Diving category: Marine Science
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California Researchers Track Kelp as Forecast Super El Niño Develops
California researchers at UC Santa Cruz are diving Monterey Bay every week to track how giant kelp forests respond as El Niño conditions develop. This is ongoing fieldwork with no results yet. The team, led by assistant professor Joshua Smith, is testing a hypothesis: that warmer water and fewer nutrients reduce the drifting kelp debris […]
NOAA’s Fall 2026 Pacific Ocean Expeditions
NOAA Ocean Exploration has three Pacific expeditions running this fall, starting September 22, 2026, focused on mapping unexplored seafloor, deep coral monitoring,…
New Carbon Sensor Heads to the South Atlantic on Research Vessel Falkor (too)
NOAA and the Schmidt Ocean Institute installed a new carbon dioxide sensor on the research vessel Falkor (too), the agencies said September…
50 Fascinating Facts about the Ocean
Our oceans are filled with wonders that you can’t even imagine! The Earth’s oceans are a world of mystery, magic and beauty.…