~10,000 square kilometers of mantle exposed at the seafloor in this previously unexplored region. Read the daily cruise blog and more about Sentry and the Sentry team.
Read MoreOcean News & Technology: Deep-sea exploration and photography develop together
“Subsea imaging has been intimately tied to our understanding of the world’s oceans since its beginnings.” An article in Ocean News & Technology traces the history and present-day advances in deep-sea imaging
Read MoreChristian Science Monitor: How the deep sea could unlock outer space
Read an article in the Christian Science Monitor exploring how deep-sea research by the oceanographic community—long enabled by NDSF vehicles—has redefined the understanding of where life can exist. Now that knowledge is being used to look for life beyond Earth.
Read MoreAlvin in HuffPost: Chasing the methane dragon
“A submersible dive is like a slow-motion fall through a distant galaxy.” Read a HuffPost article about scientists using Alvin to study how cold methane seeps are responding to a warming ocean (and a journalist’s first deep sea dive).
Read MoreROV Jason mention: Deep-sea rocks and the origin of a massive methane reservoir
New research from scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution published in the PNAS uses rock samples from around the world, some gathered by ROV Jason, to identify a new source of methane beneath the seafloor.
Read MoreDisasters at Sea: NDSF assists in investigating sinking of El Faro
Watch an episode of Smithsonian Channel’s Disasters at Sea to see how a team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and NDSF assisted with the recovery of the voyage data recorder a year after cargo ship El Faro sank.
Read MoreThe “Mini boat” was launched for global outreach projects during the AUV Sentry cruise in Indian Ocean!
Students at Sacred Heart School students, under the direction of Clair Lombardo, chair of the Science Department, are putting the final touches on Sacred Heart’s first school-built mini-boat research vessel, “Sacred Heart Star of the Sea,” for eventual launch in the Indian Ocean. Let’s monitor where the Miniboat is sailing right now!!! Read more on…
Read MoreROV Jason dive results will unravel NZ’s most mysterious earthquake faultline
New Zealand Herald features recent ROV Jason dives that will contribute to unraveling one of the most mysterious earthquake faultline in the Hikurangi Subduction zone. Read more >> Also featured by the following media: GNS Science use robotic underwater vehicle to research slow slip earthquakes (suff.co.nz) Deep sea robot in quake study
Read MoreAUV Sentry set sail to map the uncharted oceanfloor in the roaring forties
Scientists and AUV Sentry team has set sail to map and dregde the uncharted part of the southwest Indian Ridge, “Marion Rise”, with international collaborators. Scientists, lead by Prof. Huaiyang Zhou, practice Tai-chi on morning fantail of TGT to stay calm and sail on soon into the roaring forties. Read more on this cruise, here…
Read MoreROV JASON expedition at Hikurangi Subduction Zone
Current ROV JASON expedition is highlighted by Dr. Clair McKinley (Univ. Washington) on her blog posted in The Eastcoastlab. The science mission is to understand the seismogenesis of a subduction zone, represented by Hikurangi Subduction Zone. “There are several unique things about the Hikurangi subduction zone that make it a great place to examine earthquake…
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