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Q&A with Tim Shank about Ocean Trenches
WHOI deep-sea biologist Tim Shank answers questions about the deepest places in the world’s oceans: how they are formed, what lives there, why we should understand them in greater detail.…
Read MoreHistory of Deep Ocean Technology
WHOI engineer and director of National Deep Submergence Facility, Andy Bowen, provided an overview on deep-ocean exploration at the recent WHOI public event Deep Ocean Exploration: Trenches. Bowen’s presentation focused…
Read MoreDeepest Ocean
Ocean trenches, such as the Kermadec (shown here) near New Zealand, exist where one of Earth’s tectonic plates is sinking and sliding beneath another. This process, referred to as plate…
Read MoreSeafloor topography data & subterranean conceptual view at Kermadec Trench
Ocean trenches, such as the Kermadec (shown here) near New Zealand, exist where one of Earth’s tectonic plates is sinking and sliding beneath another. This process, referred to as plate…
Read MoreRemembering Nereus
“Nereus was an amazing, groundbreaking robot and the only currently active vehicle in the world that could reach the extreme depths of the ocean trenches,” wrote explorer and filmmaker James…
Read MoreIn-Depth Experience
WHOI volunteer Peter Partridge explains the hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus during a recent public event about deep ocean trenches. Partridge, who served aboard the Navy support vessel for Trieste,…
Read MoreVisit DEEPSEA CHALLENGER
Explorer and filmmaker James Cameron sits on top of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, the submersible he designed and built to carry him to the deepest spot in the ocean in 2012. One year…
Read MoreBack to the Deep
Scientists and crew recover Nereus, the hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV), in 2009 after it swam along a 110-kilometer (68-mile) ridge searching for signs of hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Cayman…
Read MoreDeep Diver
The hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) Nereus is a one-of-a-kind vehicle that can operate either as an autonomous, free-swimming robot to conduct wide-area surveys, or as a tethered vehicle for…
Read MoreThe Creepy, Unbelievably Inspiring World of Deep Sea Parasites
Ocean hitchhikers and bodysnatchers abound in the ocean, from the surface down to the deepest trenches. The question is, why? And is it a good thing?
Read MoreTrieste Leads the Way
Fifty-six years ago today, Jacques Piccard and Lt. Don Walsh made history by diving inside the U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste to the deepest known spot in the ocean, the Challenger…
Read MoreDeep Subject
Former MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Santiago Herrera collects tissue samples from a shrimp, one of many crustacean species collected during this May 2014 cruise to explore the Kermadec Trench near New…
Read MoreUp From the Depths
WHOI-MIT graduate student Santiago Herrera examines a group of amphipods recovered from the Kermadec Trench in the spring of this year. Herrera and a team led by WHOI biologist Tim…
Read MoreSuperbug from the Deep
A researcher examines a supergiant amphipod (Alicella gigantea), a crustacean brought up in a fish trap from 7,200 meters (nearly 4-1/2 miles) deep in the Kermadec Trench. How this and…
Read MoreFinal Broadcast
WHOI biologist Tim Shank (front), engineer Casey Machado (behind Shank), and graduate student Santiago Herrera (yellow shirt) view live, high-def video of the deep seafloor during the final dive of…
Read MoreIn the Zone
The hadal zone, which is made up primarily of ocean trenches and troughs at depths ranging from 6,000 to 11,000 meters, is the deepest marine habitat on Earth. Due to…
Read MoreRing of Fire
The Pacific “Ring of Fire” produces some of the most destructive earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions on Earth, including the 2011 Japan mega-quake and tsunami. WHOI geophysicist Jian Lin (middle)…
Read MoreShow-and-Tell
WHOI engineer Anthony Tarantino explains the design and operation of the Human Occupied Vehicle DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to visitors during a recent WHOI public event, Deep Ocean Exploration: Trenches. DEEPSEA CHALLENGER…
Read MoreDig That Trench
WHOI geophysicist Dan Lizarralde explains how trenches form in the seafloor at a WHOI public event on August 24. Several hundred people attended the event, which also included talks by…
Read MoreDeep Partners
Filmaker and explorer James Cameron (left) presented an amazing gift to WHOI in March: the 24-foot vehicle that a little over a year ago he used to reach the deepest…
Read MoreReeling In
WHOI senior engineering assistant Jim Ryder (left) and senior research assistant Dave Dubois recover an ocean-bottom seismometer onto R/V Marcus Langseth in early 2012. The instrument was part of a…
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