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Ocean Exploration
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Formation of Ocean Science
 
The knowledge of the nature of the Ocean was minimal at the beginning of the 19th century; it was known to have some bottom relief, currents, and different water temperatures at different depths, but generally, very little was known in detail, and it was accepted that there was little life at great depths. The first significant break in resolving the Ocean's secrets came about by the research of the young English scientist, Charles Darwin, who made an around-the-world voyage aboard the vessel "HMS Beagle," between 1831-1836. The results of his observations, were assembled and became the basis of his widely known book, "The Origin of the Species", published in 1859. The book awakened the scientific world to an interest in the Oceans and especially about its inhabitants. As an outcome of Darwin's observations, great expeditions to the northern part of Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea were organised on the sailing vessels "Lightning" and "Porcupine".   See More...
 
 
 
 
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An oceanographic institute that is dedicated to ocean exploration Harbor Branch An oceanographic institute that is dedicated to ocean exploration 
The marine geoscience data management system provides access to data portals for the Ridge2000 and MARGINS programs, the Antarctic and Ridge Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis projects, and the Seismic Reflection Field Data Center. Marine Geoscience Data Management System The marine geoscience data management system provides access to data portals fo...  
NOAA undersea research activities NOAA National Undersea Research Program NOAA undersea research activities 
Information on current projects, new technology, and the history of ocean exploration Ocean Explorer Information on current projects, new technology, and the history of ocean explo...  
IOC mapping programmes Ocean Mapping IOC mapping programmes 
VNIRO Website, information on Russian fisheries and oceanographic research. Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) VNIRO Website, information on Russian fisheries and oceanographic research....  
Tara Expeditions, a non-profit organization, organizes’s voyages dedicated to scientific research on the impact of global warming on the oceans, with two basic objectives: - to serve as a platform for scientific research by exploring previously unreachable ocean locations, and - to raise public awareness of scientific & environmental ocean characteristics, through ongoing reports on its adventurous voyages. Tara Oceans Tara Expeditions, a non-profit organization, organizes’s voyages dedicated to s...  
The technological improvements and explorations of Jacques Cousteau The Cousteau Society The technological improvements and explorations of Jacques Cousteau 
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There is growing realization that deep-water coral reef environments are habitat to a rich collection of flora and fauna that may form an integrated community providing habitats for both vertebrate and invertebrate growth and reproduction. Consequently, Canada’s Deep-Water Corals There is growing realization that deep-water coral reef environments are habita...  
Engineering and Ocean Investigations Engineering and Ocean Investigations Engineering and Ocean Investigations 
Deep-Sea Corals Briefing NOAA NURP Deep-Sea Corals Briefing Deep-Sea Corals Briefing 
NOAA’S DEEP-SEA CORALS RESEARCH NOAA’S DEEP-SEA CORALS RESEARCH NOAA’S DEEP-SEA CORALS RESEARCH 
International Planning and Collaboration Workshop for the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic Ocean Galway, Ireland, January 16-17, 2003 Summary: Deep-Sea Corals Workshop; Ireland 2003 International Planning and Collaboration Workshop for the Gulf of Mexico and th...  
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