News tagged with marine observation

Aquatic robot audits health of seabed

The watery depths of Western Australia's Ningaloo coast will be audited by marine engineers and scientists this week using an aquatic robot and technology developed by University of Sydney mechatronic experts.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A secret hidden in Australia's ocean eddies

Deep-diving ocean "gliders" have revealed the journey of Bass Strait water from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean.

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created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Launch of new system for observing the Southern Ocean

An international committee of experts will meet this month to begin the implementation of a new observing system for the study of the Southern Ocean.

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists call for a new strategy for polar ocean observation

In a report published in this week's issue of Science, a team of oceanographers, including MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Ecosystems Center director Hugh Ducklow, outline a polar ocean observation strategy ...

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created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Ocean glider' home after two-month voyage

Scientists are celebrating the first successful deployment and retrieval in Australia of a remotely controlled, deep ocean-going robotic submarine destined to play a central role in measuring changes in two ...

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Microbe Survives in Ocean's Deepest Realm, Thanks to Genetic Adaptations

(PhysOrg.com) -- The genome of a marine bacterium living 2,500 meters below the ocean's surface is providing clues to how life adapts in extreme environments, according to a paper published Feb. 6, 2009, in ...

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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0